David Manuel-Navarrete
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Phone: 480-727-9235
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Mail code: 7904Campus: Tempe
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David Manuel-Navarrete applies an existential perspective to study deliberate transformations in social-ecological and technological systems, such as cities or coastal communities, including the subjective dimension of such transformations. His research aims at enhancing societies’ capacity to purposely deliver structural changes that simultaneously reduce inequality and sustain the planet's web of life. As a sustainability scholar, he focuses on promoting climate change adaptation, and tourism sustainability. His most recent research explores adaptation, resilience and transformation of water infrastructures in Mexico City, and the promotion of indigenous languages to advance sustainability in the Amazon.
Professor Manuel-Navarrete worked as a consultant for the United Nations, and as a researcher at King’s College London and the Free University of Berlin. He has conducted sustainability research and assessments in Argentina, Brazil, Central America, and Mexico. He teaches international development and sustainability and sustainability science.
PhD, Geography, University of Waterloo, 2004
MS, Ecological Economics, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2000
BA, Environnmental Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1998
Siqueiros-García, J. M., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Eakin, H., Mojica, L., Charli-Joseph, L., Pérez-Belmont, P., & Ruizpalacios, B. 2022. Sense of agency, affectivity and social-ecological degradation: An enactive and phenomenological approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 13: 911092.
Buzinde, C. N., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Kalavar, J. M. & Kohli, N. 2022. Social Production and Consumption of Space. International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 10(1): 178-188.
Charli-Joseph, L., Siqueiros-García, J. M., Eakin, H., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Mazari-Hiriart, M., Shelton, R., ... & Ruizpalacios, B. 2022. Enabling collective agency for sustainability transformations through reframing in the Xochimilco social–ecological system. Sustainability Science, 1-19.
Manuel-Navarrete, D., Goldstein, B. E., & Balakrishna, R. 2022. Becoming a Transformations Practitioner. Social Innovations Journal, 15(5). [IF N/A]. Retrieved from: https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/4970
Goldstein, B. E., Manuel-Navarrete, D., & Balakrishna, R. 2022. Sustainability Transformations Practice as a Transdisciplinary and Metadisciplinary Field. Social Innovations Journal, 15(5). [IF N/A]. Retrieved from: https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/4971
Balakrishna, R., Goldstein, B. E., & Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2022. What are the Challenges to Being an Effective Transformations Practitioner?. Social Innovations Journal, 15(5). [IF N/A]. Retrieved from: https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/4972
Benedum, M., Goldstein, B. E., Ely, A., Apgar, M., Pereira, L., & Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2022. Lessons For Transformations Organizations from the Pathways Network: A Transformations Community Dialogue. Social Innovations Journal, 15(5). [IF N/A]. Retrieved from: https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/4974
Ruiz-Aviles, V. D., Pijawka, D., Manuel-Navarrete, D., White, D. & Ortiz-García, C. 2022. Restoration versus Transformative Adaptation of Community Drinking Water Systems after Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico. Journal of Emergency Management. 19(8): 25-40.
Manuel-Navarrete, D., Buzinde, C. N., & Swanson, T. 2021. Fostering Horizontal Knowledge Co-production with Indigenous People by Leveraging Researchers' Transdisciplinary Intentions. Ecology & Society, 26(2):22.
Gray, K. & Manuel-Navarrete, D., 2021. Leveraging Inner Sustainability through Cross-cultural Learning: Evidence from a Quichua Field School in Ecuador. Sustainability Science, 16: 1459–1473.
Manuel-Navarrete, D., 2021. Reciprocity: an antidote to our global crises. The Arrow: A Journal of Wakeful Society, Culture and Politics. 8:2, 117-129 [IF N/A]. Retrieved from: https://arrow-journal.org/reciprocity-an-antidote-to-our-global-crises
Manuel-Navarrete, D., Charli-Joseph, L., Eakin, H., Siqueiros-García, J. M. 2021. Applying Technologies of the Self in Transformation Labs to Mobilize Collective Agency. Social Innovations Journal, 5. [IF N/A]. Retrieved from: https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/696
Hernández Aguilar, B., Lerner, A. M., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Siqueiros-García, J. M., 2021. Persisting discourses undermine potential water scarcity solutions for informal areas of Mexico City: the case of two settlements in Xochimilco. Water International, 46(6): 919-937.
