Dr. Amanda Jiménez-Aceituno

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21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C40.215
amanda.jimenez@leuphana.de
Gastwissenschaftler*in, Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)

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Vita

Amanda Jiménez Aceituno (Dr) is Managing Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development and Learning (ISDL) at Leuphana University Lüneburg. She also holds a position as researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University (Sweden).

Dr. Jiménez Aceituno obtained her PhD in the Interuniversitary Program on Environmental Education in the Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). Previously, she graduated with honors in Environmental Sciences at this same university. Her PhD thesis, Analysis of communication, education and participation projects for biodiversity conservation: cases of study of Spain and Costa Rica built on ESD frameworks applied to biodiversity conservation. She conducted fielwork at the Costa Rican National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) and held a long-term internship at the University of Florida.

In 2015 Dr. Jiménez Aceituno started working at the Stockholm Resilience Centre as a Postdoctoral researcher in Sustainabilityb Transformations within the GRAID programme (Guidance for Resilience in the Anthropocene: Investments for Development). Currently her research focuses on understanding and fostering the transformational impact of sustainability initiatives. In collaboration with the Universidad de Almeria, she is working with a variety of actors in the drylands of South-East Spain to co-create pathways toward the Sustainable Development Goals in agricultural systems.

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Contributions of Net-Map to sustainability action research
    Amanda Jimenez-Aceituno (Author) , Sofía Valeria Cortés-Calderón (Author) , María D. López-Rodríguez (Author) , Antonio J. Castro (Author) , María Mancilla-García (Author) , 01.08.2025 , in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 75

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  2. The multifaceted spectra of power − A participatory network analysis on power structures in diverse dryland regions
    Amanda Jimenez-Aceituno (Author) , Veronica Olofsson (Author) , Maria Mancilla Garcia (Author) , Antonio J. Castro (Author) , Sofía Cortés Calderón (Author) , Amadou Hamath Diallo (Author) , María D. López-Rodríguez (Author) , Taís Sonetti Gonzalez (Author) , Amanda Sousa Silvino (Author) , Ana Paula Aguiar (Author) , 01.07.2025 , in: Global Environmental Change, 92 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Indigenous and Local Communities' initiatives have transformative potential to guide shifts toward sustainability in South America
    Amanda Jimenez-Aceituno (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Araceky Burgos-Ayala (Author) , Emerson Cepeda-Rodriguez (Author) , David P. M. Lam (Author) , 19.06.2025 , in: Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 1 , 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Trade-offs for healthy and sustainable diets in Europe: Social-ecological dynamics in an intensive agricultural system
    Amanda Jimenez-Aceituno (Author) , M. D. López-Rodríguez (Author) , A. J. Castro (Author) , S. Cortés-Calderón (Author) , David Collste (Author) , G. Aparicio (Author) , Lena Rölfer (Author) , Marcos A. Bote (Author) , Longinos Marín Rives Marín (Author) , Miguel Ángel Gómez-Tenorio (Author) , B. González-Martín (Author) , 01.03.2025 , in: Global Food Security, 44 , 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Why context matters: Understanding transdisciplinary research through the lens of nine context factors
    Amanda Jimenez-Aceituno (Author) , Claire Grauer (Author) , Daniel J. Lang (Author) , Farina Tolksdorf (Author) , Nina Maria Frölich (Author) , Nana Adjoa B. Amoah (Author) , Julia Baird (Author) , Corinna Ballnat (Author) , Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Author) , Bettina König (Author) , Rebecca Laycock Pedersen (Author) , María Máñez Costa (Author) , David Manuel-Navarrete (Author) , Dominic A. Martin (Author) , Bridget McGlynn (Author) , Marion Mehring (Author) , Susanne Mühlthaler (Author) , Flurina Schneider (Author) , Mandy Singer-Brodowski (Author) , Luciano Vilalba (Author) , Annika Weiser (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Innovation - The European Journal of Social Science Research, 38, 4 , p. 1482-1518 , 37 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Social theatre as a tool for environmental learning processes: a case study from Madrid, Spain
    Amanda Jimenez-Aceituno (Author) , Lydia Medland (Author) , Alba Delgado (Author) , Arantxa Carballés-Bretón (Author) , Alba Maiques-Diaz (Author) , Lucía Díaz Muñoz (Author) , María Marín-Rodríguez (Author) , Pablo Chamorro-Ortiz (Author) , Borja Casado-Cid (Author) , 01.01.2015 3rd ed. , p. 281-297 , 17 p.

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