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OTHER GROUPS: GIA / BIOCON / EOMAR / OFYGA

The Tourism, Territorial Planning and Environment Research Group (TOTMA), led by Inmaculada González Cabrera, develops its research activity in three areas of great relevance in an insular context such as the Canary Islands. It was founded at the end of the 1980s, and since then it has participated in more than 70 research projects and more than 300 scientific publications, as well as having supervised numerous master's and bachelor's degree theses and doctoral dissertations.

TOTMA is currently composed of eleven members who teach at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as principal or associate professors. It also has a network of external collaborators of professionals who develop their research in this same sector.

Its headquarters are located in the Legal Sciences building of the Tafira University Campus.

Researchers

  • Inmaculada González Cabrera

    Inmaculada González is the head of the TOTMA group of the ECOAQUA University Institute from the ULPGC. PhD in law, she has published more than 45 scientific publications. She has participated in 9 R&D projects related to business, economics and tourism.

    Academic position: Professor of Commercial Law at the Faculty of Legal Sciences of the ULPGC.

    Corporate email: inmaculada.gozalezcabrera@ulpgc.es

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  • Carmen Grau Pineda

    PhD in law she has published around 50 scientific publications. She has participated a dozen research projects, related to Labor and Social Security Law.

    Academic position: Professor of the Department of Public Law at the Faculty of Legal Sciences of the ULPGC.

    Corporate email:
    carmen.grau@ulpgc.es

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  • José Luis Zamora Manzano

    He has published more than eighty publications in the field Roman Law and Comparative Law and he has participated in more than fifty congresses. He is member of numerous editorial committees of journals, among others Iustel and Docrea.

    Academic position: Holder of the Chair of Law at the ULPGC and professor at the UNED.

    Corporate email:
    joseluis.zamora@ulpgc.es

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  • Adolfo Jiménez Jaén

    The current secretary of University Institute ECOAQUA is a PhD of law, expert on environment and tourism administrative law. He has published more than 60 scientific publications on this subject. His researchs focus on the marine spatial planning and the protection of natural areas.

    Academic position: Professor of administrative Law at the ULPGC.

    Corporate email:
    adolfo.jimenez@ulpgc.es

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  • Juan Manuel Sanabria Díaz

    PhD in law associated with the Public Departament of the ULPGC. He is expert on adminitrative law, public management and tourism.

    His researchs focus on the tourism resources, urban planning law, investment projects, tourism competitiveness and sustainable tourism.

    Academic position: Associate Professor at the ULPGC.

    Corporate email:
    jose.sanabriadiaz@gmail.com

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  • Beatriz Fonticiella Hernández

    Her main research line focuses on the retailer investors in the financial market. She has made publications on this field and currently involved in different R&D projects.

    Academic position: PhD in law of the ULPGC.

    Corporate email:
    beatriz.fonticiella@ulpgc.es

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  • Elena Proietti

    Post-doc researcher, she is expert on International Public law, Maritime law and environment law. Her main interest are Humans law and development of renewable energies, the protection of biodiversity, the legal protection of underwater cultural heritage, and the development of sustainable aquaculture.

    Academic position: PhD of the ULPGC.

    Corporate email:
    elena.proietti@ulpgc.es

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  • Tewise Ortega González

    PhD in Law associated with the Faculty of Legal Sciences, and an expert in Roman Law (social vulnerability, maritime law and environmental law). She has participated in several international congresses in her area of knowledge and in conferences and seminars on innovation and improvement of the quality of teaching through ICT. She has contributed to several publications in journals and collective works.

    Academic position: PhD, Assistant Professor at the ULPGC.

    Corporate email:
    tewise.ortega@ulpgc.es

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  • María José Estrada Margareto

    PhD student of the ULPGC.

    Her lines of research focus on the fields of commercial law, business and tourism.

    Academic position: PhD student of the ULPGC

    Corporate email:
    mariajose.estrada@ulpgc.es

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  • Arturo Montesdeoca Suárez

    Professor in the area of Labour and Social Security Law. His line of research focuses on topics such as the adaptation of data protection regulations in the field of employment in relation to the introduction of new technologies in the field of labour relations; the impact of technology on health and safety in teleworking; and the gender digital divide in terms of the labour market insertion of women in the STEM sector.

    Academic position: PhD, assistant professor at the ULPGC.

