Victoria Reyes García

Victoria Reyes-García (born 2 July 1971) is a Spanish scientist who is a professor at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA). She studies ecological knowledge systems and their contributions on development.

Early life and education Reyes-García was born in Barcelona. She started her academic career at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where she studied history. She moved to Ecuador to complete a graduate degree in Amazonian Studies. In 1995, Reyes-García returned to Spain, where she completed a Master's degree in the International University of Andalucía. She was a doctoral researcher in the United States, working on anthropology at the University of Florida. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

Research and career In 2002, Reyes-García was appointed to the faculty at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Between 1999 and 2004, Reyes-García lived amongst Tsimané hunter-gatherers in the Amazon rainforest. In 2006 she was made Head of the Laboratory for the Analysis of Socio-Ecological Systems in a Global World.

Awards and honors 2009 Autonomous University of Barcelona Excellency in Research 2010 European Research Council Starting Grant 2017 European Research Council Consolidator Grant 2025 Awarded the Rei Jaume Prize in the Environmental Protection category 2026 Elected member of the Academia Europaea

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