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
- 1997 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Honor society
- 2005 Helen and John S. Best Research Fellowship, American Geographical Society Library. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States
- 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
