Maria Dolors García Ramón
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Maria Dolors Garcia Ramon". www.ub.edu. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Entrevista: Profesora María Dolors García Ramón". tv.us.es. Television Online de la Universidad de Sevilla. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Garcia-Ramon Maria-Dolores". www.ae-info.org. Academy of Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Maria-Dolores Garcia-Ramon - Biography". www.ae-info.org. Academy of Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "U. T. Dallas' Brian Berry to Receive World's Top Honor for Geographers". www.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Le Prix Vautrin-Lud". www.festival-international-geographie.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Maria Dolors Garcia Ramon Prize Vautrin Lud "Nobel of Geography 2016"". Grup de Recerca de Geografia i Gènere. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- 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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