Educational summary
- Doctor in Environmental Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Bachelor of Geography, Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Bachelor of Catalan Studies, University of Perpignan
- Sociology, ICESB - Barcelona
- Chemistry, Escola Industrial de Barcelona
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Current professional activities (summary)
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Full professor and scientific researcher in the Department of Geography and at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
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Professor in the postgrade course on Forest Management and Planning, UAB.
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Professor and member of the Chancellor’s Council of the Summer Catalan University (Universitat Catalana d’Estiu, UCE)
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Professor in the Master course on Scientific, Medical and Environmental Communication at, Pompeu Fabra University, UPF.
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Professor and member of the Chancellor’s Committee of the Masters course on Environment and Sustainable Development, at the School of Architecture of Barcelona
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Professor in the Masters course on Landscape Architecture, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, (UPC)
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Professor in the Masters course La Gran Escala: International Masters Programme: Architecture & Other Environments, UPC.
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Director of the research project Tordera Observatory
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President of the Alt Pirineu Natural Park
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Member of the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS).
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Member of the International Association for Landscape Ecology.
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Member of the Global 500 Forum of the United Nations Environment Programme
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Member of the Spanish Committee of the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
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Member of the Education and Communication Commission of the IUCN (The World Conservation Union)
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Member of the Catalan group of the Club of Rome (Capitulo Español del Club de Roma)
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Employment history
My pedagogic work in the field of environmental education began in 1978 with the opening of the Nature School of Can Lleonart, at the Montseny Natural Park. It was one of the first experiences of environmental education in the whole country. As well as the pedagogic activities, the Nature School set off some investigation lines aimed at the understanding of the environment: flora and fauna phenology registers, studies of trophic and ethological relations of vertebrate populations and the gathering of socio-ecological data.
Twelve years later I entered the Autonomous University of Barcelona as a professor and scientific researcher. Since then, I lectured in the Bachelor’s programmes in Geography, and Environmental Sciences and in other postgraduate studies.
Later, I joined the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), where I currently work as a researcher and project manager in the areas of global change and biodiversity from a social perspective with specific focus on forests and urban systems.
My tasks towards the diffusion and popularisation of scientific knowledge, mainly in the field of environmental sciences, have been accomplished by the edition and publication of numerous books, papers, popular science articles and opinion pieces as well as by my participation in many national and international congresses and conferences.
I am a member of the editorial board of the journals Tópicos en Educación Ambiental (Mexico), Gestión y Ambiente (Colombia) and Medi Ambient, tecnologia i cultura (Catalonia).
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Full curriculum
You can download my full curriculum here
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