Professor and researcher in the Department of Economics and coordinator of the Center for Studies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Mechanism at the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur. She is a member of the National System of Researchers and a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. She represented Mexico IN the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) within the framework of the UN, and was Vice-Chair of Working Group 3 (2008-2016). She holds a Bachelor's degree in International Economic Relations (University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria), a Master's degree in Economic Journalism (Center for European Integration Studies, Belgium), a PhD in Economics (UNAM, cum laude), and completed postdoctoral studies in Security and Peace Studies (University of Bradford, United Kingdom). She conducts research on international cooperation, climate action, green finance, and sustainable development. She is the author or editor of 25 books, 166 book chapters, and over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. She has supervised 22 undergraduate students, 26 master's students, and 19 doctoral students. She is the lead author of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report (awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007), the IPCC's Fifth and Sixth Assessment Reports, and the Mexican Climate Change Report. Currently Dr. Ivanova is lead author of the IPCC's Seventh Assessment Report (2025-2028). She has directed projects for CONAHCYT, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the German Society for Sustainable Development (GIZ), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). In 2017, she received the Science and Technology Award and the Medal for Scientific and Technological Merit from the State of Baja California Sur. In 2021, she was recognized for her contribution to studies on the Pacific Basin. In 2024, she received the Finance Diamond Award from the Mexican Institute of Finance Executives.
The works gathered in this volume address diverse topics related with current global issues such as geopolitics of energy, climate change, development, the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, and capitalism. They do so by placing Africa at the epicenter of those issues. Indeed, while diverse in their areas of inquiry the chapters that constitute this book all share in common the methodological concern of (re)centering Africa in the study of global affairs.
By doing so the authors of this book recognize not only the importance of re-calibrating the place of Africa in the social sciences from a standpoint that does not marginalize the continent and its societies but that on the contrary, highlight their central and crucial role in them.
For instance, if we consider together the issue of climate change and development we find out that Africa, while being the continent that has less contributed to the global emissions of carbon dioxide is both the most affected by the ongoing extractive capitalist activities and their multiple negative impacts on its ecosystems and the one that has benefitted the less from them.
In fact, one of the main arguments of this book is to show how this marginalization of Africa’s place in the global political economy stems from a marginal position of the continent in social sciences and how by (re)framing it as the world’s epicenter we can shed light both on contemporary global affairs and epistemological issues regarding not only Africa but other societies of the Global South as well.
La crisis climática es uno de los mayores desafíos de nuestro tiempo al transformar la economía de la vida y la geopolítica a nivel global. El libro Transición energética y extractivismo humano corresponde al Tomo 2 de la obra Crisis climática y transición justa en Asia y África que sitúa a ambos continentes en el centro de los debates sobre sostenibilidad, justicia climática y desarrollo sustentable subrayando la urgencia de construir alternativas que reconcilien economía, sociedad y naturaleza. Este volumen aborda los desafíos de la transición energética en Asia y África en un contexto marcado por tensiones geopolíticas y crisis ambientales. Además, analiza el impacto del extractivismo humano sobre comunidades y territorios, así como los efectos de las migraciones vinculadas a estas dinámicas. Desde una mirada crítica y propositiva, basada en la economía heterodoxa, los especialistas examinan el papel de los inversionistas institucionales y plantean los dilemas entre sostenibilidad, justicia climática y la reproducción social del capitalismo global.
En economías monetarias de la producción, el dinero crédito es el medio para las transacciones de intercambio entre los agentes económicos. El dólar, moneda hegemónica, ha jugado un papel importante en el desarrollo económico, político y social durante las últimas siete décadas de constantes crisis económicas y financieras. Sin embargo, el dólar se está desdibujando en los mercados emergentes. Las tensiones financieras están surgiendo a raíz del alza de las tasas de interés por la injerencia de los bancos centrales y por el creciente endeudamiento de los países soberanos. Lo anterior, sumado a la crisis del cambio climático, así como al avance de la economía digital y a una frágil recuperación del empleo, vuelven necesario el análisis y el estudio del comportamiento del crédito. El libro Crédito, dinero y mercados emergentes. Crisis y retos en el nuevo orden monetario internacional aborda los cambios ocurridos a nivel mundial cuyo resultado fue la conformación de un mundo multipolar con implicaciones en los circuitos financieros.
Three decades after the birth of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, profound changes have been observed in the international economic system. Today, this intergovernmental forum faces major challenges in implementing its ambitious agenda in the areas of economic liberalization, trade facilitation and cooperation among member countries. Readers of this book will find in it a detailed diagnosis of its evolution and achievements, but also of the problems it faces in the present "crisis of multilateralism", triggered by the neo-protectionist policies of the United States. In order to achieve this objective, leading national researchers from public and private higher education institutions, most of which are members of the Mexican Consortium of APEC Study Centers, were invited to participate under the leadership of the APEC Study Center located within the University Program for Asian and African Studies (PUEAA) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).