Un panorama general de la evolución de la geografía española (1992-2022)

Abstract

Spanish geography has registered significant changes in the last three decades that have affected teaching, research and social consideration of the discipline. New educational programs (bachelor's, master's and doctorate) have been launched within the framework of the reforms developed (LRU, Bologna Declaration) on university education that have guided training, in most Spanish geography departments, towards the applied aspect (spatial planning). The master's studies have allowed a specialization of geographic studies in different topics (spatial planning, SIG, landscape analysis, environment and sustainability, natural risks, economic changes, demographic process). Doctoral works have also evolved from monographic theses with a classical structure towards memoirs compiled from research articles published in high-impact journals. In research, new lines of work have been developed in the heat of currents from the international sphere or have been promoted as their own themes animated from Spanish geography and that respond to demands for research or application of the discipline. The reports on Spanish geographic research developed within the Spanish Geography Association and the analysis of the content of publications and activities carried out by other geographical entities in our country (Royal Geographical Society, Catalan Society of Geography) provide an overview of the evolution of research in geography, which has become, in general terms, more collaborative (larger teams and multidisciplinary participation) and thematically more specialized. Finally, the discipline has gained in social consideration due to the development of applied work demanded by the administration or the company, the participation of geography in current social debates and its projection in the media. So that Spanish geography, in 2022, is a dynamic, modern discipline with international projection that works for a constant improvement of its participation in the educational system (non-university and university), of its consideration in state research programs or regional, and its prestige as a science of social utility