Iván Darío Vargas-Roncancio, Ph.D Natural Resources Sciences (McGill University), acted as associate director for the Centre for Indigenous Conservation and Development Alternatives and held a post-doctoral position with the Leadership for the Ecozoic (L4E) program.
His research focuses on Earth law and the rights of nature; Indigenous legal cosmologies in Amazonia; anthropology of plant-human relations, and critical pedagogies.
Publications
He has published in the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, the Australian Feminist Law Journal, Sustainability, and the Boletín de Antropología, among others. Books: Pedagogies for the Ecozoic. Ecologies of Learning (co-author) (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming), Law, Humans and Plants in the Andes-Amazon: The Lawness of Life (Routledge Law, Justice, and Ecology book series, 2024); Posthuman Legalities: New Materialism and Law Beyond the Human (co-editor) (Elgar, 2021).
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Degrees
Ph.D. in Natural Resource Sciences (2021), McGill University
J.D (2008) and an LL.M in Law and Bioscience (2011), National University of Colombia
Research Interests
Law and Justice, Anthropology, Earth Law, Rights of Nature, Indigenous Cosmologies and Legalities, Climate Governance,
Amazonia, Canada
Vargas Roncancio, ID. (2024). Law, Humans and Plants in the Andes-Amazon: The Lawness of Life. Routledge (Law, Justice and Ecology Book Series).
2024
Vargas Roncancio, I.D., & Sterlin, J. Grear A., Boulot, E., (Eds) (2021), Posthuman Legalities: New Materialism and Law Beyond the Human.” Cheltenham UK/ Northampton-USA: Edward Elgar Press: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781802203332/9781802203332.xml
2021
Vargas Roncancio, ID & Brown, P. (Forthcoming). Pedagogies for the Ecozoic. Cambridge University Press.
Book Chapters
Publication
Year
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2023). “Law as Relation and the Co-emergence of Beings: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Legal Education for Socioecological Transitions.” In Thomas Giddens and Dundee Luca Siliquini-Cinelli (Eds). Life and the Structures of the Law School: The Biopolitics of Legal Education. Vol. 2 (Resisting the Law School). London – NY: Routledge.
2023
Vargas Roncancio, I.D and Mutumbajoy., S. (2023). “Indigenous Community” and "Indigenous Rights" in Haddad B. and Solomon B (Eds), Dictionary of Ecological Economics, Cheltenham UK/ Northampton-USA: Edward Elgar Press.
2023
Vargas Roncancio, I.D., (2022) “Unas palabritas de ayer. Despertando a la Conversa. On Connections, Free Associations and Political Possibilities in Latin America.” In Molano P., Rocha-Vivas, M., & Rojas-Sotelo, M., (eds). Mingas de la Imagen. Estudios Ecocríticos, Indígenas e Interculturales, Bogotá: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
2022
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2021). “Conjuring Sentient Beings and Relations in the Law: Rights of Nature and a Comparative Praxis of Legal Cosmologies.” In Anker, K., Burdon, P., Garver, G., Maloney M., & Sbert, C. (eds.). From Environmental to Ecological Law, London – NY: Routledge.
2021
Vargas Roncancio, I.D., and Chindoy, H. (2021). “Indigenous Legalities.” In Zelle, A., Wilson, G., Adam, R., Greene, H., (eds.). Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law. A practitioner’s Guide. Aspen Coursebook Series. Wolters Kluwer.
2021
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2021). “Yoco (Paullinia yoco)” In Ryan, J., Gagliano, M., and Vieira, P., (eds.) The Mind of Plants. Synergetic Press: Santa Fe.
2021
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2020). “Forest on Trial: Towards a relational theory of legal agency for transitions into the Ecozoic.” Orr, C., Kish, K., & Jennings, B. Liberty and the Ecological Crisis: Freedom on a Finite Planet. London – NY: Routledge.
2020
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Vargas Roncancio, I.D.; Biemann, U.; Del Hierro, S.; Hernández Bello, A.; Micarelli, G., and Ramírez, J. (2022). “An Indigenous University.” In The Architectural Review, Fall 2022.
2022
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2022) "A World Where Many Worlds Fit" in: Journal for Architecture and Urbanism - ARCH+ 250 The Great Repair – Politics of the Repair Society (December 2022), Page 154–159.
2022
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. and Gagliano, Monica. (2020). “Why would the fish pain debate be so contentious?” Forum Letter in response to Vettese T. et al (2020) “The Great Fish Pain Debate: What happens when scientists get hooked on a question that could be argued forever?” In Issues in Science and Technology, Summer, 49-53.
2020
Vargas Roncancio, I.D., Temper, L., Sterlin, J., Smolyar, N.L., Sellers, S., Moore, M., Melgar-Melgar, R., Larson, J., Horner, C., Erickson, J.D., Egler, M., Brown, P.G., Boulot, E., Beigi, T., Babcock, M. (2019). “From the Anthropocene to Mutual Thriving: An Agenda for Higher Education in the Ecozoic.” Sustainability 11, 3312.
