Carlos Ferrás Sexto

Carlos Ferrás Sexto (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, 03 October 1965) is a Galician geographer and academic.

Carlos Ferrás is a professor at the Department of Geography of the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Ferrás Sexto completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Patrick O'Flanagan, conducting a comparative study on the parallel evolution and rural change between Ireland and Galicia.

After his Irish experience, and before returning to his native Galicia, further research took him to Mexico, where he taught at the University of Guadalajara.

[1] He also is a specialist in the so-called "territorial marketing",[1] leading a number of innovative development projects such as Granxa Familiar and Galicia Auténtica.