    Corporate email:
    arturo.montesdeoca@ulpgc.es

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  • María del Mar Gómez Lozano

    Graduated in Law from the UNED and PhD in Law from the UAL. She is the author of two monographs on distinctive signs and of several chapters and articles related to the research lines of industrial and intellectual property, competition law, tourism and consumption. She has participated in several research projects with professors from different Spanish universities and has supervised a doctoral thesis on institutional trademarks in the agri-food sector.

    Academic position: Professor in Commercial Law at the University of Almeria.

    Corporate email:
    margomez@ual.es

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Active projects

MARINE SABRES

Project description:
This project will demonstrate good ecosystem management practices in three European coastal areas: the North Sea Islands Arch, the archipelagos of the Açores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, and the Toscana archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.

Main researcher:
Dr. Ricardo J. Haroun Tabraue

Number of researchers involved: 3

Funding scope: European

Budgets: 400.000€

Start/end date: 03/2022 - 03/2026

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CAPonLITTER

Project description:
CAPonLITTER aims at improving policies and practices in preventing marine litter that results from coastal tourism and recreational activities.

Main researcher:
Dr. Ricardo J. Haroun Tabraue

Number of researchers involved: 15

Funding scope: European

Budgets: 184.331€

Start/end date: 01/10/2020 - 31/07/2023

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FROM THE COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY TO SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: NEW CHALLENGES FOR TOURISM IN THE CANARY ISLANDS

Project description:

Main researcher:
Dr. Inmaculada González Cabrera

Number of researchers involved:

Funding scope: European

Budgets: 61.100€

Start/end date: 01/01/2020 - 31/10/2023

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Project description:
Creation of an agenda of regulatory and interpretative proposals for the legal system applicable to collaborative tourism, as well as the presentation and adoption of the appropriate administrative rules that contribute to provide the desirable legal security and clarity.

Main researcher:
Dr. Humberto Gosálbez Pequeño y Dr. Manuel Rebollo Ruig (UCO)

Number of researchers involved:

Funding scope: European

Budgets: 15.000€

Start/end date: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2021

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News
28/06/2024
Six members of ECOAQUA's TOTMA group participate in the Congress 'European Regulations on Artificial Intelligence under Debate'
The event, organised by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), the Ministry of Science, Innovation and...
24/04/2024
The ULPGC holds a conference on the tourist use of dwellings in the Canary Islands
03/04/2023
The TOTMA group participates in Sustainable Counties 2023 to discuss renewable energies and human rights
Elena Proietti, Researcher at the University Institute for Research in Sustainable Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems...

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Events

Conference on European regulations on artificial intelligence under debate

27/06/2024 28/06/2024

The aim of this event is to debate the future regulation that the EU is pioneering, and is about to complete. The conference will offer a multifaceted view of the real scope and the main problematic legal issues that this regulation and its specific application may entail.

Date: 27th – 28th June.

Venue: Rectorate of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Researchers taking part: Beatriz Fonticiella, Inmaculada González, Elena Proietti, María José Estrada, Carmen Grau, and José Luis Zamora.

Organisers: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities; ACIISI, Regional Ministry of Tourism and Employment and Vice-Ministry of Justice of the Canary Islands; University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Registrars Association of Spain.

Partners: Binter, ULPGC, Gran Canaria Island Council, University of Valencia, University Foundation of Las Palmas.

Research group: TOTMA

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International Maritime Trade Fair - FIMAR 2024

07/06/2024 09/06/2024

This event, dedicated to the nautical and marine-maritime sector, aims to promote and boost the Blue Economy. The fair's activities include the dissemination of scientific knowledge about the marine-maritime environment.

Date: 7th, 8th and 9th June.

Venue: Sanapú Quay, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Organisers: INFECAR and Ciudad de Mar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council.

Partners:  Gran Canaria Island Council, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, Las Palmas Port Authority.

Research groups: EOMAR, TOTMA, OFYGA and BIOCON.

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Conference on the tourist use of dwellings in the Canary Islands

Date: 24 April 2024

Venue: Rectorate of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Calle Juan de Quesada, 30
Room 26 April.

Organisers: ULPGC and the Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad, Mercantiles y de Bienes
through the "Cátedra Extraordinaria de Derecho Registral" (Extraordinary Chair of Registry Law).

Research group: TOTMA


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Training

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Degree in Tourism

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