Buzinde, C. N., Manuel-Navarrete, D., & Swanson, T. 2020. Co-producing sustainable solutions in indigenous communities through scientific tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 28(9), 1255-1271. [2018 IF= 3.4]
Movahed, N., Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2020. Creative tools and design principles for sustainable classrooms. The Journal of Sustainability Education, Dec. 22nd. [IF N/A]. Retrieved from: http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/creative-tools-and-design-principles-for-sustainable-classrooms_2020_12/
Manuel-Navarrete, D., Morehart, C., Tellman, B., Eakin, H., Siqueiros-García, J. M., & Aguilar, B. H. 2019. Intentional Disruption of Path-dependencies in the Anthropocene: Gray versus Green Water Infrastructure Regimes in Mexico City, Mexico. Anthropocene, 100209.
Eisenack, K., Villamayor-Tomas, S., Epstein, G., Kimmich, C., Magliocca, N., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Oberlack, C., Roggero, M., Sietz, D. (2019). Design and quality criteria for archetype analysis. Ecology and Society, 24(3).
Oberlack, C., Sietz, D., Bonanomi, E. B., De Bremond, A., Dell'Angelo, J., Eisenack, K., Ellis, E.C., Epstein, G., Giger, M., Heinimann, A., Kimmich, C., Kok, M.T.J., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Messerli, P., Meyfroidt, P., Václavík, T., Villamayor-Tomas, S. 2019. Archetype analysis in sustainability research. Ecology and Society, 24(2).
Eakin, H., Shelton, R. E., Siqueiros-Garcia, J. M., Charli-Joseph, L., Manuel-Navarrete, D. (2019). Loss and social-ecological transformation. Ecology and Society, 24(3). [2018 IF= 4.14]
Papenfuss, J., Merritt, E., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Cloutier, S., Eckard, B. 2019. Interacting Pedagogies: A Review and Framework for Sustainability Education. The Journal of Sustainability Education, April 27th. http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/interacting-pedagogies-a-review-and-framework-for-sustainability-education_2019_04/
Charli-Joseph, L., Siqueiros-García, M., Eakin, H., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Shelton, R. 2018. Promoting agency for social-ecological transformation: The Transformation-lab in Xochimilco social-ecological system. Ecology & Society, 23 (1).
Marshall, N., Barnes, M., Birtles, A., Brown, K., Cinner, J., Curnock, M., Eakin, H. Goldberg, J., Gooch, M., Kittinger, J., Marshall, P., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Pelling, M., Smit, B., Tobin, R. 2018. Measuring what Matters in the Great Barrier Reef. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16 (5), 271-277.
Force, A., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Benessaiah, K. (Co-authors were students) 2018. Tourism and transitions towards sustainability: The role of tourists’ pro-sustainability agency. Sustainability Science, 13 (2), 431-445.
Tellman, B., J. C. Bausch, H. Eakin, J. M. Anderies, M. Mazari-Hiriart, D. Manuel-Navarrete and C. L. Redman. 2018. Adaptive pathways and coupled infrastructure: Seven centuries of adaptation to water risk and the production of vulnerability in Mexico City. Ecology and Society 23(1):Art. 1. DOI: 10.5751/ES-09712-230101. (link )
Eakin, H., L. Bojórquez-Tapia, M. A. Janssen, M. Georgescu, D. Manuel-Navarrete, E. R. Vivoni, A. E. Escalante, A. Baeza-Castro, M. Mazari-Hiriart and A. M. Lerner. 2017. Opinion: Urban resilience efforts must consider social and political forces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114(2):186-189. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620081114. (link )
Eakin, H., A. M. Lerner, D. Manuel-Navarrete, B. Hernandez Aguilar, A. Martinez-Canedo, B. Tellman, L. Charli-Joseph, R. Fernandez Alvarez and L. A. Bojorquez-Tapia. 2016. Adapting to risk and perpetuating poverty: Household’s strategies for managing flood risk and water scarcity in Mexico City. Environmental Science & Policy 66(Dec):324-333. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.006. (link )
Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2016. Boundary-work and sustainability in tourism enclaves. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 24(4):507-526. DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2015.1081599. (link )
Kalavar, J. M., C. N. Buzinde, D. Manuel-Navarrete and N. Kohli. 2015. Gerotranscendence and life satisfaction: Examining age differences at the Maha Kumbha Mela. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging 27(1):2-15. DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2014.924086. (link )
Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2015. Double coupling: Modeling subjectivity and assymetric organization in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 20(3):Art. 26. DOI: 10.5751/ES-07720-200326. (link )
Manuel-Navarrete, D. and M. Pelling. 2015. Subjectivity and the politics of transformation in response to development and environmental change. Global Environmental Change 35(November):558-569. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.08.012. (link )
Buzinde, C. N., J. M. Kalavar, N. Kohli and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2014. Emic understandings of Kumbh Mela pilgrimage experiences. Annals of Tourism Research 40(November):1-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.08.001. (link )
Xue, L., D. Manuel-Navarrete and C. N. Buzinde. 2014. Theorizing the concept of alienation in tourism studies. Annals of Tourism Research 44(January):186-199. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.10.001. (link )
Buzinde, C. N. and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2013. The social production of space in tourism enclaves: Mayan children's perceptions of tourism boundaries. Annals of Tourism Research 43(October):482-505. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.06.003. (link )
Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2013. Book Review: Climate Change and Society. Social & Cultural Geography 14(2):239-241. DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2012.758896. (link )
O'Brien, K., J. Reams, A. Caspan, A. Dugmore, M. Faghihimani, I. Fazey, H. Hackmann, D. Manuel-Navarrete, J. Marks, R. Miller, K. Raivio, P. Romero-Lankao, H. Virji, C. Vogel and V. Winiwarter. 2013. You say you want a revolution? Transforming education and capacity building in response to global change. Environmental Science & Policy 28(April):48-59. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.11.011. (link )
Manuel-Navarrete, D. and G. Gallopin. 2012. Feeding the world sustainability: Knowledge governance and sustainable agriculture in the Argentine pampas. Environment, Development and Sustainability 14:321-333. DOI: DOI: 10.1007/s10668-011-9326-4.
