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Professor Rolando E. Díaz Caravantes works in El Colegio de Sonora at the Center for Studies in Health and Society. He earned his doctorate from the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona and has a master's degree in social sciences from El Colegio de Sonora. He is a member of the National System of Researchers Level II. He has studied human-environment-water interaction focusing on how the livelihoods of smallholder farmers have been negatively affected by environmental conditions. Specifically, he studies socio-water vulnerability and risk in communities along the Sonora River produced by the 2014 mining disaster. He has also examined the social determinants of health risk related to high temperatures in Sonora. He has recently proposed the participatory approach Community Activation from its Resources (ACR) focused on the development of capacities of people who accompany communities.
For the event, snacks start at 12:30