Antoni Domènech

Dr. Antoni Domènech

Department of Geography, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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Serra-Húnter Fellow, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Departmen...

Biography

Antoni Domènech is a geographer and holds a PhD in Tourism from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). He is currently a Serra Húnter Lecturer in the Department of Geography at URV, where he is also a member of the University Research Institute for Sustainability, Climate Change and Energy Transition (IU-RESCAT) and the Center for Climate Change (C3). He serves as the principal investigator at URV for the Life eCOadapt50 project, which focuses on climate adaptation in local economies. His doctoral dissertation, "Exploring Urban Visitors' Mobilities: A Multi-Method Approach", was awarded the Manuel de Terán Prize by the Spanish Geographical Association (AGE) for the best geography dissertation in Spain. As a researcher, he has been actively involved in numerous competitive projects at the regional, national, and European levels. His work centers on sustainable tourism, spatial planning, climate change adaptation, and the collaborative economy. He has authored 28 articles in indexed journals, serving as the lead author on 11 of them, and his work has received over 1,000 citations (h-index: 18, i10-index: 24). From December 2020 to May 2024, he served as the managing officer of the Terres de l’Ebre Biosphere Reserve, where he led sustainable tourism plans and climate adaptation strategies. This role further strengthened his profile as a research-driven professional with a strong commitment to knowledge transfer.

Affiliations

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

Department of Geography

Honors and Awards

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XXII Premi Lluís Casassas i Simó

Societat Catalana de Geografia

Best master's thesis in Geography of the Catalan universities

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II Premi Jordi Amorós

Col·legi de Geògrafs a Catalunya i Associació de Geògrafs de Catalunya

Best end-of-degree project in Geography of the Catalan universities.

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URV Academic Excellence Award: Master

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Best student of the promotion 2015-2016: Master in Analysis and Territorial Management

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URV Academic Excellence Award: Degree

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Best student of the promotion 2011-2015: Degree in Geography

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V Premio Manuel de Terán 2023

Asociación Española de Geografía (AGE)

Award to the best PhD thesis in Geography of Spain

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