Riikka Kaukonen Lindholm

PhD researcher

  • Institution University of Helsinki

Indigenous governance, extractivism, Ecuador

Paola Minoia

Coordinator of the WG

  • Institution University of Helsinki
  • Department/faculty Geosciences and Geography

Nathaly Pinto

Doctoral researcher

  • Institution Aalto University
  • Department/faculty Design Department

Nathaly Pinto is a doctoral researcher at Aalto University, Finland, and an Adjunct Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Ecuador. With design training in Ecuador and the Netherlands, she has spent nearly a decade collaborating on projects with popular classes and indigenous peoples, partnering with civil society organizations in Ecuador and Andean South America. Her research centers on participatory design from the Global South, popular communication, and design for social change. Currently, Nathaly's focus lies in closely working with indigenous organizations and youth in the Ecuadorian Amazon, conducting research and co-designing visual devices to support political-educational spaces for dialogue, deliberation, and learning.