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Sebastián Rubiano-Galvis is an Assistant Professor in Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Washington, focusing on political ecologies, extraction, toxicity, environmental knowledge, technology, and law in Latin America. His research integrates concepts from critical environmental social sciences and science technology studies with socio-legal studies. His works have been published in Geoforum, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Ambix, and International Negotiation, among others. Over the past decade, Rubiano-Galvis has examined the politics of environmental law and rights, as well as political ecology related to artisanal gold mining, addressing toxic impacts in the Andes and Amazon regions. He is also interested in climate displacement and climate justice pedagogy. Previously, he served as a legal advisor on public interest litigation cases concerning the rights of indigenous peoples in the northeastern Colombian Amazon and Afro-Colombian communities on the Pacific Coast. Before joining the University of Washington, he was a Gerardo Marín Postdoctoral Fellow and an assistant professor in the Global Studies Department at the University of San Francisco.
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