Full Member
Carolina Velasquez Calderon
Membership since:
2025
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About me
Carolina S. Velásquez-Calderón is an Assistant Professor at Florida State University in the Department of Geography and the African American Studies Program within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. She holds a Ph.D. in Disaster Science and Management from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree in Caribbean Studies from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Caribbean Campus. With extensive experience in environmental and disaster risk management, Dr. Velásquez-Calderón’s research focuses on water crises, risk perception, social vulnerability to disasters, climate change adaptation, and nature-based solutions, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her recent publications include the book Climate Change and Adaptation in the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve: From Local Thinking to Local Actions (2025) and the article “Desalted Waters: Unveiling and Tackling Injustice in San Andrés Island Water Crises” (Disaster Prevention & Management, 2025).
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Sociedad de doctores e investigadores de Colombia SoPhic
Red Mujeres para la Red en LAC
Degrees:
2020
Doctorate Social and Economic Sciences
2009
Master Social and Economic Sciences
2003
Undergraduate Social and Economic Sciences
Publications resulting from Research
Velásquez C. (2022). Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres basado en Ecosistemas. Corporación Ambiental CORALINA- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Caribe. Documento de trabajo. In press.
Velásquez C. (2022). Social vulnerability analysis in the Archipiélago of San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina. Corporación Ambiental CORALINA- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Caribe. Documento de trabajo. In press.
Velasquez C. Santos-Martinez A. y Pratto J. (2022). Protocolo Síntesis de evaluación y restauración de ecosistemas después de eventos climáticos extremos caso huracanes: Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina - RB Seaflower, Colombia. Corporación Ambiental CORALINA- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Caribe. Documento de trabajo. In press.
Velásquez, C. (2020). The 2016 Water Crisis in San Andres Island: An Opportunity for Change? Ciencia Política, 15(29), 73-109. https://doi.org/10.15446/cp.v15n29.86373
Velásquez, C. (2018). Making Sense of 2016 Water crisis in San Andrés. A Colombian Caribbean island. Anais Bra. De Est. Turisticos /ABET, 8 (3), 59-73. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/ejemplar/512805
Mantilla S., Velásquez, C., Roman R., and James J. (2016). Desarrollo y Turismo Sostenible en el Caribe [Sustainable Development and Tourism in the Caribbean]. Centro de Pensamiento del Caribe. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Caribe. San Andrés isla, Colombia. https://books.google.com.co/books/about/Desarrollo_y_turismo_sostenible_en_el_Ca.html?id=tzSrDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Santos-Martínez, A. and Velásquez, C. (Eds.). (2008). Gestión del riesgo y Manejo de Crisis frente a Huracanes, Guía de Preparación [Hurricane preparation guide for risk management and crisis management]. Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Caribe. San Andrés isla, Colombia.
Velásquez, C. (2011). La Percepción del riesgo de los agricultores de la isla de Providencia y Santa Catalina [Risk perception of farmers on the islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina facing hurricanes]. In Roman R. (Ed.) Cultura, Sociedad, Desarrollo e Historia en el Caribe colombiano [Culture, Society, Development and History in the Colombian Caribbean]. (pp. 135-167). Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Velásquez, C. and Santos-Martínez A. (2010). Vulnerabilidad socioeconómica de los agricultores frente a huracanes en las islas de Providencia y Santa Catalina, Caribe colombiano [Socio-economic vulnerability of farmers facing hurricanes on the islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombian Caribbean]. Gestión y Ambiente, 13 (1), 07-20. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/25376
Catedra Nacional de Pensamiento Crítico caribe
2025
Virtual, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede CaribeSerie de conferencias Centro de Investigaciones Sociales -CIS
2025
Universidad de Puerto RicoThe Fourth Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies
2025
Uppsala, SwedenXIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, RC39 Sociology of Disasters, Livelihood Resilience and Vulnerability
2025
Toronto, CanadaFortaleciendo la capacidad de recuperación post desastre de la reserva de biosfera Seaflower/ Learning from Hurricanes: Strengthening the Seaflowers capacity for disaster Recovery
2025
Virtual, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede CaribeLa respuesta institucional y comunitaria, ante el paso de huracanes en la reserva de biosfera Seaflower / The institutional and community response to hurricanes in the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve
2025
Virtual, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede CaribePerspectiva ambiental post desastre: Conocimiento, recuperación y restauración ecológica en Seaflower. Post-disaster environmental perspective: knowledge, recovery, and ecological restoration in Seaflower.
2025
Virtual, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Caribe