Doctor in Economics and tenured university professor of the department of  Applied Economics (Political Economy Teaching Unit). He currently directs the POLAR (Policies, Actors, and Globalization) Research Group at the University of Valencia.

His areas of scientific interest are: international economic policy; economic policy evaluation; creativity in economics teaching; and art and economics.

He has participated in several competitive research projects supported by national (Ministry) and international institutions (European Union and United Nations). He has over 100 publications among articles, book and book chapters. Also, he has carried out research stays in several universities and European research centres, such as the Centre for the Study of Industrialisation Modes (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris) or the Nucleus of Research for Political Science and International Relations of Portugal, among others.

Besides, he is a screenwriter and director of the documentaries Brass Sounds (2003), La Fábrica (The Factory, 2005) and The Banquet of (Cultural) Commons (2020).

Maja Barac has a solid academic background in economics. She completed her studies with a degree in Economics at the Universitat de València, ranking 7th out of 205 students with a grade of 8,49. Subsequently, she furthered her education with an Official Master's Degree in Industrial Economics at the same institution, where she received the extraordinary prize for her outstanding performance. Her educational path culminated with a European PhD in Industrial Economics, successfully defending her thesis entitled "Export vs FDI under cost heterogeneity: strategic entry, pre-commitment and oligopolistic reaction" with the highest grade of outstanding cum laude in July 2012. The doctoral period was funded by a competitive grant from the Generalidad Valenciana for the training of research personnel (BFPI/2007/125). In addition, she spent 3 months in 2010 at the School of Economics, University of Nottingham, with the scholarship for pre-doctoral fellows and contract students in research centres outside the Valencian Community (BEFPI/2009/016), where she had the opportunity to collaborate with experts in international trade and imperfect competition, the field of her doctoral thesis.

Her research career is distinguished by its multidisciplinarity, covering various thematic areas and publishing in high impact journals:

1. Teaching innovation, ICT, artificial intelligence and assessment of teaching-learning outcomes: As principal investigator and member of several projects, she has developed interactive materials to improve learning and assessment in undergraduate studies, using audience response tools to encourage student participation and self-assessment. Among her outstanding projects are "Development of interactive and multidisciplinary materials to enhance learning and assessment in undergraduate studies" (https://pages.uv.es/piclickers/eng/index.wiki) and "360° Learning: transforming teaching with active learning, gamification and artificial intelligence". Her publications include book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals such as REALIA, HUMAN REVIEW and Sustainability, addressing topics such as employability and soft skills in teaching and the combination of ICT in the teaching-learning process.

2. Inequality of household expenditure from a regional analysis and also with a gender perspective: She has co-authored detailed studies on Spanish household expenditure, assessing regional and gender convergence, presenting papers at international conferences such as the II Open Russian Statistical Congress and publishing in journals such as Economy of Region. Co-authored with the tenured lecturer Mª Isabel López-Rodríguez.

3. Economic policy, public policy evaluation and international economic policy: She has addressed various topics from the perspective of economic policy including instrumental policies at national or EU level, economic policies and the labour market, economic policy evaluation, economic policy in India and South Africa, the origins of academic economic policy in Spain or stability programmes, among others. The results of her research have been published in several book chapters in leading publishers such as Aranzadi and Tirant lo Blanc. Her publications also include articles in the Eastern European Countryside, Sociologia del Lavoro or International Review of Economic Policy, as well as several contributions to international conferences.

4. Imperfect competition, oligopolies and internationalisation strategies via exports and FDI: Her doctoral thesis and several publications analyse internationalisation strategies under demand uncertainty and imperfect competition, with publications in journals such as Industrial Economics, Managerial and Decision Economics, Bulletin of Economic Research and The Manchester School. Co-authored with the thesis supervisor, Professor Rafael Moner-Colonques.

Her teaching experience spans more than a decade at the Universitat de València, where she has taught economics subjects at undergraduate and master's level. Her pedagogical approach is characterised by the integration of innovative technologies and methodologies, such as the use of clickers and virtual platforms for the continuous and participative evaluation of students. Such is her involvement in the area that it has led to a very prolific line of research.

