Biography

Professor of Marine Geography at the Department of Human Geography.

The research activity has been centred on the field of geographical consequences of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, maritime policy and coastal and ocean management, including regional management systems for fisheries and aquaculture sector. Author of more than 80 academic publications in international journals and publishers (Marine Policy, Ocean and Coastal Management, Sociologia Ruralis, Coastal Management, Blackwell Sicence, Ashgate, Kluwer Academic Press, Amsterdam University Press, Thomson Reuters, Taylor & Francis/Routledge).

Research in European projects on fisheries governance and coastal-marine management. Consultancy activities for the InterAmerican Development Bank, the European Commission, European Parliament, IUCN, UNEP/PAP/RAC and Government of Spain. Local coordinator of Erasmus Mundus Master on Marine Spatial Planning. Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Marine Policy.