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| Marta Diaz-Guardamino | |
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| Name | Marta Diaz-Guardamino |
Marta Diaz-Guardamino is a researcher and practitioner whose work spans environmental assessment, spatial analysis, and policy evaluation. Her career bridges academic research, applied consultancy, and international collaboration, engaging with institutions and projects across Europe and Latin America. Diaz-Guardamino has contributed to interdisciplinary networks that include academic centers, governmental agencies, and non-governmental organizations.
Diaz-Guardamino was educated in Spain and pursued advanced study that connected regional universities with international research centers. She completed degrees that engaged faculties associated with University of Zaragoza, University of Salamanca, and research units linked to Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. During postgraduate training she collaborated with laboratories interacting with European Commission frameworks such as Horizon 2020 and regional programs funded by Interreg. Her formative mentors and supervisors included figures associated with institutes like CSIC research groups and departments at Universidad de Córdoba and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Diaz-Guardamino has held positions in universities, research institutes, and consultancies that interface with regional planning authorities and international organizations. Her appointments have linked her to departments at University of Barcelona, research centers connected to Basque Centre for Climate Change, and technical units advising bodies such as European Environment Agency and municipal offices in cities like Madrid and Seville. She has been a visiting researcher in laboratories affiliated with University of Oxford, University College London, and collaborative nodes of United Nations Environment Programme. Her career trajectory includes roles in multidisciplinary teams that also feature experts from World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and regional development agencies tied to Andalucía and Aragón.
Diaz-Guardamino's publications address landscape assessment, spatial indicators, and decision-support tools applied to natural resource management and urban-rural interfaces. She has authored peer-reviewed articles in journals associated with publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, and Wiley and contributed chapters in edited volumes produced by academic presses at Oxford University Press and Routledge. Her empirical studies have used methods linked to Geographic Information Systems laboratories at institutions like International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and statistical collaborations with groups at Imperial College London and London School of Economics. She co-authored policy briefs and technical reports for agencies including Food and Agriculture Organization and sections of the European Commission Directorate-General for Environment. Her work has been cited alongside contributions from scholars affiliated with University of Copenhagen, ETH Zurich, University of Wageningen, and University of California, Davis.
Diaz-Guardamino has received recognition from academic societies and funding agencies for contributions to applied environmental research and interdisciplinary teaching. She has been a grantee in competitions administered by European Research Council, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and foundations associated with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-style philanthropic initiatives. Professional accolades include invitations to keynote at conferences organized by International Geographical Union, European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories, and panels convened by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Her projects have been highlighted in award programs run by entities such as European Commission prize schemes and regional science federations in Catalonia and Andalucía.
Key projects in which Diaz-Guardamino participated include multinational consortia funded under Horizon 2020 and thematic networks coordinated with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-related research nodes. Collaborators on these initiatives have included research groups from University of Lisbon, Technical University of Munich, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She contributed to projects addressing ecosystem services metrics with teams from Nature Conservancy, urban resilience initiatives with partners including ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, and agricultural landscape studies with institutes such as CIRAD and INRAE. Her consultancy work has interfaced with municipal stakeholders in Barcelona, provincial authorities in Seville, and supranational planners at European Investment Bank.
Diaz-Guardamino has engaged in public dissemination through seminars, workshops, and media appearances organized by institutions like Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, and science festivals connected to European Researchers' Night. She has contributed to capacity-building courses run in partnership with UNESCO and United Nations Development Programme country offices, and taught modules in continuing education programs at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and executive training delivered alongside OECD-linked initiatives. Outreach activities include co-organizing panels with representatives from Greenpeace, local chapters of World Wide Fund for Nature, and civic networks in municipalities such as Pamplona and Vitoria-Gasteiz.