Ignacio Gianelli
PHD STUDENT
- Group:AtlantECO, ERC - EqualSea, Fishing Transformation, ZEUS
Ignacio Gianelli
PHD STUDENT
Ignacio is a doctoral student at the EqualSea Lab at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He is interested in marine social-ecological systems, fisheries management, the human dimension of fisheries, and the role of distal and proximate drivers in shaping human-oceans relationships.
During his Ph.D., Ignacio will explore and foster transformative changes in marine social-ecological systems, particularly in small-scale fisheries. Using case studies in Uruguay and Spain, he will analyze how institutional factors and emergent processes from innovative sustainability initiatives in small-scale fisheries contribute to more sustainable trajectories for ocean-dependent communities. He aims to co-create transformative spaces in which to envision plural, possible and desirable futures for small-scale fisheries.
His research involves epistemological agility, transdisciplinary networking, and the use of diverse tools to promote sustainability transformations in marine social-ecological systems. Before his Ph.D., Ignacio completed a B.Sc. and M.Sc. at the Marine Science Unit (Uruguay) analyzing co-management practices in small-scale fisheries and the role of this governance system in climate change adaptation. He also worked as a specialist in fisheries resource assessment for a government fisheries institute in Uruguay (DINARA).
Research lines
Transformative changes in social-ecological systems, with special emphasis on small-scale fisheries.
Conservation and management of coastal marine invertebrate fisheries.
Effects of climate change on fisheries in the Southwest Atlantic (29°-41°S).
Publications
- Villasante, S., Gianelli, I., Castrejón, M., Nahuelhual, L., Ortega, L., Sumaila, U. R., & Defeo, O. (2022). Social-ecological shifts, traps and collapses in small-scale fisheries: Envisioning a way forward to transformative changes. Marine Policy, 136, 104933. Gianelli, I., Ortega, L., Pittman, J., Vasconcellos, M., & Defeo, O. (2021). Harnessing scientific and local knowledge to face climate change in small-scale fisheries. Global Environmental Change, 68, 102253.
- Villasante, S., Tubío, A., Gianelli, I., Pita, P., & García-Allut, A. (2021). Ever Changing Times: Sustainability Transformations of Galician Small-Scale Fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 712819.
- Franco, B. C., Defeo, O., Piola, A. R., Barreiro, M., Yang, H., Ortega, L., Gianelli, I., Castello, J. P., Vera, C., Buratti, C., Pájaro, M., Pezzi, L. P., & Möller, O. O. (2020). Climate change impacts on the atmospheric circulation, ocean, and fisheries in the southwest South Atlantic Ocean: A review. Climatic Change, 162, 2359-2377.
- Gianelli, I., Ortega, L., & Defeo, O. (2019). Modeling short-term fishing dynamics in a small-scale intertidal shellfishery. Fisheries Research, 209, 242-250.
- Gianelli, I., Horta, S., Martínez, G., de la Rosa, A., & Defeo, O. (2018). Operationalizing an ecosystem approach to small-scale fisheries in developing countries: The case of Uruguay. Marine Policy, 95, 180-188.