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Juan C. Trujillo
PhD Student

Biography

My current research comprises the understanding of three environmental issues applied to a conurbation located on the Caribbean basin: Barranquilla, Colombia. In a first study, I am interested in assessing the link between crime variables, particularly, homicides and minor felonies, and climatic, life-style and economic factors in a dynamic framework. A second study involves the ex-ante valuation of the implementation of a sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) as a potential solution to the long-standing problem of flash-floods that every year impact negatively the life of the residents and the city’s economy. Finally, in a third study, I try to scrutinize the socio-economic causes of the permanence of satellite dumpsites within the municipal perimeter concomitantly with the existence of a government concession system of rubbish collection.

Prior to the commencement of my PhD in January of 2015, I worked for more than 11 years as a lecturer in a state-supported regional university, Universidad del Atlantico, in Barranquilla, Colombia, where I taught undergraduate courses in Microeconomics and Applied Econometrics. Besides my teaching activities, I carried out some private consultancies and devoted a great deal of my labour time to applied research. Among the projects I lead appear: ‘Coral reefs under threat in a Caribbean marine protected area’, ‘The environmental Kuznets curve: An analysis of the landfilled solid waste in Colombia’, ‘Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: A stochastic frontier approach’, and some assessments in the field of public health to the Colombian public hospital network. I also volunteer providing consultancy services to the foundation Friends of the Caribbean Sea, an NGO that seeks the cleanliness, sustainability and the preservation of marine species in the Colombian Caribbean shores.

Career

2015-Present

PhD (c)

Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, UK

1999-2001

MSc Economics

National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

1990-1995

BSc Economics

University of Atlantico, Barranquilla, Colombia

Contact details

Juan Trujillo
PhD Student
Department of Environment and Geography
Wentworth Way, University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5NG