Rafael de Miguel González#
| Membership Number: | 5813 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://eurogeography.eu |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9347-5296 |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/rafael.demiguelgonzalez/ |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-de-miguel-gonzález-118a40137/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present President, EUROGEO
- 2013 - present Associate Dean, University of Zaragoza
- 2011 - present Professor of Geographical education, University of Zaragoza
- 2006 - 2011 Associate professor of Geographical education, University of Zaragoza
- 1998 - 2005 Geography school teacher
- 1996 - 1998 Educational advisor, Regional Government of Aragón
- 1995 - 1996 Research fellowship, University of Paris
Fields of Scholarship
- Digital education
- Human geography
- Geopolitics
- Geographical education
- Urban and regional planning
- Geospatial technologies and education
Honours and Awards
- 2019 - present President of EUROGEO, European Association of Geographers
- 2019 - present Member of the European Alliance of Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH)
- 2021 - present Representative of EUROGEO at European Landscape Convention, Council of Europe
- 2021 - present Member of the Board of Trustees, Foundation Council Spain-China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2017 - present Member of Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations and Commission for Social Development, ECOSOC, United Nations,
- 2016 - present Fellow at Habitat Professionals Forum, WUF, WUC, UN-HABITAT
- 2015 - 2019 Vice President of EUROGEO
- 2016 - present Regional Contact, Commission on Geographical Education, International Geographical Union. Member, Spanish IGU Committee
- 2016 - present Board member, Spanish Royal Geographical Society (est. 1876)
- 2010 - present Fellow of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Luis, Academy of Spain (est. 1792)
- 2000 - present Fellow of the Spanish Association of Geographers
- 1996 - 1998 member of TEMPUS Committee, European Commission
- Awards
- 2022, Good practice, MYGEO higher education project, European Commission
- 2021, BELMA Award, Best European Learning Materials Award in geography education
- 2020, Success story, project GI-Learner, European Commission
- 2016, National Award for innovation in education, Digital Atlas for Schools, Ministry of Education
- 2014, Geospatial World Policy Award, project digital-earth.eu, Geospatial World Forum
- 2000, First in Spain, public competition, recruitment for civil servant as geography teacher, Ministry of Education
- 1994, Summa cum laude, First class hounours, Bachelor in Geography, UNiversity of Zaragoza
