Mariel Cristina Støen

• Sveinsdóttir, Anna Guðbjört; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Bull, Benedicte (2021). Resistance, repression and elite dynamics: Unpacking violence in the Guatemalan mining sector.. Geoforum.  ISSN 0016-7185.  118, s 117- 129
• Angelsen, Arild; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Ainembabazi, John Herbert; Castellanos, Edwin & Taylor, Matthew (2020). Migration, Remittances, and Forest Cover Change in Rural Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico.. Land.  ISSN 2073-445X.  9(3) . doi: 10.3390/land9030088 Show summary

  This article investigates how migration and remittances affect forest cover in eight rural communities in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. Based on household surveys and remote sensing data, we found little evidence to support the widespread claim that migration takes pressure off forests. In the Chiapas sites, we observed no significant changes in forest cover since 1990, while in the Guatemalan sites, migration may have increased demand for agricultural land, leading to an average annual forest loss of 0.73% during the first decade of the millennium. We suggest that when attractive opportunities exist to invest in agriculture and land expansion, remittances and returnee savings provide fresh capital that is likely to increase pressure on forests. Our study also has implications for the understanding of migration flows; in particular, migration has not implied an exodus out of agriculture for the remaining household members nor for the returning migrants. On the contrary, returning migrants are more likely to be involved in farming activities after their return than they were before leaving.

• Sveinsdottir, Anna; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Bull, Benedicte (2020). Resistance, repression and elite dynamics: Unpacking violence in the Guatemalan mining sector. Geoforum.  ISSN 0016-7185.  118, s 117- 129 . doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.12.011 Show summary

  Guatemala is one of the most mining conflict prone countries in the world, with disproportionately high levels of violence accompanying the sector. Starting in the early 2000's, the rapid spread of mining projects throughout the country’s rural areas engendered widespread popular opposition among affected communities. Anti-mining activism in turn elicited a reaction from the government and the mining sector that was overwhelmingly characterised by violence, repression and criminalisation, making Guatemala one of the most dangerous countries in the world per capita for environmental activists. Drawing on fieldwork carried out between 2013 and 2017, this article examines why mining – an industry of relatively limited economic importance in Guatemala - is accompanied by such high levels of violence and repression. We suggest that mining, rather than having a high economic value, holds strategic value to the country’s powerful elite, and that violence is part of securing control over land more generally and operationalising the mining sector in particular. In recent years, Guatemala has witnessed the entrance of new transnational elites associated with multinational mining corporation. While these new elites control access to international markets and technology, they remain in a subordinate position vis-à-vis the old, local elites because the latter still exercise control over crucial political resources, networks of information and land. By forming alliances with and providing services to transnational mining corporations, a faction of the economic elite strengthens and secures its position as a powerful political actor and its access to profitable business, i.e., infrastructure development or selling energy to mining companies.

• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2019). Between a rock and a hard place: rural transformations and migrant communities in Guatemala. Revue canadienne d'études du développement.  ISSN 0225-5189.  s 1- 17 . doi: 10.1080/02255189.2019.1666358 Show summary

  My case study of a Guatemalan coffee cooperative illustrates how migrant aspirations shape and are being shaped by this rural institution, and how local dynamics and international flows interact. I understand aspirations to involve negotiations of the past in the present, thus serving as a compass for action. Opportunities for coffee production and access to land that are opened by the remittance economy provide more than material gains; they expand rural people’s sense of self and change their position in relation to others. While aspirations alone cannot secure broad social change, they provide hope that is crucial to endure difficult conditions.

• Bull, Benedicte & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2019). Peace-building and business elites in Guatemala and El Salvador: explaining the discursive ‘institutional turn’. Conflict, Security and Development.  ISSN 1467-8802.  19(1), s 121- 141 . doi: 10.1080/14678802.2019.1561635
• Radel, Claudia; Jockish, Brad; Schmook, Birgit; Carte, Lindsey; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Hermans, Kathleen; Zimmerer, Karl & Aldrich, Stephen (2019). Migration as a feature of land system transitions. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.  ISSN 1877-3435.  38, s 103- 110 . doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.05.007 Show summary

  Human migration to and from rural areas is so prominent and persistent globally that land system science must understand how the movement of people is integral to land system transitions both at the origin of migration and at its destination. With a focus on Latin America, we review research on how land change affects migration and how migration affects land systems, to demonstrate that the relationship is complex and context-specific. Various types of migration evidence the challenges of managing land for multiple goals and the needs of diverse groups. A perspective that connects land change in multiple locations is needed. In particular, concepts of telecoupling and translocality can help to further understanding of how globalized economic systems link changes across distant places and capture the economic and non-economic processes that accompany migration and shape land change in multiple, connected locations. Land systems research must anticipate that migration will continue to contribute to complex land systems with multiple users and goals.

• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2018). Social forestry movements and science-policy Networks: the politics of forestry incenitves program in Guatemala. Geoforum.  ISSN 0016-7185.  90, s 20- 26 . doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.01.014 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  In this article I discuss the factors contributing to the drafting and approval of the forestry incentives law (PINPEP) in Guatemala. This is a remarkable law because (a) it is among the few in the country recognizing property rights to land other than private property; (b) it has a stronger focus on subsidies and social benefits than on market mechanisms and; (c) the law is the result of the effort of forestry community organizations. My findings indicate that community organizations can, through their alliances with science-policy networks, participate in law-making and by that, in democratizing environmental governance. My study nuances the role of experts in environmental governance showing that their power and status should be understood as relational and historically contingent. Furthermore, some key and charismatic individuals can act as door openers to link community forestry organizations and science-policy networks. Although the identity of the grassroots organizations that participated in the process of making the law is tied to forestry, these organizations have a long history in the country. This history has been shaped by their experiences in exile and in refugee camps during the civil war as well as by their contact with development assistance organizations.

• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). Better Safe than Sorry? Indigenous Peoples, Carbon Cowboys and the Governance of REDD in the Amazon. Forum for Development Studies.  ISSN 0803-9410.  44(1), s 91- 108 . doi: 10.1080/08039410.2016.1276098 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Indigenous peoples around the world and particularly in Latin America are struggling to strengthen their control over land and the territories they inhabit. The strengthening of rights has come as a result of multiple processes both at national and global levels, in which the role and responsibilities of states have been transformed. Transnational processes challenge the presumed association between nation-states, sovereignty and territoriality. One of these challenges comes from international initiatives such as Reducing emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD). Global REDD in its broadness and national REDD in its uncertain early phases represent opportunities for private actors to negotiate with holders of land rights. In the Amazon, indigenous peoples’ territories, given their wide extension and that they are mainly forested areas, become interesting for all sorts of REDD actors. However, despite legal and rhetoric recognition of indigenous land rights, effective recognition is still lacking. In this paper, I will focus on one particular type of actor, so-called carbon cowboys – a term coined by journalists to signify actors who are willing to push the limits of established negotiation mechanisms to gain control over forest areas. I will focus on carbon cowboys’ practices and the responses from indigenous peoples in Colombia to highlight a common claim across the region, namely better state presence and regulation. The response from indigenous peoples’ organizations indicates that although territorial control is an important achievement, some form of state intervention is required to protect their rights in an uncertain REDD terrain.

• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Hirsch, Cecilie Karina Von (2017). Bottom-up responses to environmental and social impact assessments: A case study from Guatemala. Environmental impact assessment review.  ISSN 0195-9255.  62, s 225- 232 . doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2016.08.003 Show summary

  In this article we take a closer look at resistance to the practice of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in mining and energy projects in Guatemala. Collectivities resisting mining and hydropower projects in Guatemala are increasingly using the evaluations of EIAs conducted by international independent professionals. Reaching out to international experts is facilitated by local communities' engagements in transnational networks bringing together activists, NGOs, scientists, journalists and others. We argue that resistance movements resort to international professionals to challenge the limits imposed on them by the national legislation and institutional arrangements as well as by the way in which EIAs are performed in the country. Further, the engagements in networks that facilitate access to knowledge contribute to strengthen the legitimacy of communities' claims. Challenges to and complaints about EIAs are ways in which affected communities try to reclaim their right to participate in decision-making related to their local environment and the development of their communities. Both complaints about EIAs and the use of transnational networks to attain better participation in decision making processes at local levels, illustrated in this study for Guatemala, are common responses to the advancement of extractive industries and hydropower development across Latin America. The widespread of initiatives to challenge EIAs involving international experts in the region show that EIAs have become a sort of a transnational battleground.

• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2016). Beyond Transnational Corporations, Food and Biofuels: The Role of Extractivism and Agribusiness in Land Grabbing in Central America. Forum for Development Studies.  ISSN 0803-9410.  43(1), s 155- 175
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Hirsch, Cecilie Karina Von & Fabiano, Toni (2016). Forest governance in Latin America: Strategies for implementing REDD, In Barbara Hogenboom; Michiel Baud & Fabio de Castro (ed.),  Environmental Governance in Latin America.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-1-137-57408-4.  8.  s 205 - 233 Full text in Research Archive.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Taylor, Matthew & Castellanos, Edwin (2016). Agriculture, Land Tenure and International Migration in Rural Guatemala. Journal of Agrarian Change.  ISSN 1471-0358.  16(1), s 123- 144 . doi: 10.1111/joac.12091
• Bull, Benedicte & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2016). Changing Elites, Institutions and Environmental Governance, In Barbara Hogenboom; Michiel Baud & Fabio de Castro (ed.),  Environmental Governance in Latin America.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-1-137-57408-4.  Kapittel 5.  s 137 - 163 Full text in Research Archive.
• Bull, Benedicte & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2016). PROTESTAS CONTRA LA MINERÍA EN GUATEMALA ¿QUÉ PAPEL JUEGAN LAS ÉLITES EN LOS CONFLICTOS?. Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos.  ISSN 0377-7316.  42, s 14- 44 . doi: 10.15517/aeca.v42i1 Full text in Research Archive.
• Taylor, Matthew; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Castellanos, Edwin; Moran-Taylor, Michelle & Gerkin, Kody (2016). International migration, land use change and the environment in Ixcan, Guatemala.. Land Use Policy.  ISSN 0264-8377.  54, s 290- 301 . doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.02.024
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Exploring participation in new forms of environmental governance: a case study of payments for environmental services in Nicaragua. Environment, Development and Sustainability.  ISSN 1387-585X.  17(4), s 941- 958 . doi: 10.1007/s10668-014-9582-1
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Global forest conservation initiatives as spaces for participation in Colombia and Costa Rica. Geoforum.  ISSN 0016-7185.  61, s 36- 44 . doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.02.012 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  This paper investigates the spaces for participation that have been created by readiness preparations launched in connection with the international initiative “Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” (REDD+) in Colombia and Costa Rica. I analyse the emergence of these spaces and who is leading the process in each country. My findings indicate that in Costa Rica, the public sector is leading preparation activities and creating the public spaces for participation in REDD to which private actors are invited. In Colombia on the other hand, NGOs, development assistance agencies and other private actors are leading the process and the state is the invited actor. I identify four factors that determine the scope of different actors’ possibilities to participate in the REDD+ spaces. These are (a) control of key resources, (b) ideological affinity, (c) the creation and dissemination of information and knowledge, and (d) the creation of norms to validate REDD+ pilot initiatives. The separation between these factors is not clear-cut and consequently they reinforce each other at different levels. The research presented here contributes to a better understanding of the implications that national REDD+ politics may have in the future functioning of the programme.

• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Staying the same: transnational elites, mining and environmental governance in Guatemala, In Benedicte Bull & Mariel Aguilar-Støen (ed.),  Environmental Politics in Latin America: Elite dynamics, the left tide and sustainable development.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-1-13-879026-1.  8.  s 131 - 149
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Hirsch, Cecilie Karina Von (2015). REDD+ and forest governance in Latin America: the role of science-policy networks, In Benedicte Bull & Mariel Aguilar-Støen (ed.),  Environmental Politics in Latin America: Elite dynamics, the left tide and sustainable development.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-1-13-879026-1.  10.  s 171 - 189
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Hirsch, Cecilie (2015). Environmental impact assessments, local power and self-determination: the case of mining and hydropower development in Guatemala. The Extractive Industries and Society.  ISSN 2214-790X.  2(3), s 472- 479 . doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2015.03.001 Show summary

  Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) are instruments required to facilitate large development projects. In this article, we take a closer look at how such processes unfold in the case of hydropower and mining investments in Guatemala. Our findings suggest that here, with ESIAs, the responsibility of engaging with affected communities and citizens is left to the private sector, often with poor public follow-up. This has resulted in companies manipulating processes and strategic engagements with communities and local people to advance corporate interests. We discuss ESIAs as both technical devices as used by the corporate sector, and as possible spaces for public participation. Furthermore, we explore how communities can influence ESIAs for mining and hydroelectric projects in Guatemala, and examine the power relations that determine who are excluded and included in the process. Finally, we analyze how affected communities in Guatemala use ESIAs as means to subvert the order that has been imposed on them.

• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Hirsch, Cecilie Karina Von & Toni, Fabiano (2015). Gobernanza forestal en América Latina. Estrategias para implementar REDD+, I: Barbara Hagenboom (red.),  Gobernanza Ambiental en America Latina.  CLACSO.  ISBN 978-987-722-043-8.  8.  s 265 - 296
• Bull, Benedicte & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Cambios en la elites, instituciones y gobernanza ambiental. ¿Hacía un nuevo paradigma?, I: Barbara Hagenboom (red.),  Gobernanza Ambiental en America Latina.  CLACSO.  ISBN 978-987-722-043-8.  5.  s 171 - 200
• Bull, Benedicte & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Conclusion: With or against elites? how to move towards more sustainable environmental governance in Latin America, In Benedicte Bull & Mariel Aguilar-Støen (ed.),  Environmental Politics in Latin America: Elite dynamics, the left tide and sustainable development.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-1-13-879026-1.  12.  s 206 - 215
• Bull, Benedicte & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Environmental governance and sutainable Development in Latin America, In Benedicte Bull & Mariel Aguilar-Støen (ed.),  Environmental Politics in Latin America: Elite dynamics, the left tide and sustainable development.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-1-13-879026-1.  1.  s 1 - 14
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Taylor, Matthew & Castellanos, Edwin (2014). Agriculture, land tenure and international migration in rural Guatemala. Journal of Agrarian Change.  ISSN 1471-0358. . doi: 10.1111/joac.12091
• Vasquez, L.; Mora, D.J. & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2014). Saber popular de especies forrajeras en la zona Central de Nicaragua: estudio en grupos focales. Revista de Ciencias Agricolas.  ISSN 0120-0135.  31(1), s 27- 41
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013). Pago por servicios ambientales en el contexto de descentralizacion institucional de Nicaragua: el caso de PSA-H de la cuenca del rio Gil Gonzalez. Agroforestería en las Américas.  ISSN 1022-7482.  50, s 114- 121 Show summary

  La hegemonía histórica de la élite económica en Nicaragua ha influido en el desarrollo de la economía nacional y de sus principals productos, muchos de los cuales se derivan de la ganadería. Este desarrollo ha oscilado con las tendencias del mercado y los cambios tecnológicos, pero no fue sino hasta el año 1979 que se dieron cambios fundamentales en las relaciones laborales del sector agrícola. Hasta ese momento, las prácticas agrícolas de los campesinos de Nicaragua, incluyendo los sistemas silvopastoriles, se basaban en el conocimiento local. A pesar de que las reformas impulsadas por la Revolución Sandinista difundieron muchas de las tecnologías que previamente habían sido monopolizadas por los grandes terratenientes, las prácticas locales fueron en muchos casos combinadas con tecnologías de la Revolución Verde. Durante las últimas décadas se han incentivado y fortalecido las prácticas locales de larga data, con el apoyo de organizaciones internacionales.

• O'Toole, Daniel & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013). Ecologia historica de la ganaderia y usos de la tierra asociados en Muy Muy y Belen, Nicaragua. Agroforestería en las Américas.  ISSN 1022-7482.  50, s 7- 15
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2012). Con nuestro propio esfuerzo: Understanding the relationships between international migration and the environment in Guatemala. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe.  ISSN 0924-0608.  93, s 25- 40
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2012). International Migration and Its Local-Level Effects on Environment and Livelihoods in Guatemala, In Kenneth Bo Nielsen & Kristian Bjørkdahl (ed.),  Development and Environment: Practices, Theories, Policies.  Akademisk Forlag.  ISBN 9788232100330.  15.  s 259 - 274
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Angelsen, Arild & Moe, Stein Ragnar (2011). Back to the forest: exploring forest transitions in Candelaria Loxicha, Mexico. Latin American Research Review.  ISSN 0023-8791.  46(1), s 194- 216 . doi: 10.1353/lar.2011.0002
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Angelsen, Arild; Stølen, Kristi Anne & Moe, Stein Ragnar (2011). The Emergence, Persistence, and Current Challenges of Coffee Forest Gardens: A Case Study From Candelaria Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico. Society & Natural Resources.  ISSN 0894-1920.  24(12), s 1235- 1251 . doi: 10.1080/08941920.2010.540309 Show summary

