Honoured to have been selected for the 8th consecutive year as Highly Cited by Clarivate Reuters-Thomson: "Recognizing the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™. Of the world’s scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers truly . . . [ Read More ]
Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2021
It was a pleasure to once more co-lead the jury in charge of selecting the winner of the Calouste Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity on Climate Change. Winners are awarded €1 M. This year the prize went for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy for their coordination of the global effort of cities to address climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. The announcement was made in . . . [ Read More ]
Miguel Araújo identified as Highly Cited 2020
Miguel Bastos Araújo was identified as Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher 2020 in the field of Environment & Ecology. He has been part of this list every year since 2014. A honour he likes to share with collaborators & funders. The 2020 full list can be consulted here: https://bit.ly/3eSfQc4 #HighlyCited2020 . . . [ Read More ]
Biophilia Award to The Guardian
I am thrilled to have contributed to the decision to recognise The Guardian with the BIOPHILIA Award for its leading role in global efforts to communicate good-quality and information about the environmental challenges of our times. The original nomination was supported by several prestigious leaders in the field, including recently deceased Georgina Mace. The full justification for the . . . [ Read More ]
FBBVA Biodiversity Conservation Awards – 15th edition
Of the many committees I serve, there are few that give me so much pleasure and fulfilment than helping to identify together with other colleagues the champions of biodiversity conservation to be recognised. One of these committees is the BBVA Foundation Awards in biodiversity conservation this year in its 15th edition and given to the conservation of the bearded vulture in Spain, the protection . . . [ Read More ]
Honorary membership to the College of Biologists
As Geographer, I feel honoured to have been nominated as honorary member of the Portuguese College of Biologists (Ordem dos Biólogos) together with the Ciência Viva Programme (national science communication's programme) and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. At the the awarding ceremony on the 12th of February 2020 my talk was: "Planetary Metabolism and Sustainability". . . . [ Read More ]
Gulbenkian Prize to fight climate change and its effects
Miguel B. Araújo is proud to be involved and support the Calouste Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, awarded annually, in the amount of 1 million euros. The Prize aims to recognize people, groups of people and/or organizations from all over the world whose contributions to mitigation and adaptation to climate change stand out for its novelty, innovation and impact. The . . . [ Read More ]
Highly Cited Researcher 2019
Proud to have been identified for the 6th year in a row as highly cited in the field of environmental sciences. More on the 2019 awardees here. In total, 24 researchers at he CSIC we listed in 2019. . . . [ Read More ]
Miguel B. Araújo wins National Environmental Prize “Fernando Pereira”
Miguel Bastos Araújo was awarded the National Environmental Prize "Fernando Pereira" by the Portuguese Confederation of the Environmental NGOs (CPADA in Portuguese). This prize is awarded annually to outstanding personalities in the environmental conservation fields. "I am deeply honoured to have received this award by fellow environmentalists", says Miguel Araújo. "Prior to being undergraduate . . . [ Read More ]
Pessoa Award 2018 Reception
As previously announced Miguel Araújo won the 2018 Pessoa Prize. This is the first time the Prize recognises someone working in the field of environmental sciences. Named after the famous writer and poet Fernando Pessoa, the Pessoa Prize is recognised as the most important cultural award in Portugal. It was created in 1987 by the newspaper Expresso and the IT company Unisys, and since 2008 the . . . [ Read More ]