Currículum

Sociólogo de la Universidad de Concepción, Magíster en Ciencias Biológicas de la Universidad de La Serena y Doctor en Ciencias de la Universidad de Melbourne, Australia. Su investigación se centra en comprender las dimensiones humanas de la conservación y manejo de recursos naturales. Con especial énfasis en modelos de gobernanza sostenibles, manejo de pesquerías artesanales, integración de percepciones, valores y actitudes en procesos formales y estructurados para la toma de decisiones en materias ambientales, e integración del conocimiento local y tradicional en el manejo de áreas protegidas.

 

Proyectos

 

2022-2025. Social-ecological vulnerability and adaptive capacity of artisanal fishers in central Chile. Proyecto FONDECYT Regular 1221534. Investigador Responsable. 

 

2020-2030. Instituto Milenio en Socio-Ecología Costera (SECOS). ANID. Investigador Principal.

 

2021-2023. Implementing expert elicitation protocols to monitor marine protected areas in Chile. Fundación Packard-UST. Investigador Responsable.

 

2017-2020. Transformaciones institucionales para el manejo sustentable de sistemas socio-ecológicos costeros: toma de decisiones deliberativas en espacios de acción colectiva”. Proyecto FONDECYT Iniciación 11170333. Investigador Responsable.

Publicaciones

• 2023. Seaweed restocking along the Chilean coast: History, present, and inspiring recommendations for sustainability. Oyarzo-Miranda, C. et al.

  Frontiers in Marine Science 9.

• 2023. Reframing illegal fishing in small-scale fisheries as a wicked problem. Nahuelhual, L., T. Vallejos, G. Campos, X. Vergara, S. Gelcich and R. Estévez.

  Fish and Fisheries 24:504-521.

• 2022. Exploring relationships between gender and collective action in artisanal fisher associations of Central Chile. Poulsen, C. V., A. Rivera, V. Ortiz, J. C. Castilla, R. A. Estévez, F. Reyes-Mendy and S. Gelcich.

  Bulletin of Marine Science 98: 297-316.

• 2022. Artisanal Fisher Association Leaders’ Estimates of Poaching in Their Exclusive Access Management Areas. Romero, P., Estévez, R.A., Romero, P., Gelcich, S.

  Frontiers in Marine Science. 8.

• 2021. Assessing Procedural Justice in the Administration of Small-Scale Benthic Fisheries in Chile. Estévez, R.A., Jerez, G., Gelcich, S., 2021.

  Frontiers in Marine Science. 8.

• 2021. Public Officials’ Knowledge of Advances and Gaps for Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in Chile. Estévez, R.A., Gelcich, S.

  Sustainability. 13, 2703.

• 2021. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Renewable Energies: Research Trends, Gaps and the Challenge of Improving Participation. Estévez, R.A., Espinoza, V., Ponce Oliva, R.D., Vásquez-Lavín, F., Gelcich, S.

  Sustainability. 13, 3515.

• 2020. A participatory decision making framework for artisanal fisheries collaborative governance: Insights from management committees in Chile. Natural Resources Forum. Estévez, R.A., Veloso, C., Jerez, G., Gelcich, S.

  44, 144-160.

• 2020. Collective action spaces and transformations in the governance of fisheries resources Towards democratic and deliberative management. Estévez, R., Gelcich, S., Muller, M., Oyanedel, R., Monteferri, B. (Eds.).

  Marine and fisheries policies in Latin America: A comparison of selected countries. Routledge, New York, pp. 138-148.

• 2019. Explaining people's perceptions of invasive alien species: A conceptual framework. Shackleton, R.T., Richardson, D.M., Shackleton, C.M., Bennett, B., Crowley, S.L., Dehnen-Schmutz, K., Estevez, R.A., Fischer, A., Kueffer, C., Kull, C.A., Marchante, E., Novoa, A., Potgieter, L.J., Vaas, J., Vaz, A.S., Larson, B.M.H.

  Journal of Environmental Management. 229, 10-26.

• 2019. Stakeholder engagement in the study and management of invasive alien species. Shackleton, R.T., Adriaens, T., Brundu, G., Dehnen-Schmutz, K., Estevez, R.A., Fried, J., Larson, B.M.H., Liu, S., Marchante, E., Marchante, H., Moshobane, M.C., Novoa, A., Reed, M., Richardson, D.M.

  Journal of Environmental Management. 229, 88-101.

• 2019. Eliciting expert judgements to estimate risk and protective factors for Piscirickettsiosis in Chilean salmon farming. Estévez, R.A., Mardones, F.O., Álamos, F., Arriagada, G., Carey, J., Correa, C., Escobar-Dodero, J., Gaete, Á., Gallardo, A., Ibarra, R., Ortiz, C., Rozas-Serri, M., Sandoval, O., Santana, J., Gelcich, S.

  Aquaculture. 507, 402-410.

• 2018. Publishing social science research in Conservation Biology to move beyond biology. Teel, T.L., Anderson, C.B., Burgman, M.A., Cinner, J., Clark, D., Estévez, R.A., Jones, J.P.G., McClanahan, T.R., Reed, M.S., Sandbrook, C., St. John, F.A.V.

  Conservation Biology. 32, 6-8.

• 2017. Accounting for Uncertainty in Value Judgements when Applying Multi-Attribute Value Theory. Estévez, R., Alamos, F., Walshe, T., Gelcich, S.

  Environmental Modeling & Assessment volume 23, pages 87–97.

• 2017. Scientific and Normative Foundations for the Valuation of Alien-Species Impacts: Thirteen Core Principles. Essl, F., Hulme, P.E., Jeschke, J.M., Keller, R., Pyšek, P., Richardson, D.M., Saul, W.-C., Bacher, S., Dullinger, S., Estévez, R.A., Kueffer, C., Roy, H.E., Seebens, H., Rabitsch, W.B

  BioScience. 67, 166-178.