Lucia Morales
Biographic Data
| ID | 3548995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucia Morales |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucia |
| FAMILY NAME | Morales |
| SIGNATURE | MORALES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technological University Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9111-813X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring political discourses in the EU Parliament on nuclear weapons: A simulation-based learning experience
This study examines how simulation based learning in higher education can help students enhance their understanding of global risks amid rising political tensions and uncertainty. It presents a model for a simulation exercise on political discourses regarding nuclear weapons within the EU Parliament. Despite the legal limitations that existing EU parliament nuclear politics entail, the simulations aimed to raise students’ awareness of the existen…
Europe’s energy realignment: Economic and political priorities amid the Eastern divide challenge
In today’s global economy, the current energy systems face significant challenges given the requested efficient transition away from a heavy reliance on fossil fuels. Countries’ fierce competition to secure access to strategic raw materials that support their changing energy models defines the current international economic and political landscape. Countries require a more balanced, responsible, and sustainable exploitation of natural resources, …
Energy security in Central and Eastern Europe: The nuclear policy dilemma
Volatility in transition: Fossil fuel dependence, renewable shifts, and financial risk across Europe’s Eastern divide
Europe’s energy landscape has undergone profound disruptions following the escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, exposing deep structural vulnerabilities in the continent’s persistent reliance on fossil fuels. The crisis intensified political and economic tensions across the longstanding European Eastern divide, as the abrupt suspension of Russian gas disrupted energy security, triggered unprecedented price volatility, and accentuated disparitie…
Configuraciones de la gobernanza en el Noreste del Uruguay: Gestión integrada de residuos y recursos hídricos
Empleando el enfoque de la gobernanza multinivel y multiactoral, este artículo indaga por la efectiva promoción del desarrollo sostenible en el Noreste de Uruguay, específicamente en los departamentos de Tacuarembó, Rivera y Cerro Largo. Este desarrollo se aborda desde la gestión integrada de recursos hídricos (GIRH) y de residuos (GIR), mediante un estudio de caso que incluye observación participante y entrevistas a actores clave. Aunque los tre…
Russia’s war in Ukraine: From geopolitics to geo-economics of deterrence
Russia’s war in Ukraine has significantly impacted the global political, defence and economic context. The war has been characterised by the revival of nuclear deterrence as a powerful bargaining force for nuclear countries. This research paper examines the uncertainty surrounding Russia’s operations in Ukraine by discussing and reviewing the nuclear threats that emerged during the initial phases of the war and their implications. The well-known …
Cultural hegemony in educational content: A comparative analysis of economic narratives in textbooks from Singapore and South Africa
This paper explores the influence of cultural hegemony on educational content by examining how global economic narratives are framed in textbooks from Singapore and South Africa. By comparing two distinct educational systems—Singapore's state-controlled, market-driven approach and South Africa's equity-focused, post-apartheid framework—this study investigates the extent to which textbooks perpetuate dominant economic ideologies such as neoliberal…
Covid-19 vaccine race – the shadow of political and multinational interests
The COVID-19 pandemic caused global disruption in 2020, throwing the world into an unprecedented health crisis with unpredicted socio-economic consequences. Strikingly, politicians and supranational organizations failed to collaborate and coordinate a united global response. In light of this, this research study explores how the vaccine race may have been used as a weapon of political communication, constantly influenced by international relation…
Women Inequality in the Mena Region: Insights from the Arab Spring Revolution
Women’s inequality remains a significant global concern with important connotations for the MENA region. Preserving human rights, combating discrimination against women, and enhancing equality of life for women are critical as we work on socio-economic models that are more sustainable and balanced. Women’s rights recognition in all societies has surfaced since much existing research provides significant evidence of women’s valuable contribution t…
Education to Navigate Global Power Dynamics and Conflict through the Lens of Caring
