Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez researches plastics pollution at a global scale, addressing impacts on Earth systems processes, international policy, and social movements. She holds an MSc in Social-Ecological Resilience for Sustainable Development from Stockholm University and BSc in Environmental Science from Granada University. Before her Ph.D., she worked as a Plastic Pollution Expert for GRID- Arendal (a UNEP Partner) in projects related to the transboundary movement of plastic waste for the Basel Convention.
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