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Marilu Melo Zurita is an Associate Professor in the Arts, Design & Architecture School at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. She holds a PhD in Human Geography from Kings College London, as well as a Master’s in Urban Studies and Environment from El Colegio de Mexico and a Bachelor’s with honors in Cultural Anthropology from Universidad de Las Americas Puebla. Her research interests include human geography and cultural anthropology, with a focus on social housing, disaster management, water governance, and subterranean spaces. Marilu has led initiatives that bridge community engagement with disaster risk reduction, collaborating with various universities and emergency services to improve disaster preparedness. She has contributed significantly to projects analyzing the political economy of tunneling and subterranean urban development. Actively involved in various academic societies, Marilu also serves on editorial boards for journals such as Political Geography.
University of New South Wales • Sydney, Australia
Teaching and research in the fields of human geography and cultural anthropology.
Stockholm Environment Institute • Stockholm, Sweden
Led the Climate Change Adaptation Water Governance (CADWAGO) project, informing EU policy on energy, water, and climate change.
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