Dra. Edit Antal

Edit Antal
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Date of birth: 15 December, 1954
Place of birth: Sopron, Hungary
Nationality: Hungarian, resident in Mexico
Address: Inglaterra, 137, A-203
Col. Parque San Andrés Coyoacán
México, D.F. C. P. 04040
Mail: Apartado Postal 21-136
México, D.F. 04000
México
Phone: +(525) 549-41-89 home
+(525) 623-03-03 work
E-mail: [email protected]
Studies
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1973-1978
University of Economical Science of Budapest
B.A. International Economics
1983-1987
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Master in Latinamerican Studies
1987-1989
Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico
Master in Philosophy of Science
1997-2001
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Doctorat in International Studies
Teaching
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1981-1993
Professor on Faculty of Political Science and Open University System
of the UNAM
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Subjects: social theory, metodologie, theory of international relations,
East European countries, political analysis of the world
1993–
Professor in Postgraduate Program in Political and Social Sciences at
UNAM
Subjects: analysis of international politicy, metodologie, international
theory, global processes, environment
1994–2000 Professor in Matías Romero Institute of the Foreign Ministry of
Mexico
Subjects: international policy, new agenda, foreign and environmental
policy
Other Professional Experience
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1992-1995
Chief of the Open University Sistem of the Faculty of Political Science
at UNAM
1996-1997
Academic Secretery of the Postgraduate School of Faculty of
Political Science at UNAM
1998-
Researcher in the Center for Research on North America (CISAN)
2000-2001
Coordinator of the United States Area in the Center for Research on
North America (CISAN)
Research topics and projects
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Master’s degree thesis: The factor of ideology in the dictatorship. The case of
Trujillo in the Dominican Republic
Master’s degree thesis: The theory of argumentation in the international conflicts
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The transition in the East-European Countries
The globalization process
The United States and its Environmental Policies in Relation to International Trade.
A Comparative Study of North America and Europe
The Climate Change: A Comparative Study between the US and European Union
Regionalisms and Borders: Environmental NGOs, Institutions and Corporate
Sector in Border Regions of North America
Science, technology and society in North America
Regulation and politics of influence in biotechnology. A comparative perspective
between Canada and Mexico. (Canadian Studies Faculty Research Program)
Transnational regional integration: politics of development and inmigration (PAPIIT,
UNAM)
Society of knowledge and cultural diversity (UNAM)
Scientific, technological and environmental cooperation as an instrument of
technological change in North America and the European Union. A view from the
economy and international policy (2007-2010, CONACYT, cordinator)
Publications
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9 books
19 chapters in books
35 of specialized academic articles
30 articles of analysis in weekly political magazines
one dozens of didactic material for education
Some of the latest:
CROSS-BORDER ACTIVISM AND ITS LIMITS: MEXICAN ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE UNITED STATES by Edit Antal, Barbara Hogenboom,
Miriam Alfie, Cuadernos del CEDLA, Amsterdam, 2003. ISBN 90 70280 30 2.
CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO: DESACUERDO ENTRE ESTADOS UNIDOS Y EUROPEA,
ED. Plaza y Valdés and CISAN/UNAM , 2004, ISBN 970-722-273-5.
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DEBATES SOBRE LA GUERRA CONTRA EL TERRORISMO. Una perspectiva transatlántica,
CISAN/UNAM, 2004. ISBN: 970-32-1381-2.
MAIZE AND BIOSECURITY IN MEXICO. DEBATE AND PRACTICE. Edit Antal,
Gerard Verschoor, Lauren Baker, Cuadernos CEDLA No. 22. 2007, Ámsterdam, ISBN 90
70280 89 2,
NUEVOS ACTORES EN AMÉRICA DEL NORTE: SEGURIDAD, ENERGÍA, ECONOMÍA Y
MEDIO AMBIENTE VOL. I. CISAN/UNAM, 2005. ISBN 970-32-2669-8 (O.C) ISBN 970-322670-1 (vol.1.)
NUEVOS ACTORES EN AMÉRICA DEL NORTE: IDENTIDADES CULTURALES Y
POLÏTICAS. VOL. 2. CISAN/UNAM, 2005. ISBN. 970-32-2669-8 (O.C.) ISBN 970-32-3028-8.
(VOL.2.)
"Redes y discursos de las ONGs ambientales. El caso de la frontera Tijuana-San Diego" in
Antal, E. (edit.) Nuevos actores en América del Norte, Vol-1. UNAM, 2005.
"Controversias ambientales a diez años del TLCAN, desde la perspectiva de la Comisión
para la cooperación ambiental de América del Norte" in M. Gambrill (edit.) Diez años del
TLCAN en México, IIE, FE and CISAN, 2006. ISBN 970-32-3029-6, pp-421-440.
"Biotecnología en agricultura: las controversias de un régimen intrenacional en
construcción" in A. Perales, B, Morales and M. Del Valle, Integración regional,
globalización y sector agropecuario, Universidad de Chapingo y Cámara de Diputados, 2004,
ISBN 968-884-926-X, pp.207-218.
“La regulación en bioseguridad en el mundo desregulado: la Unión Europea y los países del
TLCAN” co-writer with Yolanda Massieu, in Miriam Alfie Cohen /coord.) Agencias ambientales:
Europa
y
América
del
Norte.
Perspectivas
y
alcances.
De Ediciones Pomares and UAM, Barcelona, 2006.ISBN84-87682-79-0, pp.121-151.
“The United States and Mexico in the face of uncertainty: The regulation of genetically
modified organisms” in Silvia Nuñez y Manuel Chavez (edits.) Critical issues in the new
U.S- Mexico relations. Stumbling blocks or constructive paths, Michigan State University
y CISAN, in process.
"Who Should Tell Me what to Eat? The case of Transgenic Maize" in Voices of Mexico, No. 68,
2004.
“Lessons from NAFTA: the role of North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in
conciliating trade and environment” Journal of International Law, East Lansing, Michigan, USA,
2006, Vol.14. No-2-3. pp. 167-189. ISSN 1085-4940.
“Ciencia, tecnología y sociedad en América del Norte” in Revista Digital Universitaria, Vol. 8.
No.2. 2007.
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“La interacción entre política, ciencia y sociedad en biotecnología. La regulación de los
organismos genéticamente modificados en Canadá y México” in Norteamérica, Vol.3.No.1.
CISAN, UNAM, enero-junio 2008.
“An Infamous Story: the USA on Climate Change” en Canada Watch, Special Issue, 2008.
de Roberts centre for Canadian Studies, CISAN y North American Cenre for Transborder
Studies an la Universidad de Arizona.
“GMO Public Diplomacy for Biosafety in Mexico“ Edit Antal y Camelia Tigau in process.
Journalism
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1989-1998 Columnist in different mexican newspapers on international analysis
1989-
Regular collaboration in the media, radio and TV, international analisys
Languages
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English
German
Hungarian
Spanish
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