Dr. Jeffrey Bury is currently an Associate Professor, Curriculum Chair in the Department of Environmental Studies in the University of California-Santa Cruz. His current research is centrally concerned with the transformation of natural and social environments in Latin America by the forces of globalization, neoliberalism and geopolitical change.
Dr. Bury conducts research in several areas, first, focused on extractive industries, development and social movements in Latin America. Additionally, he studies the political economy of climate change and glacier recession in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru), conservation, ecotourism, and livelihood transformations in Peru, Chile and Costa Rica. His field research is linked closely to my interests in political ecology studies, environment and development in Latin America and field methods.
