Maria Rivera Mendez

Maria Rivera Mendez

Landscape Dynamics and Management, Integrated in MED
Landscape Dynamics and Management
Integrated in MED
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About

Postdoc Researcher for the University of Évora currently involved in H2020 project DIVINFOOD, an Erasmus + on Social Capital for Rural Development, and Portuguese national funded projects. She got her Ph.D. on Rural Development Project Planning and Sustainable Management by the Technical University of Madrid and graduated from Keele University in the U.K. on Environmental Sciences and International Relations. María has experience on the dynamics and the sociology of rural areas and communities as well as on project management. She participated in many EU financed projects in the fields of food systems, rural development, social innovation, and agricultural sociology. Her main research interests are: innovation processes, integration experts, participatory methodologies and food systems.

Present Research
  • social capital
  • impact evaluation
  • interactive innovation
  • social innovation
  • rural development
Research Interests
  • innovation processes
  • integration experts
  • participatory methodologies
  • impact evaluation
  • food systems
  • rural development

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Thematic lines to which I contribute:
Rural Dynamics & Governance
Olive Groves & Olive Oil
Agro-silvo-pastoral System - Montado

Publications & Patents

Publication

Projects

Project Funding Lead Institution Role Start End Scope
LIAISON - Better Rural Innovation: Linking Actors, Instruments and Policies through Networks European Commission – H2020 Program Hochschule Fur Nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde MED Representative 2018-05-01 2022-04-30 Internacional
DIVINFOOD - Co-constructing interactive short and mid-tier food chains to value agrobiodiversity in healthy plantbased Food European Commission - H2020 Program INRA MED Representative 2021-07-08 2027-02-28 Nacional
SALSA - Small farms. small food businesses and sustainable food security European Commission - H2020 Program Universidade de Évora Participant 2016-04-01 2020-03-31 Internacional
Strengthening social capital in rural communities for rural development European Commission - ERASMUS + Uluslararasi Tarimsal Egitim Merkezi Mudurlugu (ANKARA) (Turquia) MED Representative 2020-12-31 2022-12-30 Internacional
AdaptforGrazing - Adaptar a gestão da vegetação para melhorar a resiliência dos agro-sistemas às alterações climáticas utilizando pastoreio extensivo de raças autóctones e aproveitamento agrícola PRR - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências(Portugal) Participant 2022-05-16 2025-09-30 Nacional
SOLVO – SOLuções baseadas em cobertura do solo com mulch e biochar procedentes de resíduos do lagar para reverter processos de desertificação nos oliVais do MediterrâneO. FCT - Projetos de IC&DT em todos os Domínios Científicos - 2022 Universidade de Évora Participant 2023-01-01 2025-12-31 Nacional
Agenda Mobilizadora: Driving Sustainable Growth Through Smart Innovation (Vine and Wine Portugal) Gran Cruz Porto-Sociedade Comercial de Vinhos Lda Participant 2022-07-22 2025-12-31 Nacional
TOUR&RAIL - Ecosistema colaborativo para la transición ecológica en áreas rurales mediante un modelo de turismo sostenible aplicado a las líneas ferroviarias de débil tráfico en Europa Erasmus+ / EU Universidade Politécnica de Madrid MED Representative 2023-09-07 0000-00-00 Internacional