Michel Xocaira Paes

Michel Xocaira Paes is an Associate Researcher at the Getulio Vargas Foundation São Paulo School of Management (FGV/EAESP), affiliated with the Research Centre for the Governance of Global Environmental Changes (FGV Earth) and the Innovation Center (FGVin). He holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences from São Paulo State University (UNESP, 2018), including a research internship at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, Spain). He also holds an MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a concentration in Sanitation, from UNESP (2013), an MBA in Environmental Management and Technologies from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP, 2010), and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Sorocaba (2005). He began his professional career in the private sector and the third sector (2005-2008) and subsequently worked in the formulation and implementation of environmental and sustainable development public policies (2009-2013) at different levels, including municipal and state governments, public consortia, river basin committees, and protected areas. Between 2014 and 2018, he pursued his PhD at UNESP with a CAPES scholarship and, in 2015, served as a lecturer in the MBA programme in Environmental Management and Sustainability at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar Sorocaba Campus). From 2018 to 2021, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher (FAPESP) in the Department of Public Administration at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EAESP). In 2022, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Ghent University (Belgium), contributing to the ORIENTING Project, funded by the European Union's Horizon Programme.Between 2022 and 2023, he worked as a consultant on major initiatives, including the National Basic Sanitation Plan (PLANSAB), the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (PGIRS) for the Alto Tietê Basin, and a Payment for Environmental Services (PES) project in the Brazilian Amazon. From August 2023 to July 2025, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher (FAPESP/CNPq) in projects carried out under the Amazônia +10 Initiative, also at FGV/EAESP.He is currently an Associate Researcher at FGV Earth and FGVin, and a lecturer in the Life Cycle Assessment course at UNESP, Sorocaba Campus. His research and professional activities are situated at the intersection of Administration and Engineering, with a focus on environmental and urban policies, governance for sustainability, integrated waste management, circular economy, bioeconomy, life cycle sustainability assessment, and climate change. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)