José Luis Lezama
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Doctor José Luis Lezama.
in the United Kingdom. Dr. Lezama is currently the Director of the Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies (CEDUA) of El Colegio de México
and Director of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Environmental Studies at El Colegio de México
. He was Visiting Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) in the Department of Air, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, coordinating the Chapter on Environmental Policy and Institutional Analysis in the Mexico City Air Quality Project under the coordination of the Nobel prize Dr. Mario Molina. Dr. Lezama is a columnist in the Mexican national newspaper Reforma
writing on environmental, technological and social issues. He has recently been appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
, UN-HABITAT.
National Journalism Prize José Pagés Llergo for environment (2009)
Career
José Luis Lezama earned his PhD in Social Sciences with specialization in Environmental Policy at the Faculty of Environmental Studies, University College LondonUniversity College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
in the United Kingdom. Dr. Lezama is currently the Director of the Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies (CEDUA) of El Colegio de México
El Colegio de México
El Colegio de México, A.C. is a prestigious Mexican institute of higher education, specializing in teaching and research in the social sciences and the humanities...
and Director of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Environmental Studies at El Colegio de México
El Colegio de México
El Colegio de México, A.C. is a prestigious Mexican institute of higher education, specializing in teaching and research in the social sciences and the humanities...
. He was Visiting Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
(MIT) in the Department of Air, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, coordinating the Chapter on Environmental Policy and Institutional Analysis in the Mexico City Air Quality Project under the coordination of the Nobel prize Dr. Mario Molina. Dr. Lezama is a columnist in the Mexican national newspaper Reforma
Reforma
Reforma is a Mexican newspaper based in Mexico City. It has 276,700 readers in Mexico City. The paper shares content with other papers in parent newsgroup Grupo Reforma. The cumulative readership of the newsgroup is above 400,000...
writing on environmental, technological and social issues. He has recently been appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It was established in 1978 and has its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya...
, UN-HABITAT.
Books
Dr. Lezama is the author of the following books: 1) Population, City and Environment in Contemporary Mexico; 2) Environment, Society and Government: The Institutional Question; 3) The Social and Political Construction of Environment (2004);4) The Environment Today: Crucial Issues in the Contemporary Debate (2003); 5) Divided Air: Criticism to the Air Pollution Policy in the valley of Mexico (2000); 6) Social Theory, Space and City (1993); 7) Society, Space and Population (1990). Dr. Lezama is the author of more than 60 articles in books, journals and newspapers in Mexico and abroad on environment, social theory and urban development.Awards
Prize to the National Ecological Merit. Honorific Mention (2002). Semarnat.National Journalism Prize José Pagés Llergo for environment (2009)
External links
- Dr.Jose Luis Lezama website http://www.colmex.mx at the Colegio de México
- Dr.Jose Luis Lezama Research