Research team FNCA
Josep Lluis Espluga
Josep Lluis Espluga. PhD in Sociology, lecturer at the Departamento de Sociología, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), researcher at the Instituto de Gobierno y Políticas Públicas (IGOP) and member of the Research Group on Agriculture, Livestock and Food in Globalization (ARAG-UAB). His research lines focus on the sociology of relationships among health, land management and environment and, more specifically, on socio-environmental conflicts and citizen participation. He is coordinator of the academic itinerary on Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship at UAB. He is also member of the steering committee of the Post-graduate studies in local Revitalization in Agro-ecology.
Enrique San Martín González
Enrique San Martín González. Es Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ADE) y en Economía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y Doctor en Economía por la UNED. Su tesis doctoral “Un análisis económico de los trasvases de agua intercuencas: el trasvase Tajo-Segura” obtuvo el Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de la UNED y un accésit al Premio Tesis Doctoral de la Cátedra Aquae de Economía del Agua de la UNED, junto a una repercusión notable entre público, académicos e investigadores. Es profesor titular del Departamento de Economía Aplicada de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de la UNED. Su principal línea de investigación es la economía del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales, especialmente energía y agua. Es codirector del Grupo de Investigación Consolidado "Economía Política Internacional y Española" de la UNED y miembro del Grupo de Investigación “El río tajo: hacia un enfoque holístico de sus problemas y soluciones” de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.
Enrique San Martín González
Enrique San Martín González. He has a degree in Business Administration and Management (ADE) and in Economics from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a Doctor in Economics from the UNED. His doctoral thesis “An economic analysis of inter-basin water transfers: the Tajo-Segura transfer” won the Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the UNED and a second prize to the Doctoral Thesis Award of the Aquae Chair of Economics of the Water of the UNED, together with a notable impact among public, academics and researchers. He is a full professor of the Department of Applied Economics of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the UNED. His main line of research is the economics of the environment and natural resources, especially energy and water. He is co-director of the Consolidated Research Group "International and Spanish Political Economy" of the UNED and member of the Research Group "The Tagus River: towards a holistic approach to its problems and solutions" of the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
Daniel Fazeli
Daniel Fazeli. Degree in Geography from the University of Seville (2018) and master's degree in Territory Management, Instruments and Intervention Techniques from the same University (2019).
To date, he has developed several research projects within the Department of Human Geography of the University of Seville, related to urban planning, land management and the impact of anthropic activities on river systems in the area of Seville; as well as their different restoration strategies within the framework of green infrastructure, integrating them into their territorial framework. In addition, since the beginning of the year 2019, it has been collaborating with the Guadalquivir Hydrographic Confederation in projects whose objectives are to recover the ecosystem functionality of the fluvial systems and associated ecosystem services, with special attention to public use and flood risk management in territorial contexts With a marked metropolitan character.
Since 2018 he is also a member of the Spanish Association of Geography (AGE), as well as the Territorial Structures and Systems Research Group (GIEST; code HUM. 396), which is formed by senior and junior researchers from the universities of Seville and Pablo de Olavide.
Nuria Blázquez
Nuria Blázquez is a Biologist and Master in the Management of Protected Areas and has extensive experience in project management, community engagement and local development. As a Local Development Officer, she managed community led projects on urban development, sustainable transport, organic farming and rural tourism in El Valle del Tiétar (Spain), including award-wining projects. She also managed a number of complex projects on rural development. More recently, she managed a highly successful community lead project for urban regeneration in Dumfries (Scotland). During the last year, she managed protected areas in Fife (Scotland) where she also coordinated the community led project “Fife Pilgrims Way”, a long-way path throughout Fife