SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Name:

Mr Osiel González Dávila

Email address:

osiel.davila@soas.ac.uk

Thesis title:

Food Security and Water Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and Mexico

Year of Study:

Year of Entry 2009-2010

Website:

https://sites.google.com/site/osielgd/home

PhD Research

The aim of my PhD research is to study the consequences of the consumption of Arsenic and Fluoride contaminated groundwater and its use in agricultural production as a matter of food security in affected areas of Bangladesh and Mexico.

PhD Publications

Journal Article

González–Dávila, O. (2010). "Food Security and Poverty in Mexico: The Impact of Higher Food Prices." Food Security. Paper available at: www.springerlink.com/content/3373031712117250/

Handbooks

• Handbook for Economic Geography (2007), Universidad Tecnológica de México, Economics Department.
• Handbook for the Compilation, Treatment and Analysis of Economic Information. (2005) UAM - X, Economics Department.

Documentary

• The Path of Excess… (2010)  Available in the following link: dailymotion.com/...the-path-of-excess-osiel-davila_people

Selected Papers Presented in Scholarly and Professional Meetings

• Food Security and Poverty in Mexico: the Impact of Higher Global Food Prices. (2010)
  VIII Symposium of Mexican Students and Studies, The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
• Non Parametric Techniques for assessing the Impact of Higher Global Food Prices on Food Security  and Poverty in Mexico (2010)
  3rd Annual Brunel University Economics and Finance PhD Conference, Brunel University (United Kingdom)
• Food Security and Water Arsenic Contamination in Four Areas of Bangladesh (2008)
  Seminar at the Department of Geography and Environment, The University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)
• The Geometric Method for the Solution of m x 2 and 2 x n Games and Some Special Games: 2 x 2 with Identical Diagonals and Symmetric Games. (2007)
  Paper available (in Spanish) at: dcsea.uqroo.mx/.../ponencia%20Osiel%20Gonzalez%20Davila.pdf
  XVII Mexican Colloquium of Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, Universidad de Quintana Roo, Chetumal Quintana Roo (México)
• A Multimedia Didactic Material for Developing Mathematical Skills: an Introduction to Economics (2006)
  XVI Mexican Colloquium of Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa-Ezq. Veracruz (México)
• North America Free Trade Agreement Impacts on Mexican Agriculture Sector (2005)
  IV Interdisciplinary Conference on Agrarian and Agro-Industrial Studies, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
• The Agriculture Issue at Doha Round: Free or Regulated Commerce? (2004)
  First International Congress on World Economy, Universidad Autónoma de Colima, Manzanillo, Colima (México)
• Analysis of Unemployment Causes in México, 1985 – 2003 (2004)
  XIV Mexican Colloquium of Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, Escuela Superior de Economía del IPN  (México)
• Water Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination in Zacatecas, Mexico: An Exploratory Study (2011) Paper available in the following link: http://www.conferencedevelopments.com/files/Gonzalez_Davila.pdf
• 8th International Conference Developments in Economic Theory and Policy. Department of  
  Applied Economics, University of the Basque Country (Spain)