Education emerges as crucial to manage ongoing global challenges as it is vital to help minimize the risk of conflict, inequities and inequalities, or even violent disasters.Developing a new educational model in which a new culture of caring about people, the planet, and our common and shared future can contribute to peace-building and the development of more sustainable societies.This paper offers critical insights into the interconnectivity bet…
The New Normal: Multifaceted and Multidimensional Crises and the Interplay of Geoeconomics and Geopolitics
The world's economic and social systems are subject to a significant state of influx, with the G20 leaders pointing out cascading crises captured by discussions about polycrisis or permacrisis. Global governance, economic growth, and political agendas are intertwined in converging multidimensional and multifaceted crises that need to be considered from the geoeconomic and geopolitical frameworks. The War in Ukraine and the Middle East's rising le…
The Role of Geopolitical Risk in Conflict Analysis: Critical Insights
Conflict analysis is a key step to be considered by conflict and peace academics, practitioners and policymakers willing to assess the complexities associated with conflict scenarios. With this aim, this essay explores how Geopolitical Risk, particularly the Geopolitical Risk Index, could be used as a supportive tool for multidisciplinary studies in geoeconomics and geopolitics. The case of the war in Ukraine was taken as an example that guided t…
The Power of Education in a Globalised World: Challenging Geoeconomic Inequalities
The globalization process has led to significant levels of controversy, as over the past few years, researchers have highlighted its negative connotations in terms of exacerbating economic inequalities, environmental degradation, exploitation of workers, loss of cultural diversity, and negative influence on democratic systems and financial stability. The negative connotation associated with the globalization process is not surprising. The implica…
Navigating the Ukraine War: Unraveling the Interplay of Geoeconomics, Geopolitics and Deterrence
The Russian war in Ukraine has brought the deterrence dilemma back to the international table. More than a year after the eruption of the war both parties’ deterrence and military strategies, in parallel with the international community’s failed diplomacy, have proved non-decisive in ending the conflict. On the other hand, the war seems to be expanding to a more complex scenario with profound political and economic consequences. Despite some init…
Geoeconomic and Geopolitical Dynamics of Water Scarcity in Oil-Rich Economies: The Case of Kuwait
Global water scarcity is a growing international concern due to its implications for human survival. Freshwater can be considered a fundamental resource integral to our ecological and societal activities. The Freshwater-rising demand and shifting supply of freshwater in parallel with uneven and irregular distributed, are a source of significant friction among countries. Furthermore, unsustainable management practices can lead to substantial confl…
The Onus on Coal Consumption and the ‘Beautiful China Initiative’: Economic and Policy Implications
China’s need for rapid economic growth and its hunger for natural resources significantly challenge its economic and policy vision of sustainability, social stability and economic development. The ‘Beautiful China Initiative’ plans to put China on the path of sustainable development in line with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development GoaSls. The Chinese authorities are expected to reconsider traditional economic policy mo…
Gestión integral de residuos y recursos hídricos en la región noreste del Uruguay
Con un abordaje en clave de gobernanza territorial y desarrollo sostenible, este trabajo describe y compara la gestión integral de residuos (GIR) y la gestión integral de recursos hídricos (GIRH), con una perspectiva multinivel y multiactoral y foco en la región Noreste del Uruguay. La gobernanza se conceptualiza como una modalidad de vinculación y articulación entre los territorios y las políticas nacionales y subnacionales que puede contribuir …
Afghanistan: A Multidimensional Crisis
How realistic is the China–Pakistan–Iran economic corridor
The economic and political influence of China in the Asian region is growing amidst global geopolitical challenges. Economic corridors such as the new Silk Road have been identified as enablers of strategic growth and geo-economic power development in a context of significant political instability. Beijing's strategic approach and the importance of Pakistan and Iran to its aspiration to realise China's dream through its Belt and Road Initiative (…
Hong Kong unrest and implications for the Hang Seng Index
With the September 2014 ‘Umbrella Revolution’ in Hong Kong, China faced one of the biggest political challenges since the Tiananmen Square events. Beijing’s proposed electoral reform was perceived as a direct attack to democracy, and the ensuing protest triggered concerns amid local and international investors; the financial sector took the hardest hit, with stocks of companies exposed to the Hong Kong market facing significant losses. Volatility…
