Team
Murias Morcillo, Celia
Email: celiamurias@gmail.com
Research Area: Political economy of natural resources
Research Interests: Great Lakes · human rights · natural resources · political ecology · political economy · social movements · Uganda
Biography
Bachelor in Communication Sciences, and Master in International Relations and African Studies by the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), Celia has worked within the field of development cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa and as a researcher on food sovereignity and the phenomenon of land grabbing.
Her current reserach revolves around the social and political changes in Uganda facing the growing presence of natural resources extraction (oil & gas), as well as its Human Rights dimension.
Research interests: political economy & political ecology; natural resources extraction; human rights; transnational business; social movements.
Country/Regional specialisation: Uganda, Great Lakes
Publications
- Brújulas sobre África. Miradas para desaprender la región subsahariana, Catarata, 2021.
- Informe: “Estado de los Derechos Humanos en África Subsahariana. Avances, vulneraciones y retos pendientes en tiempos de pandemia”, https://revistaidees.cat/es/estado-de-los-derechos-humanos-en-africa-subsahariana-avances-vulneraciones-y-retos-pendientes-en-tiempos-de-pandemia/, 2021.
- Más allá de la violencia sexual. Mineras en República Democrática del Congo, Africaye.org (revista digital), 2019.
- África, la nueva frontera extractiva, La jornada del campo (México), 2019.
- Desplazamientos forzosos en Uganda, Ecología Política, 2013.