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IRIS Research Seminar Semester 2
“An Empirical Assessment of Spanish University
Strategies for Sustainability”
Professor Javier Benayas del Alamo
14 February 2011, 1.15 – 2.45pm
Room TC206B, Park Campus, University of Gloucestershire
Javier Benayas del Alamo was a Professor of Ecology and Deputy ViceChancellor of Sustainability at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid (20022009). He currently serves as Executive Secretary for the Conference of
Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) and has responsibility for the
Commission on Environmental Quality, Sustainable Development and Risk
Prevention (CADEP). He is also a member of the Spanish Ministry of
Education's National Commission on University Strategies for Sustainability
2015.
Javier is the coordinator of the Environmental Education Doctoral Program
which has trained more than 250 post-graduate students since 2000 in
nine Spanish universities. He has 25 years of research experience in the
fields of environmental education evaluation, public engagement in
protected areas, sustainable development planning for urban areas and
human-landscape relationship. Javier maintains an active research profile
as Director of an empirical research project which assesses the
sustainability strategies of Universities in Spain. In 2010 has was elected as
President of the Spanish Association of Environmental Scientists (CIMA).
Refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP by 10 February to Ms Seek Pang. Email [email protected]
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