Director of the PhD Program in Geography at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Full Professor at the Institute of Geography of the Faculty of History, Geography, and Political Science, and professor at the Institute for Sustainable Development.
He is a geographer from the University of Wales and holds a master’s degree in Latin American Studies and PhD in Economic History from the University of Liverpool. He has taught at the London School of Economics and the University of East Anglia in the UK. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the journals: Environmental Policy and Governance, EURE, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Norwegian Journal of Geography, and México y la Cuenca del Pacífico.
RESEARCH AREAS
His work as a researcher and professor focuses on policy and planning for sustainable development at various scales. It includes studies on the role of the export-oriented productive sector in local development, urban adaptation to climate change, strategic planning for city-regions and its evaluation, and sustainable development as a planning paradigm.
He is the Principal Investigator of a Fondecyt Regular project on territorial panarchy: «Driving forces in sustainability transitions in mining and energy territories from a historical perspective» (2024–2028).
LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Gutiérrez-Antinopai, F., & Barton, J. R. (2023). ¿Cuánto consumo supone el bienestar? Una geografía urbana basada en un Índice de Sustentabilidad comunal en Chile. Revista de Geografía Norte Grande, 84, 337–363. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-34022023000100337
Anbleyth-Evans, J., Prieto, M., Barton, J., Garcia Cegarra, A., Muslow, S., Ricci, E., Campus, L., & Francisca, V. P. (2022). Toxic violence in marine sacrificial zones: Developing blue justice through marine democracy in Chile. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 40(7), 1492-1514. https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544221084193
Escalona Ulloa, M., & Barton, J. R. (2021). El “Granero de Chile”: Una ecología política histórica de la construcción de un paisaje de poder en Wallmapu (Araucanía). Revista de Geografía Norte Grande, 80, 81–102. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-34022021000300081
Barton, J. R., Gutiérrez-Antinopai, F., & Escalona Ulloa, M. (2021). Adaptive capacity as local sustainable development: Contextualizing and comparing risks and resilience in two Chilean regions. Sustainability, 13(9), 4660. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094660
Escalona Ulloa, M., & Barton, J. (2021). ‘Oro verde’: la invención del paisaje forestal en Wallmapu/Araucanía, sur de Chile. Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, 88. https://doi.org/10.21138/bage.3030
Escalona Ulloa, M. A., & Barton, J. R. (2020). 652. La construcción y apropiación de paisajes culturales: una ecología política histórica del Wallmapu/Araucanía, Chile. Scripta Nova, 24. https://doi.org/10.1344/sn2020.24.30346
Barton, J. R., & Gutiérrez-Antinopai, F. (2020). Towards a visual typology of sustainability and sustainable development. Sustainability, 12(19), 7935. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12197935
Steiniger, S., Wagemann, E., de la Barrera, F., Molinos-Senante, M., Villegas, R., de la Fuente, H., Vives, A., Arce, G., Herrera, J.-C., Carrasco, J.-A., Pastén, P. A., Muñoz, J.-C., & Barton, J. R. (2020). Localising urban sustainability indicators: The CEDEUS indicator set, and lessons from an expert-driven process. Cities (London, England), 101(102683), 102683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102683
Escalona Ulloa, M., & Barton, J. R. (2020). A “landscapes of power” framework for historical political ecology: The production of cultural hegemony in Araucanía‐Wallmapu. Area, 52(2), 445–454. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12591
