Urban Change in the Iberian Peninsula: A 2000-2030 Perspective

Rubén C. Lois-González is Professor of Geography at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and Vice President of the International Geographical Union (UGI). He has been Visiting Professor at universities in France, Norway, and Italy and the Federal University of Bahia-UFBA (Brazil). He is Principal Investigator of various European Union and international cross-border cooperation projects. He is Author of nearly 200 books and book chapters, and more than 160 articles in academic journals. Notable among them are Scripta Nova, Finisterra, Annales de Géographie, Sud-Ouest Européen, Die Erde, European Planning Studies, Land, Use & Policy, Revista Geografia del Norte Grande, Mobilities, Territory, Politics and Governance, Sociologia Ruralis, and Gender, Place & Culture. He directed 39 doctoral theses. He has been Dean of the Faculty of Geography and History of Santiago de Compostela. He is Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association of Geography (1997-2011 and from 2017 to today) and Founder of the College of Geographers of Spain (1999).

Jose A. Rio Fernandes is Geographer and Full Professor at the University of Porto. He is Coordinator of the research group "Cities and Territorial Development" at CEGOT, investigating on urban geography, urbanism, and local and regional development. He is President of the General Assembly of FAPAS (Portuguese Association for the Biodiversity Conservation) and Member of the Regional Conseil of the North of Portugal. He was President of the Portuguese Geographers Association (2010-2016) and its General Assembly (2016-2020 and 2020-2022). He is Author of more than 200 scientific publications, including articles in BAGE, Cities, GOT, Land, Sud-Ouest Européen, Sustainability, Urban Geography, and Urban Research & Practice, and 40 books, including two dictionaries. He has been involved in several international investigation projects and was Visiting Teacher in Angers, Berlin, Presidente Prudente, Natal, and Rio de Janeiro. He writes weekly for the JN newspaper and is commentator for Porto Canal tv.

Rubén C. Lois-González 是西班牙聖地亞哥德孔波斯特拉大學的地理學教授，並擔任國際地理聯合會（UGI）的副會長。他曾在法國、挪威和義大利的多所大學擔任訪問教授，以及巴西的巴伊亞聯邦大學（UFBA）。他是多個歐盟及國際跨境合作項目的主要研究者。他著作近200本書籍和書章，以及超過160篇學術期刊文章。其中著名的期刊包括 Scripta Nova、Finisterra、Annales de Géographie、Sud-Ouest Européen、Die Erde、European Planning Studies、Land, Use & Policy、Revista Geografia del Norte Grande、Mobilities、Territory, Politics and Governance、Sociologia Ruralis 和 Gender, Place & Culture。他指導了39篇博士論文。曾擔任聖地亞哥德孔波斯特拉大學地理與歷史學院院長。他是西班牙地理學會董事會成員（1997-2011 及 2017 至今），並於1999年創立西班牙地理學者協會。

Jose A. Rio Fernandes 是波爾圖大學的地理學家及正教授。他是 CEGOT 的「城市與區域發展」研究小組的協調者，專注於城市地理學、城市主義及地方和區域發展。他是 FAPAS（葡萄牙生物多樣性保護協會）大會的主席，並且是葡萄牙北部地區委員會的成員。他曾擔任葡萄牙地理學會的主席（2010-2016）及其大會主席（2016-2020 和 2020-2022）。他著作超過200篇科學出版物，包括在 BAGE、Cities、GOT、Land、Sud-Ouest Européen、Sustainability、Urban Geography 和 Urban Research & Practice 等期刊上的文章，以及40本書籍，包括兩本詞典。他參與多個國際研究項目，並曾在昂熱、柏林、普魯登特、納塔爾和里約熱內盧擔任訪問教師。他每週為 JN 報紙撰寫專欄，並擔任 Porto Canal 電視台的評論員。