  In many parts of Latin America coffee is produced in forest garden systems, which fulfill a variety of household needs, enhance food security, and conserve biodiversity. We investigate drivers in the emergence, persistence, and decline of coffee forest gardens, using a case study in southern Mexico and combining historical, socioeconomic, and institutional analysis. Social, cultural, and political benefits linked to forest gardens are important drivers of change. The analysis supports the hypothesis that forest gardens emerge in places where they complement broader land use systems, land tenure is relatively secure, and the local economy is a combination of cash- and subsistence-based activities. The article further illustrates how the international coffee agreement and social-welfare programs supported the emergence of forest gardens. Low coffee prices, changes in land tenure, and reduced availability of labor could result in the eventual abandonment of coffee forest gardens.

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• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Taylor, Matthew; Sveinsdóttir, Anna Guðbjört; LaVanchy, G. & Alvarado, Nikolai (2020). Tourism in Post-revolutionary Nicaragua: Struggles over land, water and fish.. Springer Publishing Company.  ISBN 9783030556310.  78 s.
• Bull, Benedicte & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (ed.) (2015). Environmental Politics in Latin America: Elite dynamics, the left tide and sustainable development. Routledge.  ISBN 978-1-13-879026-1.  238 s.

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• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Jakobsen, Jostein (2021). Prisen for å produsere billig mat. Terra Nullius: Repossessing the Existent.
• Jakobsen, Jostein & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2021). Avskogingspandemien. Klassekampen.  ISSN 0805-3839.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2020). El covid-19 recuerda que el modelo de producción de alimentos podría matarnos.. Plaza Publica. . doi: https://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/el-covid19-recuerda-que-el-modelo-de-produccion-de-alimentos-podria-matarnos
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2020). Redes, complejos agro-industriales y virus mortales: América Latina en el corazón de la pandemia.. Plaza Publica. . doi: https://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/redes-complejos-agro-industriales-y-virus-mortales-america-latina-en-el-corazon-de-la
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Jakobsen, Jostein (2020). Forholdet mellom kjøttproduksjon og pandemier er sammensatt. Bondebladet.  ISSN 0332-8414.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Jakobsen, Jostein (2020). Høy pris for billig kjøtt. Klassekampen.  ISSN 0805-3839.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Jakobsen, Jostein (2020). Producing Food, Producing Zoonosis: The Political Ecology of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Tvergastein.  ISSN 1893-5605.
• LaVanchy, G.; Taylor, Matthew; Alvarado, Nikolai; Sveinsdóttir, Anna Guðbjört & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2020). From boom to bust and back again? Current dilemmas related to tourism along Nicaragua´s pacific coast., In  Tourism in Post-revolutionary Nicaragua: Struggles over land, water and fish..  Springer Publishing Company.  ISBN 9783030556310.  5.
• LaVanchy, G.; Taylor, Matthew; Alvarado, Nikolai; Sveinsdóttir, Anna Guðbjört & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2020). Imagining the “Emerald Coast”: insecure land tenure, property disputes and tourism development, In  Tourism in Post-revolutionary Nicaragua: Struggles over land, water and fish..  Springer Publishing Company.  ISBN 9783030556310.  4.
• LaVanchy, G.; Taylor, Matthew; Alvarado, Nikolai; Sveinsdóttir, Anna Guðbjört & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2020). Tourism along Nicaragua´s pacific coast: context and dilemmas., In  Tourism in Post-revolutionary Nicaragua: Struggles over land, water and fish..  Springer Publishing Company.  ISBN 9783030556310.  1.
• LaVanchy, G.; Taylor, Matthew; Alvarado, Nikolai; Sveinsdóttir, Anna Guðbjört & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2020). Tourism as tragedy? Common pool problems with groundwater, In  Tourism in Post-revolutionary Nicaragua: Struggles over land, water and fish..  Springer Publishing Company.  ISBN 9783030556310.  3.
• LaVanchy, G.; Taylor, Matthew; Alvarado, Nikolai; Sveinsdóttir, Anna Guðbjört & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2020). Who owns the sea? Conflicts between artisanal fiserhies and tourism, In  Tourism in Post-revolutionary Nicaragua: Struggles over land, water and fish..  Springer Publishing Company.  ISBN 9783030556310.  2.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2019, 02. juli). Mexico minnes massakre, men ingen tar ansvar. [Internett].  NRK.
