Ana Isla

Professor

Education:
PhD, OISE-University of Toronto
MA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
BA, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
BA, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia

Ana Isla teaches courses in social and feminist theories. Professor Isla has two BAs, one in Education and the other in Sociology, an MA from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and a PhD from OISE-University of Toronto. Her doctoral dissertation examined the structure and functioning of the complex Canada-Costa Rica debt-for-nature investment relationship and the projects developed by two non-governmental organizations. Her dissertation received an award in an international competition sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation for young scholars. Professor Isla’s research within the gift economy and the subsistence economy is highly reputed. Her research on ecofeminism is widely published and has secured financial support. Her scholarly work has been included in journal debates and her readers are in English- and Spanish-speaking communities. Her publications and conference presentations have been picked up by the popular media several times because of their relevance to policy development, as well as to broad social concerns. Professor Isla is currently conducting research in two areas: an exploration of subsistence economies in the Peruvian rainforest, and mining in Latin America. Dr. Isla has a positive international reputation and serves as a Board Member for both the Canadian Woman Studies and Capitalism Nature Socialism journals.

Publications and Collections

Books

  • 2021, The Routledge Handbook on Ecosocialism. Routledge (Eds) Brownhill L, Engel-Dimauro S, Giacomini T, Isla A, Lowy M, Turner T.

Articles

  • (Forthcoming) Isla, A. “The “Greening” by Sustainable Development: Stretching Biopiracy” in Handbook on Latin America and the Environment, (Eds) Bustos B, Engel-Dimauro S, Garcia G, Milanez F, Ojeda D. Routledge.
  • (Forthcoming) Isla A. “What is Material Ecofeminism.” Elgar Encyclopedia of Development.
  • (Forthcoming) Isla. A. “Enverdeciendo,” La Ultima Etapa del Extractivismo. Universidad de Costa Rica.
  • 2022, Isla, A. “Extractivism in the America’s Indigenous: The Land of Resisters” in Handbook of Extractive Movements, (Eds) Grasso M and Giugny M. Routledge.
  • 2021, Isla, A. “Greening,” the Highest Stage of Extractivism” in Handbook of Ecosocialism, (Eds) Brownhill L, Engel-Dimauro S, Giacomini T, Isla A, Lowy M, Turner T. Routledge.
  • 2021, Isla, A. “El Enverdeciento de Costa Rica. Una Guerra contra la Subsistencia” in Sociologie: Ordem e políticas sociais na atualidade 2. Brazil. https://www.atenaeditora.com.br/depoimentos
  • 2021, Isla, A. Quem Paga Pelo Protocolo De Kyoto? A Venda de Oxigenio o a Venda de Sexo na Costa Rica, in Economia Feminista E Ecologica: Resistencias e Retomadas de Corpos e Territorios. Siempreviva Organizacao Feminista. Sao Paulo, Brazil. (pp. 54-68).
  • 2020, Isla, A. El Enverdecimiento de las Americas: Mecanismos de Governanza del Capital Global, in Álvaro Galliorio & Dasten Julián, (Eds). Estudios del trabajo desde el Sur, Vol.3 Repensar el sur desde el Estallido. (pp.19-38). Ariadna Ediciones, Chile.
  • 2020, Isla, A. Forced Sterilization in Times of Sustainable Development in Peru, in Gul Caliskan Gendering Globalization, Globalizing Gender: Post Colonial Perspectives. Oxford University Press. (pp. 271-286).