Juan Manuel Crespo

Juan is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at the University of the Basque Country. He is dedicated to eco-social action research, particularly in topics related to buen vivir (good living), political ecology, alternatives to development, and the management of knowledge from decolonial perspectives. He has contributed to various collaborative research projects such as the FLOK Society project for participatory design of public policies for knowledge at the IAEN. He has served as an advisor to the Government of Ecuador on open knowledge and free technologies and also serves as a consultant for WWF Ecuador.