• Langford, Malcolm; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Carlson, Andreas; Gross, Lena & D'Amico, Giuliano (2019). Fra Internasjonalisering til Mangfold. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift.  ISSN 0800-336X.  s 85- 93 . doi: 10.18261
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2018). Between a rock and a hard Place? Rural transformations and migrant communities in Guatemala.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2018). Elites que se fotografian en un hotel, o Cómo pasar de la justicia transicional a la justicia transformativa.. Plaza Publica. . doi: https://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/elites-que-se-fotografian-en-un-hotel-o-como-pasar-de-la-justicia-transicional-la-justicia
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2018). Nicaragua en la encrucijada. Plaza Publica. . doi: https://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/nicaragua-en-la-encrucijada
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2018, 23. april). https://tv.nrk.no/serie/urix/NNFA53042318/23-04-2018. [TV].
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). Desde el cuartel: una lectura académica (poco ortodoxa). Plaza Publica.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). En region i bevegelse: migrasjon i Latin-Amerika.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). La seguridad privada no es sólo un buen negocio. Plaza Publica.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). This is not a game: violence and resistance to extractive industries in Guatemala, the role of the state and elites..
• Bull, Benedicte & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). En oversikt over de viktigste norske bidragene til fredsbygging i Guatemala 1996-2016.
• Kloster, Maren Olene; Thomsen, Yvonne; Kvernflaten, Birgit & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). Hadde hun 'the time of her life'? Dirty Dancing og retten til trygg abort.
• Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn; Jakobsen, Jostein; Hansen, Arve & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). Flau formidling om kolonialisme og sensur. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn; Jakobsen, Jostein; Hansen, Arve & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). Kvalitetssikring, ikke begrensning av debatt. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn; Jakobsen, Jostein; Hansen, Arve & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2017). Redelighet, ikke sensur. Morgenbladet.  ISSN 0805-3847.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2016). Alianzas publico-privadas y el sector ambiental. El poder de las ideas?. Plaza Publica. . doi: https://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/el-poder-de-las-ideas
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2016). En feministhyllest i tre akter: Berta Cáceres, Hillary Clinton og Berta Zúñiga.. radikalportal.no. . doi: https://radikalportal.no/2016/03/07/en-feministhyllest-i-tre-akter-berta-caceres-hillary-clinton-og-berta-zuniga/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2016). Ja til mer bondevett. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2016). Kvinnene fra Sepur Zarco- kampen mot statens sexslaveri. radikalportal.no. . doi: https://radikalportal.no/2016/02/26/kvinnene-fra-sepur-zarco-kampen-mot-statens-sexslaveri/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2016). La eternamente fiel, Daniel Ortega y la democracia. House of Cards en gallo pinto. Plaza Publica. . doi: https://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/house-cards-en-gallo-pinto
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2016). Til forsvar for følelser!. Dagsavisen.  ISSN 1503-2892.  s 6
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Anti-mining movements in Guatemala. The elite’s influence on the outcome of conflicts and the response from the government.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Bidrar norsk bistand til bråk I Latin-Amerika?. radikalportal.no. . doi: http://radikalportal.no/2015/06/28/bidrar-norsk-bistand-til-brak-i-latin-amerika/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Bølge av protester I Mellom-Amerika. radikalportal.no. . doi: http://radikalportal.no/2015/06/21/bolge-av-protester-i-mellom-amerika/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). El agua, ¿responsabilidad de quién?. Plaza Publica. . doi: http://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/el-agua-responsabilidad-de-quien
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). El movimiento contra la mineria en Guatemala. La influencia de las elites en el resultado de los conflictos y en la respuesta del gobierno.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Forestry Incentives and Grassroots Movements: a case study from Guatemala.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Globale utfordringer krever forskning. Bistandsaktuelt.  ISSN 1501-0201. . doi: http://www.bistandsaktuelt.no/arkiv-kommentarer/2015/globale-utfordringer-krever-forskning/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Ixcanul:feminisme på urfolkspråk.. radikalportal.no. . doi: http://radikalportal.no/2015/10/16/ixcanul-feminisme-pa-urfolksprak/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). La diplomacia empresarial guatemalteca toco puertas en Noruega y fracasó, en 5 puntos. Plaza Publica. . doi: http://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/la-diplomacia-empresarial-guatemalteca-toco-puertas-en-noruega-y-fracaso-en-5-puntos
