Ms. Isadora Cruxên

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Isadora Cruxên is a PhD candidate in International Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She studies the political economy of sustainable development, with a focus on the relationship between financialization and the governance of essential urban infrastructures and natural resources in the Global South. She is also interested in exploring more democratic, sustainable, and just forms of public decision-making and policy-making. Her other work has engaged issues such as participatory planning, social activism, and feminist organizing. At MIT, she is affiliated with the Data+Feminism Lab and the City Infrastructure Equity Lab (CIEL). Isadora holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Brasília, Brazil, and a Master in City Planning from MIT.