She has held various management roles at the Universitat de València, contributing significantly to academic organisation and administration. She has been President of the Academic and Cultural Activities Committee of the Department of Applied Economics, where she managed and allocated budgets for cultural and academic activities, organising seminars, conferences and workshops. In addition, she is an elected member of the Faculty Board and the Senate of the University of Valencia, representing the Teaching and Research Staff (PDI) in several committees, participating in decision-making and strategic planning of the faculty. She has also supervised review proposals as Coordinator of the Review Section of the quarterly publication "Noticias de Política Económica", ensuring the quality and relevance of the publications. She has also been a member of various departmental committees, such as the Examination Challenge Committee and the Examination Custody Committee, where she has contributed to the resolution of academic disputes and the improvement of assessment procedures. She has been recently the coordinator of the Economic Policy Teaching Unit.

Ph.D. in Economic and Business Sciences and Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Economics of the University of Valencia. Head of the Chair of Autonomous Taxation. He is a member of the Public Economic Evaluation research group (EvalPub) and of the Commission for the Study of Tax Reform in the Valencian Community and a researcher of the Network of Researchers in Autonomous Financing and Financial Decentralization in Spain ( RIFDE). His area of ​​research focuses on Public Economics, highlighting the following lines: economics of taxation, public regulation, fiscal federalism, poverty and inequality, and public economic evaluation. He has published numerous articles in scientific journals on taxation and the environment, including Spanish Review of Public Economics, Información Comercial Española, Service Industries Journal, Review of Economics of the Household, Estudios de Economía Aplicada, International Journal of Innovation and regional Development. . He has been a researcher in projects and contracts with various entities such as the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Social Security, Generalitat Valenciana, IVIE and La Caixa Foundation.

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Galya Ivanova Dusheva holds a PhD with International Distinction from the University of Valencia. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s in Finance from the University of Economics in Varna (Bulgaria), as well as a Master’s in Advanced Auditing and Accounting from Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid). She has also been awarded the IBFD Advanced Professional Certificate in International Taxation.

Previously, she served as an inspector at the National Revenue Agency of Bulgaria. She is currently an economist, tax advisor, and partner at Ivanova Tax and Law. In addition, she works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia, where she teaches International Taxation, Corporate Taxation, and Introduction to Taxation.

She is a member of the Chair in Regional Taxation of the University of Valencia and of the Public Economic Evaluation Research Group (EvalPub). Her research focuses on International Taxation, with particular emphasis on tax residence, double taxation treaties, and permanent establishment. She has participated as a speaker in seminars and international conferences in several countries.

Dr Martínez graduated in Economics from the University of Valencia. She holds a Master’s degree in Financial and Stock Market Studies from the Foundation for Stock Market and Financial Studies at the Valencia Stock Exchange, as well as a Master’s degree in Economics and a PhD in Industrial Economics from the University of Valencia. She served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Valencia between 2018 and 2024 and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the Faculty of Economics of the same university.

She has been a visiting scholar at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (Italy, 2022–2023) , at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (México, Summer 2024) and at University Jaume I (Spain, Fall 2025). She is a member of the INTECO research group. In parallel with her academic career, she worked as a Senior Investment Analyst at a leading financial institution in Spain from 2005 to 2024.

Her research interests include international economics, environmental economics, international trade, and the green economy. She is the author of publications in international journals such as The World Economy, among others.

Mauro Mediavilla is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia. He is also a research associate at the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB), the European Foundation for Society and Education, and the Public Economic Evaluation Research Group (EVALPUB). He holds a PhD in Economics (2011) and was awarded the José Luis Moreno Becerra Prize for the best doctoral thesis in the field of Economics of Education (2013).

He currently serves as the vice-president of the Association for the Economics of Education (AEDE). His main research interests focus on the determinants of academic achievement and the evaluation of public policies in education.

In 2025, he has served as a consultant for UNESCO (PEER - Spain). He has also acted as a consultant for the UNESCO Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, and as an advisor to the Prometheus Program of the Government of Ecuador (2014–2015), as well as to the Spending Review project (European Commission) for Spain, conducted by the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) (2018–2019).

Additionally, he was a member of the expert committee for the scholarship system review in Spain, advising the Save the Children Foundation. He has undertaken research stays at several prestigious universities and research centres in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ecuador, Latvia, Serbia, and Romania.

Since 2005, he has participated continuously in numerous competitive research projects at both the national and regional levels. He has authored over 70 publications, including articles in indexed journals, books, and book chapters.

Óscar Muñoz González és professor ajudant doctor al Departament d’Economia Aplicada de la Facultat d’Economia de la Universitat de València. La seua activitat docent se centra principalment en el Grau en Relacions Laborals i Recursos Humans. La seua trajectòria investigadora s’especialitza en l’àmbit de les cures de llarga durada (CLD), amb un enfocament en les condicions laborals de les cuidadores en l’entorn domèstic.