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015, 22. januar). Urix. [TV].
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Stølen, Kristi-Anne (2015). Estudios rurales y agrarios: de las ligas agrarias a los movimientos anti-mineros., I: Benedicte Bull (red.),  Pensamiento social noruego sobre América Latina.  Consejo Latinoamericano de Sciencias Sociales (CLACSO).  ISBN 978-987-722-124-4.  Kapittel.  s 143 - 168
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Sveinsdottir, Anna & Hirsch, Cecilie (2015). Når journalister blir gruveindustriens talerør. Bistandsaktuelt.  ISSN 1501-0201.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Taylor, Matthew & Castellanos, Edwin (2015). Migracion, remesas familiars y acceso a la tierra. Plaza Publica. . doi: http://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/migracion-remesas-familiares-y-acceso-la-tierra
• Bull, Benedicte & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2015). Valg og politisk drama i Guatemala. Bistandsaktuelt.  ISSN 1501-0201.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Gudbjõrt Sveinsdóttir, Anna (2014). Postkort fra en bleknende revolusjon. radikalportal.no. . doi: http://radikalportal.no/2014/03/29/postkort-fra-en-bleknende-revolusjon/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013). Guatemala: aldri igjen. radikalportal.no. . doi: http://radikalportal.no/2013/06/03/guatemala-aldri-igjen/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013). I narkokartellenes rike. RadikalPortal. . doi: http://radikalportal.no/2013/11/11/i-narkokartellenes-rike/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013). Vi kjemper for vårt vann, vår skog og vår jord. RadikalPortal. . doi: http://radikalportal.no/2013/06/18/vi-kjemper-for-vart-vann-var-skog-og-var-jord/
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013, 23. mai). Folkemorddom opphevet under press.  Morgenbladet.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013, 22. mai). Rettsak i reprise.  Klassekampenn.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013, 07. mai). Urfolk i gruvebråk.  Klassekampen.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Taylor, Matthew; Castellanos, Edwin & Morales, Helda (2013). International migration and rural landscapes in Central America and Mexico.
• Bull, Benedicte; Hirsch, Cecilie Karina Von & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013). Inkvisitorisk fra lederen for Oslo Freedom Forum. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Bull, Benedicte; Hirsch, Cecilie Karina Von & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013). Menneskerettighetene er udelelige. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Castellanos, Edwin; Angelsen, Arild; Morales, Helda; Taylor, Matthew; Ainembabazi, John & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013). Migration, remittances and land use in Guatemala and Mexico.
• McNeish, John-Andrew; Leer, Lars; Krøvel, Roy Gunnar; Nymark, Johannes Andreas; Gloppen, Siri; Leifsen, Esben; Bull, Benedicte; García-Godos, Jemima; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Braathen, Einar; Bye, Vegard; Hauge, Wenche Iren; Haarstad, Håvard; Guzman-Gallegos, Maria A; Sønneland, Anne Margrethe; Fuentes, Daniela Orge; Helgesen, Arnhild; Hirsch, Cecilie Karina Von & Bjune, Maren (2013). Menneskerettighetene er udelelige. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Moran-Taylor, Michelle; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & Taylor, Matthew (2013). Considering the relationship between migration and the environment in Coastal Chiapas, Mexico.
• Taylor, Matthew; Castellanos, Edwin & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2013). Migration and the environment in Ixcán, Guatemala. A twenty-year view.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2012). From PES to REDD? Emerging actors, alliances and conflicts in Colombia and Costa Rica.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2012). The economy of repair: Private sector, development cooperation and payments for environmental services in campesino lands in Nicaragua.
• Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2012). The economy of repair: Private sector, development cooperation and payments for environmental services in campesino lands in Nicaragua.
• Hirsch, Cecilie Karina Von; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel & McNeill, Desmond (2012). REDD: Insights from the Field.
• Garcia, Roberto J. & Aguilar-Støen, Mariel (2011). Midterm Assessment of MAP (Mesoamerican Agro-enviornmental Program).

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