Manuel-Navarrete, D., M. Pelling and M. Redclift. 2011. Critical adaptation to hurricanes in the Mexican Carribean: Development visions, governance structures, and coping strategies. Global Environmental Change 21:249-258.
Pelling, M. and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2011. From resilience to transformation: The adaptive cycle in two Mexican urban centers. Ecology and Society 16(2):Art. 11. (link )
Buzinde, C. N., D. Manuel-Navarrete, E. E. Yoo and D. Morais. 2010. Tourists' perceptions in a climate of change. Annals of Tourism Research 37(2):333-354.
Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2010. Power, realism, and the humanist ideal of emancipation in a climate of change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 1(6):781-785.
Manuel-Navarrete, D., G. Gallopin, M. Blanco, M. Diaz-Zorita, D. Ferraro, H. Herzer, P. Laterra, M. R. Murmis, G. Podesta, J. Rabinovich, E. H. Satorre, F. Torres and E. Viglizzo. 2009. Multi-causal and integrated assessment of sustainability: Agriculturalization in the Argentine pampas. Environment, Development and Sustainability 11:621-638.
Manuel-Navarrete, D., J. J. Gomez and G. Gallopin. 2007. Syndromes of sustainability of development for assessing coupled human-environmental systems vulnerability. Hydrometeorological extreme events in Central America and the Caribbean. Global Environmental Change 17(2):207-217.
Manuel-Navarrete, D., S. Slocombe and B. Mitchell. 2006. Science for place-based socio-ecological management: Lessons from the Maya Forest (Chiapas and Peten). Ecology and Society 11(1):Art. 8. (link )
Manuel-Navarrete, D. 2005. Challenges and opportunities of metadisciplinary placebased research: The case of the Maya Forest. Environments: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 33(1):81-96.
Manuel-Navarrete, D., J. J. Kay and D. Dolderman. 2004. Ecological integrity: Linking biology with cultural transformation. Human Ecology Review 11(3):215-229.
- Eakin,Hallie C*, Georgescu,Matei, Manuel-Navarrete,David, Redman,Charles L, Redman,Charles L, Vivoni,Enrique, Vivoni,Enrique. The Dynamics of Multi-scalar Adaptation in the Megalopolis: Autonomous action institutional change and social-hydrological risk in Mexico City (MEGAD. NSF-GEO(8/15/2014 - 7/31/2018).
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
SOS 510 | Perspectives on Sustainability |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 790 | Reading and Conference |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
SOS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
SOS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
SOS 594 | Conference and Workshop |
SOS 594 | Conference and Workshop |
SOS 320 | Society and Sustainability |
SOS 320 | Society and Sustainability |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 484 | Internship |
SOS 484 | Internship |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 594 | Conference and Workshop |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 320 | Society and Sustainability |
SOS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
SOS 594 | Conference and Workshop |
SOS 594 | Conference and Workshop |
SOS 790 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 581 | Synthesis for Sustainability |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 510 | Perspectives on Sustainability |
SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 484 | Internship |
SOS 558 | GSS Sust Research Project |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 594 | Conference and Workshop |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
SOS 310 | Equity, Justice & Sustainblity |
SOS 310 | Equity, Justice & Sustainblity |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 557 | GSS Sust Research Prep |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 322 | Intl Development&Sustainabilty |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOS 592 | Research |
SOS 525 | SETS Domains and Interfaces |
SOS 599 | Thesis |
SOS 557 | GSS Sust Research Prep |
SOS 558 | GSS Sust Research Project |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
SOS 594 | Conference and Workshop |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |