Urbano Fra Paleo#
| Membership Number: | 5830 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Affiliated section(s): | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.unex.es |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-6192-7684 |
| Linkedin: | https://es.linkedin.com/in/upaleo |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020-. Full Professor. Department of Spatial Sciences. University of Extremadura. Spain
- 2011 - 2017. Visiting Professor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security, University for Peace, Costa Rica
- 2013-2020. Associate Professor. Department of Spatial Sciences. University of Extremadura. Spain
- 2007-2013. Associate Professor (on leave). Department of Agricultural Engineering. University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain
- 2006-2007. Associate Professor. Department of Geography and Spatial Planning. University of Extremadura. Spain
- 1998-2006. Assistant Professor. Department of Geography and Spatial Planning. University of Extremadura. Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Natural hazards (volcanic, floods, wildfire)
- Vulnerability as a measure of the differences between human groups and communities
- Governance of disaster risk to reduce disaster risk with the participation of multiple societal actors
- Sustainability as a framework to design, plan, and implement disaster risk reduction measures
- Disaster risk as interface between human action and natural processes
Honours and Awards
- Member of Academia Europaea (2021)
- Sigma Xi. The Scientific Research Society. Honor society (1997)
- Helen and John S. Best Research Fellowship. American Geographical Society Library. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. United States (2005)
- 2009 Sustainable Actions in Social Entrepreneurship Award. University of Santiago de Compostela and the Jaime Vera Foundation. Spain.
- 2009 Innovation Award. University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain.
- 2008 Honorific Award in recognition of the INITIA Programme in Science and Technology. Spanish Research Council, Royal Spanish Society of Physics, Royal Spanish Society of Mathematics, Spanish Open University. Spain.
