Marta Martínez Arnáiz holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Valladolid and is a Senior Lecture at the University of Burgos. She carries out her teaching and research work in the Department of History, Geography and Communication of the University of Burgos since 1994. Her main lines of research focus on the socio-economic dynamics of rural areas and their development strategies (especially those with low population density), territorial heritage and landscape. She has been a member of the Spanish Association of Geography since 1990.