Ariana Salas-Castillo

Ariana Salas Castillo obtained her PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2024. She holds an M.A. on Sustainable Territorial Development from a joint program between the University of Padova, KU Leuven, and Paris-Sorbonne 1, as well as a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Costa Rica. She has carried out research on climate change matters in urban and rural areas in Latin America, mainly focusing on transportation and biodiversity. Now, as a postdoctoral researcher at PRISM, Ariana is working on the political economy of popular transportation and supporting the San José Living Lab, her native city.