Spanish geographer (born 1943)
García Ramón in 2016
Maria Dolors García Ramón (born 1943) is a Spanish geographer.[ 1] She is emeritus professor of geography of the Autonomous University of Barcelona ,[ 2]
Early life and education
García Ramón was born on 7 November 1943 in Gandia , Valencia . She has a BA and PhD from the University of Barcelona and an MA from the University of California .[ 1]
Career
García Ramón was professor of geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona from 1969 to 2010,[ 3] and also held appointments as professor or research fellow at the University of Arizona , Cornell University , University of Buenos Aires , Durham University and the London School of Economics .[ 4]
She lists her research specialisms as Rural Geography, Geographical Thought, and Geography and Gender.[ 1]
From 1988 to 1996 she was Secretary of the International Geographical Union 's Study Group on Gender and Geography.[ 3]
She was awarded the 2016 Vautrin Lud Prize (Le Prix Vautrin-Lud ), which has been described as "the highest award that can be bestowed on a geographer"[ 5] and "the Nobel of geography".[ 6] [ 7]
References
Further reading
Albet, Abel, ed. (2019). Maria Dolors Garcia-Ramon : geografía y género, disidencia e innovación (1. ed.). Barcelona: Icaria. ISBN 978-84-9888-836-2 .
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