Research/Areas of Interest
Geospatial Technologies, Geographic Information Systems, Coastal Marine Environmental Management and Conservation, Geography, Regional Planning, Participatory and Collaborative Research, Geospatial Applied Research, Decision-making Tools, Spatial Data, Blue Justice, Blue Economy
Education
- PhD, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, 2010
- MS, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, 2003
- Architecture, Tec de Monterrey, Hermosillo, Mexico, 1998
Biography
She is affiliated with the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP), the Climate Policy Lab, and the Henry J. Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security, all based at Tufts. She is also co-founder and advisor of dataMares, an initiative that improves access to scientific data and knowledge; a collaborating professor with the NIPPON Foundation's Ocean Nexus program; and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on the Regenerative Blue Economy.
Her research focuses on two main areas: understanding the spatial distribution of economic activities, resource extraction, and policies—primarily in coastal and ocean environments—and supporting applied research that integrates social, economic, and environmental goals to promote equity and justice through inclusive, cross-sectoral collaboration.
Selected Publications
Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Moreno-Báez, M., Reygondeau, G., Cheung, W. W. L., Crosman, K. M., González-Espinosa, P. C., . . . Ota, Y. (2021). Enabling conditions for an equitable and sustainable blue economy. Nature, 591(7850), 396-401. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03327-3
Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Moreno-Báez, M., Voyer, M., Allison, E. H., Cheung, W. W. L., Hessing-Lewis, M., . . . Ota, Y. (2019). Social equity and benefits as the nexus of a transformative Blue Economy: A sectoral review of implications. Marine Policy, 109. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103702