2019
Current Courses
Term
Course Number
Section
Title
Type
Winter 2025
AP/SOSC3376 3.0
M
Legal Pluralism
SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024
AP/SOSC2350 6.0
A
Law and Society
LECT
Fall/Winter 2024
AP/SOSC4350 6.0
C
Law and Society Honours Seminar
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Iván Darío Vargas-Roncancio, Ph.D Natural Resources Sciences (McGill University), acted as associate director for the Centre for Indigenous Conservation and Development Alternatives and held a post-doctoral position with the Leadership for the Ecozoic (L4E) program.
His research focuses on Earth law and the rights of nature; Indigenous legal cosmologies in Amazonia; anthropology of plant-human relations, and critical pedagogies.
Publications
He has published in the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, the Australian Feminist Law Journal, Sustainability, and the Boletín de Antropología, among others. Books: Pedagogies for the Ecozoic. Ecologies of Learning (co-author) (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming), Law, Humans and Plants in the Andes-Amazon: The Lawness of Life (Routledge Law, Justice, and Ecology book series, 2024); Posthuman Legalities: New Materialism and Law Beyond the Human (co-editor) (Elgar, 2021).
Degrees
Ph.D. in Natural Resource Sciences (2021), McGill University
J.D (2008) and an LL.M in Law and Bioscience (2011), National University of Colombia
Research Interests
Law and Justice, Anthropology, Earth Law, Rights of Nature, Indigenous Cosmologies and Legalities, Climate Governance,
Amazonia, Canada
All Publications
Book Chapters
Publication
Year
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2023). “Law as Relation and the Co-emergence of Beings: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Legal Education for Socioecological Transitions.” In Thomas Giddens and Dundee Luca Siliquini-Cinelli (Eds). Life and the Structures of the Law School: The Biopolitics of Legal Education. Vol. 2 (Resisting the Law School). London – NY: Routledge.
2023
Vargas Roncancio, I.D and Mutumbajoy., S. (2023). “Indigenous Community” and "Indigenous Rights" in Haddad B. and Solomon B (Eds), Dictionary of Ecological Economics, Cheltenham UK/ Northampton-USA: Edward Elgar Press.
2023
Vargas Roncancio, I.D., (2022) “Unas palabritas de ayer. Despertando a la Conversa. On Connections, Free Associations and Political Possibilities in Latin America.” In Molano P., Rocha-Vivas, M., & Rojas-Sotelo, M., (eds). Mingas de la Imagen. Estudios Ecocríticos, Indígenas e Interculturales, Bogotá: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
2022
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2021). “Conjuring Sentient Beings and Relations in the Law: Rights of Nature and a Comparative Praxis of Legal Cosmologies.” In Anker, K., Burdon, P., Garver, G., Maloney M., & Sbert, C. (eds.). From Environmental to Ecological Law, London – NY: Routledge.
2021
Vargas Roncancio, I.D., and Chindoy, H. (2021). “Indigenous Legalities.” In Zelle, A., Wilson, G., Adam, R., Greene, H., (eds.). Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law. A practitioner’s Guide. Aspen Coursebook Series. Wolters Kluwer.
2021
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2021). “Yoco (Paullinia yoco)” In Ryan, J., Gagliano, M., and Vieira, P., (eds.) The Mind of Plants. Synergetic Press: Santa Fe.
2021
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2020). “Forest on Trial: Towards a relational theory of legal agency for transitions into the Ecozoic.” Orr, C., Kish, K., & Jennings, B. Liberty and the Ecological Crisis: Freedom on a Finite Planet. London – NY: Routledge.
2020
Books
Publication
Year
Vargas Roncancio, ID. (2024). Law, Humans and Plants in the Andes-Amazon: The Lawness of Life. Routledge (Law, Justice and Ecology Book Series).
2024
Vargas Roncancio, I.D., & Sterlin, J. Grear A., Boulot, E., (Eds) (2021), Posthuman Legalities: New Materialism and Law Beyond the Human.” Cheltenham UK/ Northampton-USA: Edward Elgar Press: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781802203332/9781802203332.xml
2021
Vargas Roncancio, ID & Brown, P. (Forthcoming). Pedagogies for the Ecozoic. Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Vargas Roncancio, I.D.; Biemann, U.; Del Hierro, S.; Hernández Bello, A.; Micarelli, G., and Ramírez, J. (2022). “An Indigenous University.” In The Architectural Review, Fall 2022.
2022
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. (2022) "A World Where Many Worlds Fit" in: Journal for Architecture and Urbanism - ARCH+ 250 The Great Repair – Politics of the Repair Society (December 2022), Page 154–159.
2022
Vargas Roncancio, I.D. and Gagliano, Monica. (2020). “Why would the fish pain debate be so contentious?” Forum Letter in response to Vettese T. et al (2020) “The Great Fish Pain Debate: What happens when scientists get hooked on a question that could be argued forever?” In Issues in Science and Technology, Summer, 49-53.
2020
Vargas Roncancio, I.D., Temper, L., Sterlin, J., Smolyar, N.L., Sellers, S., Moore, M., Melgar-Melgar, R., Larson, J., Horner, C., Erickson, J.D., Egler, M., Brown, P.G., Boulot, E., Beigi, T., Babcock, M. (2019). “From the Anthropocene to Mutual Thriving: An Agenda for Higher Education in the Ecozoic.” Sustainability 11, 3312.
