Education and academic position:
- 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 years) at the Center for China Studies, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy and Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley, as well as at the 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 of the Degree in Sustainability, currently being implemented jointly by several European universities.
- 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.
