Elizabeth Echavarria is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science, interested in Comparative and Environmental Politics. She is advised by Professor Aseem Prakash, who is the founding director of the UW Center for Environmental Politics. Her research explores non-state market-driven governance initiatives, particularly in the mining and minerals industry, concerning its fundamental role in the development of renewable sources of energy and enabling a just energy transition. Before her doctoral studies, Elizabeth worked as a program and project manager at various NGOs. She holds a BA in Political Science from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and an MSc in Public Policy from University College London, which she completed thanks to a Chevening Scholarship funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.