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Academic CV. Iván Cuesta Fernández is a lecturer and researcher in Regional Geography in the INNODES Research Group at the University of Valencia. Since September 2026, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Valencia (specialisation: Regional Geograpy). His research applies methods from Political Geography and the Geography of Political Economy to the study of sustainability transitions, innovation networks and the political coalitions underpinning them, and the development of urban areas and peripheral regions. He holds the following accreditations and quality indicators: - Accredited by ANECA (2022) as an Associate Professor (Profesor Contratado Doctor) (field: Social and Legal Sciences II; area of knowledge: Human Geography). - One six-year research period (sexenio de investigación) recognised in 2024. - Teaching evaluated as 'positive' under the initial modality of the DOCENTIA programme for the evaluation of teaching quality (DOCENTIA-UNIR, 2026). - Citations: 198 (Web of Science); 207 (Scopus). - H-index: 8 (Web of Science, July 2026); 7 (Scopus, July 2026). - 9 scholarly articles in international and Spanish journals, including 4 in Q1 journals. - 1 book and 9 book chapters, including publications with prestigious academic publishers such as Routledge, Ashgate, Emerald and Tirant lo Blanch. His academic qualifications include: - PhD in African Studies (University of Edinburgh, 2018). - Bachelor's Degree in Geography and Spatial Planning (Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2025). - Master's Degree in Politics and Democracy (National University of Distance Education, 2012). - Master's Degree in Renewable Energy: Electricity Generation (Public University of Navarre, 2008). - Master's Degree in Development and International Cooperation (University of the Basque Country, 2005). - Industrial Engineering Degree (Polytechnic University of Valencia, 2001). In research, since 2025 he has been a member of the research team of the coordinated project 'INNORESMET. Innovative socioeconomic adaptation and responses to environmental change in metropolitan contexts. Subproject 1. Socioeconomic innovation and metropolitan governance in response to environmental change in the Madrid region (INNOMET-MAD)' (Knowledge Generation Projects 2024, ¿71,250, Complutense University of Madrid). Between 2012 and 2018, prior to completing his PhD, he participated in two research projects on development studies and grassroots social innovation carried out by the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Department of Project Engineering and INGENIO CSIC-UPV Institute, 2012-2017 and 2016-2018, respectively). He also undertook consultancy work for the Polytechnic University of Valencia (client: Valencia City Council) and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. His teaching experience includes: - University of Valencia: since February 2026, he has taught courses in World Regional Geography and Geography of Tourism in Spain. - Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR): from March 2022 to July 2026, he taught courses in Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia, Development and International Cooperation, and Management of the Cooperation Project Cycle (6 ECTS credits per course, two editions per academic year) on the Master's Degree in Development Cooperation: Project Management and Direction at UNIR. He also taught Human Geography on the Bachelor's Degree in International Cooperation and Geography, Ecology and Sustainability on the Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. During the 2024/25 academic year, he taught Globalisation, Politics and Economics on the official Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. - Valencia International University: in 2019 and 2020, he taught Energy, Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability on the Bachelor's Degree in International Relations, and also taught International Political Economy on the Master's Degree in Foreign Policy. - Technical University of Valencia: between 2008 and 2012, he taught in person on the Master's Degree in Development Cooperation and through a blended-learning format on the Master's Degree in Development Policies and Processes. Between 2013 and 2017, he held a competitive doctoral scholarship awarded by the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. At the same university, in 2018 he taught tutorials to undergraduate, master's and doctoral students in research methodology and international development. Prior to his academic career, he developed his professional career in the field of international development in Belgium, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Spain..