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Amanda Jiménez Aceituno (Dr) is Managing Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development and Learning (ISDL) at Leuphana University Lüneburg. She also holds a position as researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University (Sweden).
Dr. Jiménez Aceituno obtained her PhD in the Interuniversitary Program on Environmental Education in the Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). Previously, she graduated with honors in Environmental Sciences at this same university. Her PhD thesis, Analysis of communication, education and participation projects for biodiversity conservation: cases of study of Spain and Costa Rica built on ESD frameworks applied to biodiversity conservation. She conducted fielwork at the Costa Rican National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) and held a long-term internship at the University of Florida.
In 2015 Dr. Jiménez Aceituno started working at the Stockholm Resilience Centre as a Postdoctoral researcher in Sustainabilityb Transformations within the GRAID programme (Guidance for Resilience in the Anthropocene: Investments for Development). Currently her research focuses on understanding and fostering the transformational impact of sustainability initiatives. In collaboration with the Universidad de Almeria, she is working with a variety of actors in the drylands of South-East Spain to co-create pathways toward the Sustainable Development Goals in agricultural systems.
External positions
Researcher Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
Keywords
- Transdisciplinary studies
- Sustainability transformations
- Future scenarios
- Sustainability Science
- Equity and gender
- Environmental management
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Research collaborations from the last five years
Research output
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Contributions of Net-Map to sustainability action research
Cortés-Calderón, S. V., López-Rodríguez, M. D., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., Castro, A. J. & Mancilla-García, M., 08.2025, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 75, 101542.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Indigenous and Local Communities' initiatives have transformative potential to guide shifts toward sustainability in South America
Jimenez-Aceituno, A., Burgos-Ayala, A., Cepeda-Rodriguez, E., Lam, D. P. M. & Martin-Lopez, B., 19.06.2025, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 6, 1, 9 p., 481.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The multifaceted spectra of power − A participatory network analysis on power structures in diverse dryland regions
Olofsson, V., Garcia, M. M., Castro, A. J., Calderón, S. C., Diallo, A. H., Aceituno, A. J., López-Rodríguez, M. D., Gonzalez, T. S., Silvino, A. S. & Aguiar, A. P., 01.07.2025, In: Global Environmental Change. 92, 12 p., 102984.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Trade-offs for healthy and sustainable diets in Europe: Social-ecological dynamics in an intensive agricultural system
Jiménez-Aceituno, A., López-Rodríguez, M. D., Castro, A. J., Cortés-Calderón, S., Collste, D., Aparicio, G., Rölfer, L., Bote, M. A., Marín, L. M. R., Gómez-Tenorio, M. Á. & González-Martín, B., 01.03.2025, In: Global Food Security. 44, 21 p., 100829.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Unravelling deep roots in drylands: A systems thinking participatory approach to the SDGs
Aguiar, A. P. D., Collste, D., Cortés-Calderón, S., Sonetti-González, T., Alves-Martins, M., Castro, A. J., Diallo, A., Eriksson, K. M., Goffner, D., Harmáčková, Z. V., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., López-Rodríguez, M. D., Mancilla-García, M., Olofsson, V., Perez-Marin, A., Silva-Bezerra, F. G., Sinare, H. & Stragier, C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Global Sustainability. 8Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Indigenous and local knowledge in environmental management for human-nature connectedness: a leverage points perspective
Burgos-Ayala, A. (Contributor), Jiménez-Aceituno, A. (Creator), Torres-Torres, A. M. (Creator), Rozas-Vásquez, D. (Creator) & Lam, D. P. M. (Creator), Taylor & Francis, 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13317117, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Indigenous_and_local_knowledge_in_environmental_management_for_human-nature_connectedness_a_leverage_points_perspective/13317117
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