Sandra Ricart

Assistant Professor (RTDa)

Sandra Ricart is an assistant professor (RTDa) at the Environmental Intelligence Lab. She holds a PhD in Experimental Sciences and Sustainability (2014) from the University of Girona, Spain, where she also obtained a BSc in Geography and an MSc in Environmental Sciences. She has developed an international profile through predoctoral, postdoctoral and visitings at Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Università degli Studi di Milano, University of Alicante, Wageningen University & Research, Landcare Research Centre New Zealand, Politecnico di Milano, and University of California Los Angeles. As a human-environment geographer, her research focuses on climate change adaptive capacity and resilience in socio-ecological systems, integrating social learning and stakeholder analysis with behaviour modelling to explore the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem nexus. She serves as academic editor for International Journal of Water Resources Development, Discover Sustainability, PLOS One, and Frontiers in Water, and acts as an expert evaluator for major funding agencies, including the European Commission and national research councils (e.g. Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, Dutch Research Council). Since 2018 she has been an academic guest at the University of Alicante, teaching in MSc programs on natural risks, water management, and sustainable development law. In 2022, she received the I3 Program Certificate of outstanding international research trajectory from the Spanish State Research Agency.