Smit Vasquez Caballero archive
Increasing diversity in environmental and natural resource economics
Smit V Caballero, new mentee at AERE Scholars program
10/06/2021 - Smit V. Caballero has been accepted as a mentee in the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Scholars Program. This new mentoring program aims to engage a diverse group of early career environmental and natural resource economists in AERE while providing invaluable career guidance, skill development, and networking opportunities. It represents an ambitious effort to increase diversity in […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Smit V. Caballero, Training
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Smit V. Caballero, Training
Inspiring our future scientists
Smit and Xochitl conducted an outreach event to share FOL research with young students at Divino Salvador School.
25/03/2021 - As part of our outreach effort of awakening young students’ interest in science, on Monday, March 15th, Xochitl Elías, and Smit V. Caballero visited two classes of 5th-grade students at a local elementary school, Divino Salvador. During the visit, Xochitl and Smit shared their experiences working at the Future Oceans Lab and how their scientific […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Smit V. Caballero, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Smit V. Caballero, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
FOL welcomes Lara Brodie for her research stay
Lara will conduct her Master thesis within IMBRSea program led by Smit and Elena
22/01/2021 - Lara Brodie joins the Future Oceans Lab for a Masters Dissertation. Lara will work with Smit and Elena and will be focused on assessing the impacts of climate change on food security vulnerability within a local scale coastal African context. Lara is from Cape Town, South Africa, and is currently completing her Master’s degree through […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, MSc Thesis, Research, Smit V. Caballero
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, MSc Thesis, Research, Smit V. Caballero
EfD’s annual meeting
A network of environmental economists meet to contribute to sustainable development in the Global South
26/11/2020 - Smit Vasquez Caballero attended the Environment for Development Initiative 14th annual virtual meeting, November 16-20, 2020. The Environment for Development (EfD) is a global network of economists and natural resources scientists providing empirical and theoretical evidence promoting sustainable environmental policy. The conference was organised around sessions related to agriculture and climate change, behavioural and experimental […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Smit V. Caballero
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Smit V. Caballero
Knowing first hand Galician fisheries
FOL left the office for the field to learn about the social-ecological systems that we are working with
05/11/2020 - After spending a lot of time working remotely from home and doing shifts at the lab, at the end of October, new members of Future Oceans Lab joined Elena to visit the Cambados Fisher Guild, and learned first hand about small-scale fisheries (SSF) management. This cofradía is the oldest fisher guild in Spain, and is […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Research, Team
FOL welcomes Smit Vasquez Caballero to the team
Smit joins FOL to develop bioeconomic models to evaluate the impact of climate change and adaptation
06/02/2020 - After a competitive selection process for the postdoctoral position on fisheries economics and climate change, Smit V. Caballero had succeeded and joined FOL team this January within CLOCK project. Smit has completed a Ph.D. in Applied Economics at Oregon State University. As a graduate student, Smit used discrete choice models and simulation methods to characterize […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Team