Prof. Cristina Montiel Molina

Cristina Montiel-Molina is a Professor of Geography in the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain). Her domains of experience and expertise are the social sciences applied to spatial planning, sustainable development and forest management. Her research focuses on fire history and landscape dynamics. She has special interest in traditional knowledge, fire uses and landscape management. Prof. Montiel-Molina has coordinated several national and European projects on Pyrogeography and Environmental History. She has been very active in promoting discussion, participation and collaboration among public institutions and private stakeholder for rural development. She has received the Spanish Golden Award for Fire Research, 2016.