Xavier Basurto

Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science
Marine Science & Conservation

Visiting Scholar, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, 2009
PhD, Management w/minor in Cultural Anthropology, University of Arizona, 2007
MPA, School of Public Administration & Policy, University of Arizona, 2004
MS, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, 2002
BS, Marine Resource Management, ITESM Campus Guaymas, Mexico, 1997

Basurto's experience lies in the governance and theory of common-pool resources, community-based management, and institutional analysis of social-ecological systems, especially in the context of coastal marine environments and protected areas in rural Latin America

Primary area of expertise: environmental policy

Secondary areas of expertise: conservation biology, fisheries policy and management, marine science