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Enero de 2026 – Presente
Independent Technical Advisor
Senior Associate · Collaborating for Resilience
Since January 2026, Juan Pablo has worked as an independent advisor providing technical support on multi-stakeholder environmental governance processes. He is affiliated as Senior Associate with Collaborating for Resilience, supporting tools and guides for collaborative governance. He has also provided consultancy for the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility in Latin America, and capacity development support for the World Bank and the Global Diversity Foundation.
Feb 2017 – Dec 2025
CIFOR-ICRAF
Scientist
Over nearly nine years at CIFOR-ICRAF, one of the world's leading centers for forest and agroforestry research, Juan Pablo designed and led six multi-country projects on climate change mitigation and adaptation, conservation, jurisdictional carbon programs, rights-based and gender-transformative approaches, and land governance across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He led multicultural, interdisciplinary teams of up to 22 people, contributed to raising more than US$18M in project funding, and managed over US$5M in project resources. His work has been published extensively and cited more than 1,350 times.
Sept 2014 – Jan 2017
Durham University
Assistant Professor / Lecturer in the Anthropology of Development
At Durham University, Juan Pablo designed and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate courses across Social Anthropology, Conflict Studies, International Development, and Area Studies. He supervised three PhD theses and more than twenty postgraduate and undergraduate dissertations. Alongside teaching, he secured funding for and implemented research projects on well-being, conflict resolution, and intercultural dialogue in the Amazon.
Sept 2011 – Aug 2014
University of St Andrews
Teaching Fellow in Social Anthropology
At St Andrews, Juan Pablo taught Social Anthropology in the university's Evening Degree programme for mature students. He supervised dissertations, delivered public lectures, and organized national conferences. He also designed and carried out research on well-being among Amazonian Indigenous Peoples, applying ethnographic and participatory methods and training Indigenous researchers in field methods.