Pablo Aznar-Crespo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology I and a researcher at the University Institute of Water and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alicante (Spain). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with an Extraordinary Award and a Master’s Degree in Natural Risk Planning and Management, both from the University of Alicante. In 2021, he obtained the International PhD with CUM LAUDE distinction and the Extraordinary Doctoral Award, funded through a competitive FPU Predoctoral Fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Universities.

His research focuses on environmental sociology, with specialization in the analysis of vulnerability and social impacts of natural hazards, disasters, and development projects across different productive sectors. He has authored around 40 scientific publications, including journal articles, book chapters, and an edited volume, and has participated in several national and international research projects in this field. He is currently a member of a project funded under the Spanish State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation, examining social impacts and capacities in relation to flood risk.

His academic trajectory has been strengthened through international research stays at leading institutions such as the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal), Tulane University (United States), and Louisiana State University (United States). He has participated in the coordination and leadership of eight international university cooperation projects in Latin American countries, including Ecuador (2019), Colombia (2022, 2023, and 2025), Bolivia (2022, 2024, and 2025), and Brazil (2025–2026). He is also a Visiting Professor at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (Toluca, Mexico) and the Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia), where he has delivered specialized seminars on sustainable urban development and the social impacts of tourism. In addition, he serves as an international member of the PROLITORAL research group, affiliated with the Universidade Federal do Maranhão (Brazil).

He is also actively involved in academic networks, serving as a board member of the International Network on Socio-Environmental Studies (RIDES)—comprising 16 universities across Iberia and Latin America—as Academic Secretary of the Research Committee on “Society and Environment” of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (CI21-FES), and as Academic Secretary of the Socio-Economic Observatory of Floods and Droughts (OBSIS) at the University of Alicante.