Carlos José Celis

Writing

2025

‘Embedding Care in Urban Institutional Response during Crises.’ [link]

Co-author: Aratrika Debnath and Amogh Arakali

Keywords: care crisis, urban institutional response, cities and local governments.

2024

‘COVID-19 and the Changing Geographies of Care: Examining the transformation of Caregiving Infrastructures in Immigrant Queens, NYC.’ [Draft available upon request]

Co-author: Oscar Sosa López Ph.D.

Keywords: social reproduction theory, geography, and urban planning.

‘Who Cares for New York City?’ [link]

Keywords: social reproduction theory, geography, and urban planning.

2023

‘Politics of cancer infrastructures: The Cancer Research and Treatment Center in Bogotá.’ [Draft available upon request]

Keywords: science and technology studies, politics of infrastructures, cancer, political economy.

‘Who cares for the environment? Composting and recycling in Bogotá.’ [Draft available upon request]

Keywords: logistic regression, behavioral science, COM-B model, cultural sociology, circular economy.

‘The Welfare State and the Care Crisis in Colombia.’ [Draft available upon request]

Keywords: political economy, welfare state theory, double movement, care crisis.

‘The Contradictions of War and Health: Colombia and the Political Economy of Glyphosate.’ [Draft available upon request]

Keywords: science and technology, critical public health, actor-network theory, Colombian armed conflict.

2022

‘The Care System of Bogotá: A Critical Analysis.’ [Draft available upon request]

Keywords: discursive policy analysis, post-structuralist policy analysis, care policies.

2021

‘Baños públicos y cultura ciudadana: evaluación de impacto.’ [link]

Keywords: public policy, public space, Bogotá.

2020

‘Aprendizajes de la política de cultura Ambiental en Bogotá 2020’. [link]

Co-authors: Ahumada, J., Guillot, J., Osorio, X., & Forero, T.

Keywords: public policy and environmental culture.

‘Cáncer gástrico en Norte de Santander: evaluación económica de políticas públicas.’ [link]

[Gastric cancer in Norte de Santander: economic evaluation of public policy alternatives]

[Master’s dissertation]. Working papers, Universidad de los Andes.

Teaching

FALL 2024

'Design-led Research.'

MFA in Transdisciplinary Design, Parsons, The New School

FALL 2023

'Urban Worlds: Social Justice and The Lived City.'

University Lecture, The New School

SPRING 2020

'Service Design Research'

Service Design MBA, ICON University, Léon, México.

Conferences

2024

International Conference on Urban Affairs, NY, April 24-27, 2024.

Paper: ‘COVID-19 and the Changing Geographies of Care: Examining the transformation of Caregiving Infrastructures in Immigrant Queens, NYC.’

Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference, Rutgers University, NJ, April 5th, 2024.

Paper: ‘The State of Nobodies: Care Infrastructures and Welfare State Theory from the

South.’

2023

Explorations in Care, Parsons and Sam Houston State University, March 21st, 2024.

Design exhibition: ‘Community Gardens, Trash, and Environmental Care in Central Harlem.’

Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference, Rutgers University, NJ, March 10th, 2023.

Paper: ‘The Care System of Bogotá: A Critical Policy Analysis.’

2021

Economic Development Office, Bogotá City Hall, October 19th, 2021.

Workshop: ‘Citizen culture policy perspective for the food waste reduction plan in Bogotá.’

Universidad de los Andes, Policy as a Design Product class, October 18th, 2021.

Policy presentation: ‘Public Restrooms in Bogotá.’

Animal Protection Institute in Bogotá, October 4th, 2021.

Strategy presentation: ‘Environmental Culture Policy.’

Environmental and Mobility Office, Bogotá City Hall, October 19th, 2021.

Workshop: ‘Citizen culture policy perspective for the air quality project in Bogotá.’

Julie’s Bicycle, September 7th, 2021.

Round table: ‘Culture and Environment.’

CEMPRE NGO, August 13th, 2021.

Round table: ‘Recycling value and circular economy in Bogotá.’

2020

Norte de Santander’s Organization Against Cancer, May 20, 2020.

Workshop: ‘Service innovation in health services.’