Melani Pelaez Jara
Chair of Sustainability Governance
Institute of Environmental Social Sciences and Geography
Tennenbacher Str. 4
D-79106 Freiburg
Telephone: 0761 203 96846
Email: melani.pelaez@envgov.uni-freiburg.de
Research Interests | Professional Experience | Education | Publications
Research Interests
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Environmental policy
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Global governance and sustainability governance
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Climate change adaptation and risk policy
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Science-Policy Interface, Science & Technology Studies
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International relations and cooperation
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Latin America, Ecuador
Professional Experience
Since April 2022:
- Scientific advisor for Büdnis 90/ Die GRÜNEN in the Rheinland-Palatinate Parliament.
2022 - 2022:
- Parental leave
Since October 2016:
- Doctoral candidate at the Chair of Sustainability Governance.
11.2016 – 05.2018:
- Researcher at the Chair of Sustainability Governance
Project: Flood Adapt
07.2014 – 09.2016:
- Consultancy and research – i.a. with GIZ GmbH
Topics: Global Governance, International cooperation instruments, Latin America
07.2014 – 02.2015:
- Associate Researcher – Grupo Faro, Quito, Ecuador
Study on Climate Change International Finance for Ecuador, in coordination with the Climate Change Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (GFLAC).
01.2014 -06.2014:
- Junior Project Manager, GIZ GmbH
Coordination of the international publication „Global Funds and Networks: Narrowing the Gap between Global Policies and National Implementation”. Development of the concept and coordination in close collaboration with the Mexican Instituto Mora, and Nomos Verlag.
05.2013-11.2013:
- Intern, GIZ GmbH
Project: „Global Mechanisms: Networks and Funds“.
07.2011-10.2011:
- Intern, UNEP –DTIE, Paris, France
Project: Eco-labelling: Enabling Developing Countries Seize Eco-labelling Opportunities.
09.2008-07.2010:
- Analyst, CORPEI, Ecuador
Education
Since October 2016:
- Doctoral candidate at the Chair of Sustainability Governance
Dissertation topic: Science-Policy- Society Interactions in Environmental Risk and Adaptation Policymaking: Evidence from Latin America and Europe (provisional title)
Doctoral scholarship Heinrich-Böll Foundation – Cluster Transformation Research
09.2010-03.2013:
- M.Sc. Environmental Governance at Albert-Ludwigs- Universität Freiburg.
09.2010-03.2013:
- Foreign Trade and International Relations Specialization Diploma, FLACSO, Ecuador.
09.2004-01.2009:
- B.A. International Relations and Business, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito.
Publications
- Pelaez Jara, M. (2020). The Ascending and Fading of a Progressive Policy Instrument: The Climate Change Factor in Southern Germany. Water, 12/4, 1050.
- Nordbeck, R., Löschner, L., Pelaez Jara, M., Pregernig, M. (2019). Exploring Science-Policy Interactions in a Technical Policy Field: Climate Change and Flood Risk Management in Austria, Southern Germany, and Switzerland. Water, 11/8, 1675.
- Morales M., Peláez Jara, M. (2017). Extractive Industries and Knowledge Sharing: Experiences from Ecuador through the experts' network Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA). In C. Ayala-Martínez, U. Müller (Eds.), Towards Horizontal Cooperation and Multi-Partner Collaboration: Knowledge Sharing and Development Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean (pp. 95-112). Baden-Baden: Nomos
- Lázaro Rüther, L., Peláez Jara, M. (2015). Exploring International Development Cooperation Funds – International Experiences on Governance and Design of Funds. Eschborn-Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
- Peláez Jara, M., Herrera, J. (2014). Financiamiento Internacional para el Cambio Climático en Ecuador. Grupo FARO & Grupo de Financiamiento Climático LAC (GFLAC). Accesible via http://gflac.org/pdf/faro.pdf
- Lázaro Rüther, L., Müller, U., & Peláez Jara, M. (2014). Cooperation with Global Funds. In L. Lázaro Rüther, C. Ayala Martínez, & U. Müller (Eds.), Global Funds and Networks: Narrowing the Gap between Global Policies and National Implementation (pp. 103-125). Baden-Baden: Nomos
- Lázaro Rüther, L., Müller, U., & Peláez Jara, M. (2014). Cooperation with Global Networks. In L. Lázaro Rüther, C. Ayala Martínez, & U. Müller (Eds.), Global Funds and Networks: Narrowing the Gap between Global Policies and National Implementation (pp. 127-155). Baden-Baden: Nomos
- Peláez Jara, M., (2014). The Creation of the Common Code for the Coffee Community and the 4C Association. In L. Lázaro Rüther, C. Ayala Martínez, & U. Müller (Eds.), Global Funds and Networks: Narrowing the Gap between Global Policies and National Implementation (pp. 221- 236). Baden-Baden: Nomos