Sistema De Registro E Comunicação Da Violência Institucional (Sirecovi)
Este artigo elaborado pelo Centro de Investigação da Universidade de Barcelona, Observatório do Sistema Penal e dos Direitos Humanos, pretende apresentar o projeto e funcionamento de uma ferramenta que possa servir de ajuda e denúncia de supostos casos de violência institucional. A partir do interesse superior de proteção às vítimas que possam ser objetos deste tipo de violência, foi criado e desenvolvido um sistema de registro e comunicação dest…
Afghanistan: A Multidimensional Crisis
The Power of Education in a Globalised World: Challenging Geoeconomic Inequalities
The globalization process has led to significant levels of controversy, as over the past few years, researchers have highlighted its negative connotations in terms of exacerbating economic inequalities, environmental degradation, exploitation of workers, loss of cultural diversity, and negative influence on democratic systems and financial stability. The negative connotation associated with the globalization process is not surprising. The implica…
Navigating the Ukraine War: Unraveling the Interplay of Geoeconomics, Geopolitics and Deterrence
The Russian war in Ukraine has brought the deterrence dilemma back to the international table. More than a year after the eruption of the war both parties’ deterrence and military strategies, in parallel with the international community’s failed diplomacy, have proved non-decisive in ending the conflict. On the other hand, the war seems to be expanding to a more complex scenario with profound political and economic consequences. Despite some init…
Russia’s war in Ukraine: From geopolitics to geo-economics of deterrence
Russia’s war in Ukraine has significantly impacted the global political, defence and economic context. The war has been characterised by the revival of nuclear deterrence as a powerful bargaining force for nuclear countries. This research paper examines the uncertainty surrounding Russia’s operations in Ukraine by discussing and reviewing the nuclear threats that emerged during the initial phases of the war and their implications. The well-known …
Women Inequality in the Mena Region: Insights from the Arab Spring Revolution
Women’s inequality remains a significant global concern with important connotations for the MENA region. Preserving human rights, combating discrimination against women, and enhancing equality of life for women are critical as we work on socio-economic models that are more sustainable and balanced. Women’s rights recognition in all societies has surfaced since much existing research provides significant evidence of women’s valuable contribution t…
Education to Navigate Global Power Dynamics and Conflict through the Lens of Caring
Education emerges as crucial to manage ongoing global challenges as it is vital to help minimize the risk of conflict, inequities and inequalities, or even violent disasters.Developing a new educational model in which a new culture of caring about people, the planet, and our common and shared future can contribute to peace-building and the development of more sustainable societies.This paper offers critical insights into the interconnectivity bet…
The New Normal: Multifaceted and Multidimensional Crises and the Interplay of Geoeconomics and Geopolitics
The world's economic and social systems are subject to a significant state of influx, with the G20 leaders pointing out cascading crises captured by discussions about polycrisis or permacrisis. Global governance, economic growth, and political agendas are intertwined in converging multidimensional and multifaceted crises that need to be considered from the geoeconomic and geopolitical frameworks. The War in Ukraine and the Middle East's rising le…
The Onus on Coal Consumption and the ‘Beautiful China Initiative’: Economic and Policy Implications
China’s need for rapid economic growth and its hunger for natural resources significantly challenge its economic and policy vision of sustainability, social stability and economic development. The ‘Beautiful China Initiative’ plans to put China on the path of sustainable development in line with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development GoaSls. The Chinese authorities are expected to reconsider traditional economic policy mo…
Sistema De Registro E Comunicação Da Violência Institucional (Sirecovi)
Este artigo elaborado pelo Centro de Investigação da Universidade de Barcelona, Observatório do Sistema Penal e dos Direitos Humanos, pretende apresentar o projeto e funcionamento de uma ferramenta que possa servir de ajuda e denúncia de supostos casos de violência institucional. A partir do interesse superior de proteção às vítimas que possam ser objetos deste tipo de violência, foi criado e desenvolvido um sistema de registro e comunicação dest…
