Javier Otero Peña

Javier Otero Peña

Environmental Psychologist

Javier Otero Peña holds a PhD in Environmental Psychology from The Graduate Center, CUNY. Javier is a researcher at the Center for Systems and Community Design of the CUNY School of Public Health, working on neighborhood parks, urban vibrancy, place attachment, and urban environmental justice.

Javier holds a Master in Environmental Policies and Sustainable Development, and taught a class on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Paris Catholic University. He also studied Urban Planning and Management at UCV, and Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries at UNITAR. Javier has worked for the United Nations Environment Programme and the Clean Lighting Coalition as a consultant, liaising with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and advising them in adopting policies related to climate change mitigation, energy efficiency, climate finance, technology transfer and toxic waste reduction policies.

Javier is currently based in Barcelona, Spain.

Tenure: 2016 – Present

Publications:

• Otero Peña JE, Kodali H, Ferris E, Wyka K, Low S, Evenson KR, Dorn JM, Thorpe LE and Huang TTK (2021) The role of the physical and social environment in observed and self-reported park use in low-income neighborhoods in New York City. Front. Public Health 9:656988. Doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.656988

• Otero Peña JE (2022) The Guerrilla Gallery: A Rapid Ethnography about a Collaborative Public Art Installation in East Harlem. Streetnotes, 29(0). Doi: https://doi.org/10.5070/S529057279

• Hitch L, Sillice MA, Kodali H, Wyka K, Otero Peña JE and Huang TTK (2022) Factors associated with mask use in New York City neighborhood parks during the COVID-19 pandemic: A field audit study. Journal of Infection and Public Health. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2022.02.006

• Conway KM, Lütken S, Otero Peña J, Röser F, Sharma S, & de Vit C (2013) Guidebook for the development of a nationally appropriate mitigation action on efficient lighting. United Nations Environment Programme. Paris, France. https://www.unep.org/es/node/11004

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