Miren is Professor of Ecology at the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and Director of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Environmental Education. She is the director of the Master in “Environment and Sustainability” of the UPV/EHU. She has been a visiting professor at a number of international universities including the University of Oxford and the University of Veracruz, Mexico amongst others. Her research has focused on the study of biodiversity, landscape and evaluation of ecosystems, with application to landscape sustainable management. She has published a total of 70 papers in scientific journals and books. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Committee of the MaB-UNESCO program of Biosphere Reserves (Ministry of Rural and Marine Environment) since 2008, of which she was president between 2008 and 2012. She held the university’s representation at the Patronage of the Armañón Natural Park / Biscay from 2009 to 2017. She has held the positions of Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Sciences and Director of International Relations for the UPV/EHU.
