Ivan Ojeda-Pereira

Iván Ojeda-Pereira is a Researcher in the Research Group on Science and Technology Studies (S&TS) at LUT University. He holds a doctorate in Sociology (with maximum distinction) from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a doctorate in Social Sciences (pass with distinction) from LUT University. He also holds an MA in Sociology (with maximum distinction) from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, an MA in Political Science from the University of Chile. During 2026, he is a Visiting Scholar at the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge.

His research lies at the intersection of Science and Technology Studies (STS), Environmental Sociology and Political Ecology. He examines the socio-technical transformations of extractive industries in Latin America, particularly in mining and energy, with special attention to public policy and questions of justice in sustainability transitions.

He collaborates on several research projects, including "Data Quality for Responsible AI in Energy Systems", funded by NordForsk, as well as three projects funded by the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), the ANILLOS project "Sociotechnologies of Lithium", the FONDECYT project "Energy Transition and Critical Minerals: Tensions over Divergent Socio-Ecological Futures", and the FOVI project "International Network for Circular and Sustainable Lithium Management".

His work has been published in international journals such as Science, Nature Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Resources Policy, Journal of Labor and Society, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, The Extractive Industries and Society, Visual Ethnography, Urban Research & Practice, Journal of Maps and Futures, as well as in Spanish-language journals including POLIS, Cuadernos de Teoría Social, PLANEO and Intervención, amongst others.

His work has received the Best Graduate Article Award from the Labor Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). He is a member of the Early Career Editorial Board of Digital Geography and Society and has served as a peer reviewer for several international journals, including International Sociology, The Extractive Industries and Society, Futures and Environment and Planning E. He is also an active member of the Global South Group of the Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN), the Research Committee on Environment and Society (RC24) of the International Sociological Association (ISA), and the Environment Section of LASA.