Hong Kong unrest and implications for the Hang Seng Index
With the September 2014 ‘Umbrella Revolution’ in Hong Kong, China faced one of the biggest political challenges since the Tiananmen Square events. Beijing’s proposed electoral reform was perceived as a direct attack to democracy, and the ensuing protest triggered concerns amid local and international investors; the financial sector took the hardest hit, with stocks of companies exposed to the Hong Kong market facing significant losses. Volatility…
How realistic is the China–Pakistan–Iran economic corridor
The economic and political influence of China in the Asian region is growing amidst global geopolitical challenges. Economic corridors such as the new Silk Road have been identified as enablers of strategic growth and geo-economic power development in a context of significant political instability. Beijing's strategic approach and the importance of Pakistan and Iran to its aspiration to realise China's dream through its Belt and Road Initiative (…
Gestión integral de residuos y recursos hídricos en la región noreste del Uruguay
Con un abordaje en clave de gobernanza territorial y desarrollo sostenible, este trabajo describe y compara la gestión integral de residuos (GIR) y la gestión integral de recursos hídricos (GIRH), con una perspectiva multinivel y multiactoral y foco en la región Noreste del Uruguay. La gobernanza se conceptualiza como una modalidad de vinculación y articulación entre los territorios y las políticas nacionales y subnacionales que puede contribuir …
Afghanistan: A Multidimensional Crisis
Women Inequality in the Mena Region: Insights from the Arab Spring Revolution
Women’s inequality remains a significant global concern with important connotations for the MENA region. Preserving human rights, combating discrimination against women, and enhancing equality of life for women are critical as we work on socio-economic models that are more sustainable and balanced. Women’s rights recognition in all societies has surfaced since much existing research provides significant evidence of women’s valuable contribution t…
Education to Navigate Global Power Dynamics and Conflict through the Lens of Caring
Education emerges as crucial to manage ongoing global challenges as it is vital to help minimize the risk of conflict, inequities and inequalities, or even violent disasters.Developing a new educational model in which a new culture of caring about people, the planet, and our common and shared future can contribute to peace-building and the development of more sustainable societies.This paper offers critical insights into the interconnectivity bet…
The New Normal: Multifaceted and Multidimensional Crises and the Interplay of Geoeconomics and Geopolitics
The world's economic and social systems are subject to a significant state of influx, with the G20 leaders pointing out cascading crises captured by discussions about polycrisis or permacrisis. Global governance, economic growth, and political agendas are intertwined in converging multidimensional and multifaceted crises that need to be considered from the geoeconomic and geopolitical frameworks. The War in Ukraine and the Middle East's rising le…
The Role of Geopolitical Risk in Conflict Analysis: Critical Insights
Conflict analysis is a key step to be considered by conflict and peace academics, practitioners and policymakers willing to assess the complexities associated with conflict scenarios. With this aim, this essay explores how Geopolitical Risk, particularly the Geopolitical Risk Index, could be used as a supportive tool for multidisciplinary studies in geoeconomics and geopolitics. The case of the war in Ukraine was taken as an example that guided t…
The Power of Education in a Globalised World: Challenging Geoeconomic Inequalities
The globalization process has led to significant levels of controversy, as over the past few years, researchers have highlighted its negative connotations in terms of exacerbating economic inequalities, environmental degradation, exploitation of workers, loss of cultural diversity, and negative influence on democratic systems and financial stability. The negative connotation associated with the globalization process is not surprising. The implica…
Navigating the Ukraine War: Unraveling the Interplay of Geoeconomics, Geopolitics and Deterrence
The Russian war in Ukraine has brought the deterrence dilemma back to the international table. More than a year after the eruption of the war both parties’ deterrence and military strategies, in parallel with the international community’s failed diplomacy, have proved non-decisive in ending the conflict. On the other hand, the war seems to be expanding to a more complex scenario with profound political and economic consequences. Despite some init…
Geoeconomic and Geopolitical Dynamics of Water Scarcity in Oil-Rich Economies: The Case of Kuwait
