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Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities

San José & field sites, Costa Rica

Nicolas Boeglin

Areas of expertise

International Environmental Law, International Watercourses Management, Human Rights and Environmental Law

Degrees

  • LLM, Master of Legal Studies in Comparative European and International Law, European University Institute of Florence, Italy
  • Ph.D., Doctorate in Law, International Law section, University of Paris II

Potential student research areas

  • Precautionary principles and water resources  in the Central Valley in Costa Rica
  • International legal consequences for Costa Rica of Crucitas open pit gold mining project: management of an international basin
  • Environment double discourse and double standards: the case of Costa Rica
  • Environmental sustainability and coastal tourism expansion in Guanacaste
  • Pineapple industry in Costa Rica before environmental law and local tribunals: balance and perspectives
  • Legal and environmental framework to combat water scarcity in the Pacific Coast (Jaco and Puntarenas) of Costa Rica: the case of desalinisation plants
  • Mining regulations and environmental law in tropical areas
  • How drinkable water can be lacking in a tropical country
  • Access to water as a human right

Biography

Dr. Boeglin served as Program Officer and Advisor of the Executive Direction of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR), located in Costa Rica from 1994 to 2000. Was was also a member of the International Law Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica (1998-2000). After a period in Switzerland working as a consultant for several international NGOs based in Geneva (2002-2005), he returned to Costa Rica and currently teaches international law at the Law Faculty of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), as well as the International Environmental Law (Master on Environmental Law Program, UCR) and at the Instituto del Servicio Exterior Manuela Maria Peralta of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Master in Diplomacy Program). He is co-founder of the Asociación Costarricense de Derecho Ambiental (ACDA) at the UCR, Member of the Board of Directors of a local NGO Justicia para la Naturaleza and was appointed in 2007 as a member of UICN World Commission on Environmental Law (CEL).

Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities

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Nicole Nemeth, Science Fellow, Wildlife Disease Program, Natl. Wildlife Research Center, USDA/APHIS My experience with the ACM Costa Rica Field Research program was paramount to forming my career interests. The program immersed all of the students, many of us on our first real international experience, into a new and exciting world. It was extremely well-organized and carried out; the staff created an ideal atmosphere for learning and developing, and the Costa Rican families that allowed us into their lives were also extremely supportive. We were allowed time and provided guidance in developing and carrying out our own independent research project, and this for me was a very important achievement. ACM helped me realize that I wanted to attend veterinary school, followed by graduate school; I always look back to ACM as my first step toward a research career.

—Nicole Nemeth, Science Fellow, Wildlife Disease Program, Natl. Wildlife Research Center, USDA/APHIS, Costa Rica, Spring 1994

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