Maria Dolors García Ramón

Maria Dolors García Ramón (born 1943) is a Spanish geographer.^[1] She is emeritus professor of geography of the Autonomous University of Barcelona,^[2]

Early life and education

García Ramón was born on 7 November 1943 in Gandia, Valencia. She has a BA and PhD from the University of Barcelona and an MA from the University of California.^[1]

Career

García Ramón was professor of geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona from 1969 to 2010,^[3] and also held appointments as professor or research fellow at the University of Arizona, Cornell University, University of Buenos Aires, Durham University and the London School of Economics.^[4]

She lists her research specialisms as Rural Geography, Geographical Thought, and Geography and Gender.^[1]

From 1988 to 1996 she was Secretary of the International Geographical Union's Study Group on Gender and Geography.^[3]

She was awarded the 2016 Vautrin Lud Prize (Le Prix Vautrin-Lud), which has been described as "the highest award that can be bestowed on a geographer"^[5] and "the Nobel of geography".^[6][7]

References

Further reading

• Albet, Abel, ed. (2019). Maria Dolors Garcia-Ramon : geografía y género, disidencia e innovación (1. ed.). Barcelona: Icaria. ISBN 978-84-9888-836-2.