PhD in Environmental Sciences

The Doctorate in Environmental Sciences is an academic program that seeks to develop strategies for the integration of different disciplines that study the environmental dimension, using interdisciplinarity, the dialogue of knowledge and complex thinking as practices in the construction of knowledge.
With a holistic approach, the doctoral program seeks to interpret environmental problems in a comprehensive manner, using interdisciplinary, knowledge dialogue and complex thinking as practices in the construction of environmental knowledge. Thus, the DCA research process is viewed from the society-culture-environment relationship, focusing on the interrelationships that occur in the three bases of the environmental dimension: the ecosystem base, the cultural base, and sustainability.
Likewise, it promotes an ecosystemic, interdisciplinary and integrating vision between the ecological, social and economic subsystems, also seeking a conjunction between the different actors represented in the academy, the unions, the government and the communities, for the sustainable and equitable use of resources. nature and environmental services. The area of ​​action also involves the south-western region of the country, including the coffee zone, the Andean zone and the Pacific zone, spaces of great strategic importance for the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources and ecosystems