Global water scarcity is a growing international concern due to its implications for human survival. Freshwater can be considered a fundamental resource integral to our ecological and societal activities. The Freshwater-rising demand and shifting supply of freshwater in parallel with uneven and irregular distributed, are a source of significant friction among countries. Furthermore, unsustainable management practices can lead to substantial confl…
The Onus on Coal Consumption and the ‘Beautiful China Initiative’: Economic and Policy Implications
China’s need for rapid economic growth and its hunger for natural resources significantly challenge its economic and policy vision of sustainability, social stability and economic development. The ‘Beautiful China Initiative’ plans to put China on the path of sustainable development in line with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development GoaSls. The Chinese authorities are expected to reconsider traditional economic policy mo…
Covid-19 vaccine race – the shadow of political and multinational interests
The COVID-19 pandemic caused global disruption in 2020, throwing the world into an unprecedented health crisis with unpredicted socio-economic consequences. Strikingly, politicians and supranational organizations failed to collaborate and coordinate a united global response. In light of this, this research study explores how the vaccine race may have been used as a weapon of political communication, constantly influenced by international relation…
Configuraciones de la gobernanza en el Noreste del Uruguay: Gestión integrada de residuos y recursos hídricos
Empleando el enfoque de la gobernanza multinivel y multiactoral, este artículo indaga por la efectiva promoción del desarrollo sostenible en el Noreste de Uruguay, específicamente en los departamentos de Tacuarembó, Rivera y Cerro Largo. Este desarrollo se aborda desde la gestión integrada de recursos hídricos (GIRH) y de residuos (GIR), mediante un estudio de caso que incluye observación participante y entrevistas a actores clave. Aunque los tre…
Russia’s war in Ukraine: From geopolitics to geo-economics of deterrence
Russia’s war in Ukraine has significantly impacted the global political, defence and economic context. The war has been characterised by the revival of nuclear deterrence as a powerful bargaining force for nuclear countries. This research paper examines the uncertainty surrounding Russia’s operations in Ukraine by discussing and reviewing the nuclear threats that emerged during the initial phases of the war and their implications. The well-known …
Cultural hegemony in educational content: A comparative analysis of economic narratives in textbooks from Singapore and South Africa
This paper explores the influence of cultural hegemony on educational content by examining how global economic narratives are framed in textbooks from Singapore and South Africa. By comparing two distinct educational systems—Singapore's state-controlled, market-driven approach and South Africa's equity-focused, post-apartheid framework—this study investigates the extent to which textbooks perpetuate dominant economic ideologies such as neoliberal…
Exploring political discourses in the EU Parliament on nuclear weapons: A simulation-based learning experience
This study examines how simulation based learning in higher education can help students enhance their understanding of global risks amid rising political tensions and uncertainty. It presents a model for a simulation exercise on political discourses regarding nuclear weapons within the EU Parliament. Despite the legal limitations that existing EU parliament nuclear politics entail, the simulations aimed to raise students’ awareness of the existen…
Europe’s energy realignment: Economic and political priorities amid the Eastern divide challenge
In today’s global economy, the current energy systems face significant challenges given the requested efficient transition away from a heavy reliance on fossil fuels. Countries’ fierce competition to secure access to strategic raw materials that support their changing energy models defines the current international economic and political landscape. Countries require a more balanced, responsible, and sustainable exploitation of natural resources, …
Energy security in Central and Eastern Europe: The nuclear policy dilemma
Volatility in transition: Fossil fuel dependence, renewable shifts, and financial risk across Europe’s Eastern divide
Europe’s energy landscape has undergone profound disruptions following the escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, exposing deep structural vulnerabilities in the continent’s persistent reliance on fossil fuels. The crisis intensified political and economic tensions across the longstanding European Eastern divide, as the abrupt suspension of Russian gas disrupted energy security, triggered unprecedented price volatility, and accentuated disparitie…
Political science (15 works) · Politics (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Geopolitics (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political economy (5 works)