Cristina Quintas-Soriano
Researcher
I was born in Almería, so all my personal and professional development has been related to the Mediterranean Sea, it’s arid landscapes and the wonderful traditional crops plains of the Alpujarra. I graduated in Environmental Sciences and later I got my PhD in Applied and Environmental Sciences from the University of Almería. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kassel in Germany. My research focuses on the study of links and relationships between ecosystems and human well-being, from a multidisciplinary perspective with ecological methods and social assessment tools. I have worked on several international projects, such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in Spain (EMEC; Autonomous University of Madrid) project, the Monitoring of the Effects of Global Change on the arid ecosystems of the Levante Andaluz (GLOCHARID; University of Almeria) and the PECS endorsed project Water scarcity and governance across socio-ecological systems (PECS-WaterSES; Idaho State University). Currently, I am working at the go-PRIMA project (Rural-urban transformation in arid and semi-arid areas in the Mediterranean), where I study how transformations in rural systems promote the loss of cultural values and multifunctional landscapes in the Mediterranean, with special emphasis in Northern Africa and Middle Eastern Countries. I love the sea, tapas, sunny terraces, yoga and the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
FRACTAL for me is a space of calm, hope and passion: a place of meeting with colleagues & friends where we develop ideas and passions together, we fight side by side to strengthen science with awareness and collaborative, to empower ourselves and create more sustainable and fair spaces.
Publications
- Quintas-Soriano, C., J. Brandt, K. Running, C. V. Baxter, D. M. Gibson, J. Narducci, and A. J. Castro. 2018. Social-ecological systems influence ecosystem service perception: a Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) analysis. Ecology and Society 23(3):3. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10226-230303
- Quintas-Soriano, C., M. García-Llorente, and A. J. Castro. 2018. What ecosystem service science has achieved in Spanish drylands? Evidences of need for transdisciplinary science. Journal of Arid Environments 149:4-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.01.004
- Quintas-Soriano, C., Castro, A. J., Castro, H., García-Llorente, M. 2016. Impacts of land use change on ecosystem services and implications for human well-being in Spanish drylands. Land Use Policy 54:534–548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.03.011
- Quintas-Soriano, C., Martín-López, B., Santos-Martín, F., Benayas, J., Montes, C., García-Llorente, M. 2016. Ecosystem services values in Spain: A meta-analysis. Environmental Science and Policy 55:186-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.10.001
- Quintas-Soriano, C., Castro, A.J., García-Llorente, M., Cabello, J., Castro, H. 2014. From supply to social demand: a landscape-scale analysis of the water regulation service. Landscape Ecology 29:1069-1082. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-014-0032-0