Abner Calixter

Originally from Brazil, Abner Calixter held a Master of Arts (M.A) degree in Sustainable International Development from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management - Brandeis University focusing on sustainable development planning, design and policies. His expertise in Urban Climate Adaptation has been further enriched through his time with the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) DUSP – Department of Urban Studies and Planning. At the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), he has earned Executive Education Certificates in Climate Adapted Design and Master Planning for Sustainable Cities. With the Sustainable Exuma Project, where he conducted research for the Atlas about Exuma that has being developed at the GSD.

Calixter has contributed in 2014 as technical advisor to the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) Equator Initiative nominating sustainable projects across the globe to award the Equator Prize 2014. At the same time he was dealing with sustainable indicators, participatory governance and climate adaptation inputs for the Exuma archipelago in The Bahamas. Calixter has ten years of experience in commercial and institutional relations, working for multinational companies on commercial management and manufacturing of environmentally friendly automotive components in South America. He also holds a Bachelor’s in International Business Management from the Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP) in Brazil and a specialization in Project Management from the Vanzolini Foundation.

Education

• PhD Seminar (Guest Student) Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (2013 — 2013)
• Specialization Fundação Vanzolini (2011 — 2012)
• Bachelor's degree Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (2005 — 2010)

Companies

• ESG Consultant and Principal Investigator ThinkSus (2020)
• Graduate online tutor and research advisor Programa de Pós Graduação Lato Sensu REABILITA, FAU - UnB (2018 — 2022)
• Ph.D Candidate Universidade de Brasília (2016 — 2022)
• Co Founder CAJU Initiative - Climate Adaptive Just Urbanism (2014 — 2022)
• Research Assistant/ Consultant Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2015 — 2016)
• Research Assistant Harvard University (2013 — 2014)
• Key Account - Executive Trainee MANN+HUMMEL GmbH (2011 — 2012)
• Professor Senac (2011 — 2011)
• Business Analyst and Sales OE Service Delphi Automotive System (2008 — 2011)