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Meet our researchers

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About our Institute

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Join us

Environment

Organisms obtain from the environment all the elements they need to live: from air and water, to shelter and food that allows them to grow, develop and obtain energy.

Climate change

Vital signs of the planet: global climate change and global warming. Long-term effects of global climate change.

Energy

Renewable energies provide us with endless advantages, the most important being reducing the greenhouse effect and protecting our planet.

Innovation and Industry

Other important ways to facilitate sustainable development are the promotion of sustainable industries and investment in research and innovation.

Water and Sanitation

Access to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene services have important consequences for ensuring the health or illness of a population

Technology

This year's emerging technologies demonstrate the rapid pace of human innovation and offer a glimpse of what a sustainable future will look like.

Do you want to be part of IIASUR?

IIASUR stems from the need to address the gap between local research, collaboration and international research interest in our country: Ecuador. More than 8,000 research articles studying the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon, the Andes, and the Pacific coast of Ecuador have been published in the scientific literature (Scopus, accessed March 2018). Approximately 80% of this body of research has been conducted by foreign universities with institutional affiliations primarily from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

We bring together interested researchers in Ecuador, Latin America and the Global South to collaborate on high-level research projects in sustainable development.

Most Cited Publications

Geothermal energy: Power plant technology and direct heat applications

D Moya, C Aldás, P Kaparaju

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 94, 889-901, 2018

Impacts of forests and forestation on hydrological services in the Andes: A systematic review

V Bonnesoeur, B Locatelli, MR Guariguata, BF Ochoa-Tocachi, …

Forest Ecology and Management 433, 569-584, 2019

Potential contributions of pre-Inca infiltration infrastructure to Andean water security

BF Ochoa-Tocachi, JD Bardales, J Antiporta, K Pérez, L Acosta, F Mao, …

Nature Sustainability 2 (7), 584-593, 2019

Design and economic analysis of off-grid solar PV system in Jos-Nigeria

OC Akinsipe, D Moya, P Kaparaju

Journal of Cleaner Production 287, 125055, 2021

Our research areas

Energy

Modeling, low carbon emissions, WtE, water-energy nexus, renewables, biofuels, smart grids

Environment

Politics, social networks, SGD, public sector organizations, ecohydrology, conservation and management of water resources

Biotechnology

Insects, fisheries management, marine natural products, applied psychology, marine macroalgae, biochemical and molecular techniques, detection, prevention and monitoring of environmental impacts

Industry

Innovation, circular economy, industrial ecology

Biodiversity

Conservation, paleoecology

Sustainable freight transport