Karla Yuliana Cadena Pérez

Research Interests:

+Climate justice

+Environmental Communication

+Participatory video methodologies for social learning and community engagement.

+Critiques on the Anthropocene

+Ontologies and situated knowledges

+Rural development and migration

• Cadena-Pérez, K. Y., Cadena-Iñiguez, P., Ariza, R., & Cano, M. Á. (2022). Agroecological farming, climate change and migration in marginalized areas of Mexico. Brazilian Journal of Animal and Environmental Research, 5(2), 2061-2074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34188/bjaerv5n2-048
• Morales-Guerra, M., Cadena-Pérez, K. Y., Cadena-Iñiguez, P., Berdugo-Rejón, J. G., Rodríguez-Hernández, F. R., & Cuevas-Reyes, V. (2024). Learning by Doing, an Innovative Approach to Sharing Knowledge with Indigenous Farmers and Elderly Adults. Creative Education, 15(3), 407-417. DOI: 10.4236/ce.2024.153025
• Morales-Guerra, M., Cadena-Pérez, K. Y., Cadena-Iñiguez, P., Berdugo-Rejón, J.G., Rodríguez–Hernández F.R., Cuevas-Reyes, V. (2024) An Innovative Approach to Technology Transfer Project with Rural and Indigenous Farmers Using the Field Schools Model. In: An Overview of Literature, Language and Education Research Vol. 3. B P International, pp. 37-54. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/aoller/v3/961
• Morales-Guerra, M., Cadena-Pérez, K., Cadena-Íñiguez, P., Cuevas-Reyes, V., & Cuauhtémoc, U. (2024). Adoption of the composting practice in the farmer field school of San Mateo Piñas, Oaxaca, Mexico. Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology, 8(6), 2189-2197.

Within the framework of the EU Horizon JustREACH project, my research examines the potential of social learning videos (SLVs) as an arts-based and participatory methodology for climate adaptation. SLVs are designed and co-created with community leaders, businesses, citizens, and regional authorities to communicate adaptation measures aligned with just resilience and the just transition. By privileging visual storytelling over verbal narration, SLVs aim to make tacit knowledge visible, foster social learning, and integrate behavioral insights into community-led solutions in the five pilot sites of the project: Athens, Greece; Zagreb, Croatia; Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; Belfast, United Kingdom; and Lake Constance, Germany. This research also contributes to broader debates on the epistemological value of audio-visual methods as tools for participatory knowledge production and environmental communication.