Graduate (1997) and PhD (2002) in Economics and Business Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Specialisation in International Economics and Development.
Associate Professor, Applied Economics, Structure and History Department, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, UCM.
Research activity:
Three research periods (2003-2008, 2009-2014 and 2016-2021) recognised by the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI).
Research on the energy industry, productive development and financial systems. Her work has been published in leading academic journals and publications and she has contributed to numerous conferences and seminars.
Associate Editor (2003-2005) and Editor-in-Chief (since 2024) of the Journal of World Economics (SSCI-indexed journal).
Research stays of at least three months (amounting to a total of two and a half years) at Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS-Potsdam); Center for China Studies, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy and Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley; and Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Short residencies (between three weeks and one month) in: Research Center for Sustainable Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing); Faculty of Business and Economics, Malaysian University (Kuala Lumpur); and International Centre for Economic Policy, University of Costa Rica (Heredia).
Academic positions:
Participant in the design and teaching coordinator at the Degree in Sustainability, Una Europa Alliance.
Participant in the design of the Bachelor’s Degree in Asian Studies, currently in the process of verification by the UCM.
First a member and then Deputy Coordinator of the Academic Committee of the PhD Programme in Economics (UCM), between 2014 and 2022.
Member of the Academic Committee of the Master’s Degree in International Economics and Development (2008-2011 and 2015-2018).
Vice-Dean of Quality Assessment and Undergraduate Studies, (Economics and Business Administration Faculty, UCM) from 2014 to 2016.
Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, from 2012 to 2014.
Other professional positions:
Since November 2024, Independent Member of the Productivity Council of Spain.
Between November 2018 and March 2022, Independent Director of the General Council of the Official Credit Institute (ICO).
In 2021, member as external advisor of the Qualifying Tribunal in the competitive examinations to the Senior Corps of Commercial Technicians and Economists of the State.