Self Evaluation in the Selective Process for Full Professorship in the Department of Geography of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36403/espacoaberto.2013.2115Keywords:
Bertha Becker, Brazilian Geography, Geopolitics, Amazon, EnvironmentAbstract
This is the self-evaluation presented by Professor Bertha Koifmann Becker in
December, 1993, when she was selected for the post of Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In this document she describes her academic and professional career, giving emphasis to her research, her role in strengthening the Department of Geography and her key part in founding the Post-graduate Program in Geography (PPGGIGEO/ UFRJ) as well as her significant contribution to different sectors of the Brazilian government, innumerous national and international universities and research institutes, always offering rich, spontaneous and brilliant scientific insight. At the end of the text a résumé is added, presenting the professional accomplishments and numerous national and international prizes and medals received by one of the greatest Brazilian geographers.