DIEGO
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ

Geographer, Master's in Social Gerontology, and PhD in Geography from the University of Granada. Accredited as a University Professor by the Spanish National Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation (ANECA). He is currently a Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) and a Senior Scientist on leave from the Institute of Economics, Geography, and Demography of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Throughout his academic career, he has held various teaching and research positions: Associate Professor at the UNED, Assistant Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Interim Professor at the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, and Assistant Professor at EADE–University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has also been a visiting professor in graduate programs and a student advisor at universities in Spain, France, Italy, Chile, and Mexico, and has supervised 15 doctoral theses. His research focuses on the Geography of Aging and Environmental Gerontology. His main lines of research address the relationships between the environment, health, and quality of life of older adults; population aging and its socio-spatial implications; and the impacts of climate change on the vulnerability and resilience of this group. He has also conducted research on age-friendly urban and rural environments, social and health service planning, residential and aging strategies, care and dependency networks, disability, urbanization, rural depopulation, and senior tourism. He has extensive experience directing, participating in, and evaluating research and consulting projects (Inter-American Development Bank, European Union, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay). He has also been a researcher for the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and an advisor to state governments on aging, housing, urban planning, health, and climate change. He is currently a member of editorial boards and a referee for indexed international scientific journals (JCR; Web of Science). He has received a National Research Award and various national and international recognitions.