Bibiana Duarte-Abadía is a political ecologist of water and expert in participatory action research. She obtained her PhD from UvA at CEDLA. Her PhD research examined and compared the utopian thought that is embedded in the policies that define hydroterritorial planning and ordering processes in Spain and Colombia. She is in charge of the coordination of the Master’s student exchange program for River Commons Project and collaborates in the supervision of PhD and Master’s research thesis located in Colombia for both projects.She is also supporting the setting up of the Environmental Justice Labs.