Romanutti, María Virginia
Undergraduate -Postgraduate education:
Licentiate Degree in Sociology. Ph.D. in Social Sciences UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Teaching position(s) at the FCS:
Assistant Professor in Sociology of Organizations in the Licentiate course of study in Social Work.
Assistant Professor in Sociological Theory and Modernity in the Licentiate course of study in Social Work.
Teaching Associate A in Systematic Sociology in the Licentiate course of study in Sociology and the Licentiate course of study in Social Work.
Assistant Professor in the IIFAP (Research and Training in Public Administration Institute) with teaching duties in the Seminar on Regional and Local Reality in the Licentiate course of study in Sociology.
Assistant Professor with secondary assignment in Sociology of Organizations in the Licentiate course of study in Sociology.
Research Center:
IIFAP - Research and Training in Public Administration Institute
IIFAP - Research and Training in Public Administration Institute
Key words:
Development. Local democracy. Citizen participation. Public policies.Urban planning.
Lines of investigation:
Local development and citizen participation.
Bonding capabilities:
Specialist in participative processes and methodologies, and the design, management and coordination of social projects.
Cyt expertise:
Her area of specialization is related to the field of discussions on local democracy, particularly with regard to the place of citizen participation in local public management. She has studied the functioning of different spaces and devices for participation, citizen monitoring and accountability at the local level, such as neighborhood participation boards, participatory budgeting, public hearings and urban planning processes. She is currently carrying out research on conflicts arising from environmental problems associated with the reproduction of capital in cities and their relationship with governmental and business actors, from a relational analysis perspective.
Current research project/program:
Urban-Environmental Conflict in the City of Córdoba: A Relational Analysis of Local Policies.