Rebeca Roysen

Rebeca Roysen has a PhD in Sustainable Development from Universidade de Brasília and an MSc in Social Psychology from Universidade de São Paulo. She is particularly interested in the role of ecovillages and other grassroots innovations in sustainability transitions. She is also interested in decolonial theories and transdisciplinary methodologies. She is a member of the thematic group Transitions in the Global South within the Sustainability Transitions Research Network; of the Global Ecovillage Network and the Conselho de Assentamentos Sustentáveis Brasileiro (CASA Brasil) research groups; and she is also a member of an ecovillage in Brazil (Instituto Biorregional do Cerrado – IBC). She worked as a researcher and lecturer at the University of Basel, where she coordinated the research project “Ecovillages as Incubators for Sustainability Transitions” (EVIST).
ORCID: 0000-0003-4368-9218