La seua tesi doctoral, defensada el 2021, porta per títol "Los cuidados de larga duración a personas mayores y/o en situación de dependencia en el ámbito del hogar en un contexto de crisis económica. Estudio cualitativo para el Área Metropolitana de València", i representa una aportació rellevant a l’estudi de les cures en contextos de vulnerabilitat i crisi.

Ha publicat treballs estretament relacionats amb la seua tesi en revistes destacades com Sociología del Trabajo (2022) i Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales (2021). A més, compta amb articles com:"El servicio de ayuda a domicilio en el área metropolitana de València" (Zerbitzuan, 2018), "La aplicación de la Ley de la Dependencia en el País Valenciano y su vínculo con el Estado del Bienestar: valoraciones a partir del caso del Área Metropolitana de València" (Zerbitzuan, 2016), "Los cuidados en un contexto de crisis económica. El caso del Área Metropolitana de València" (Inguruak, 2016), i"El declive de la Ley de la Dependencia. Familismo implícito y oportunidad perdida en la profesionalización de los cuidados" (Encrucijadas. Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales, 2015).

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Graduated in Business Administration and Management, master's degree in Big Data and Business Intelligence and doctor in Industrial Economics from the University of Valencia. In his doctoral thesis, for which he received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award, he focused on the generation of tools and procedures to build quality datasets. He has participated in various research projects related to the generation of quality data and the proposal of socioeconomic indicators. Some examples are: “Understanding individual behavior in a dynamic context: Information, Culture and Institutions” (PID2021-128228NB-I00IP), funded by the Ministry of Economy and Innovation or “Information, context, characteristics and preferences: mediators of economic change And social. Create effective institutions and committed societies” (AICO/2021/257), funded by the Department of Innovation, Universities, Science and Digital Society of the Generalitat Valenciana. As a member of the Research Group on Electoral Processes and Public Opinion (GIPEyOP) he has participated in the development of the SEA Database, the most complete database on electoral results in Spain. As director of the Research Group "Defense Economics, Cybersecurity and Protection", he has been the Principal Investigator of the project “A year of war in Ukraine: Spaniards' assessment of the conflict and its involvement in security and the economy”, funded by the Center for Sociological Research (CIS). It has participated in several contracts and transfer agreements, among which the service of identification and analysis of indicators for monitoring the economy of the Valencian Community stands out or the development of a system of functional indicators aimed at collecting, analyzing and transmitting information on the dynamics of culture at the local level.

Faculty of Economy. Coordinator of the Gender, Sustainability and ICTs Microcluster. Dr Unidad de Investigación Economía Feminista (Feminist Economics Research Unit) http://go.uv.es/WU0RjTt . Member of the Institut Universitari d Estudis de les Dones, Universitat de València (Spain). PhD Cum Laude in Economics from the Universitat de València. Research on a just transition towards a Feminist Economy: Ethics of care and sustainability of life, Social Sustainability and Circular Economy, Feminist Theory and Economics, Household employment, Formal and informal labour markets, Income poverty and capability deprivation, Macroeconomic context, Non androcentric indicators, Migrations, Equality policies. Women, times and jobs, Globalisation, cooperation and migrations and Innovation, among others. Specialised teaching in Feminist Economics in Degree: Work and Gender; Globalisation, cooperation and Development from a gender perspective; Gender relations, citizenship and society: Feminist Economic Thought. Specialised teaching in Feminist Economics in the Master's Degree in Gender and Equality Policies and Doctorate. Stays in International Centres: University of Bristol (UK), UNAM (Mexico DF), among others. 

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Luz Dary Ramírez Franco has a PhD in Rule of Law and Global Governance from the University of Salamanca and Permanent Labor Professor in the Department of Applied Economics of the University of Valencia, where she has worked since 2021. Her career combines interdisciplinary research, university teaching and academic management responsibilities.

His research work focuses on the comparative analysis of economic policies, governance and the circular economy. Since 2021 it has been part of the European Horizon 2020 project Measuring the Social Dimension of Culture (MESOC). In addition, he participates in the project GovCityAssets, dedicated to the study of the management of public real estate assets in Spanish cities, where he contributes to the analysis of political and urban governance dimensions.

He has collaborated in R&D&i projects financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, aimed at the study of economic growth, public policies and regional heterogeneity. His academic profile has been enriched with research stays at European universities -Nottingham, Liverpool and Würzburg- and Latin American universities such as EAFIT University, the University of Sonora and the University of Concepción.

At the university level, she is secretary of the Teaching Plan Coordination of the Economic Policy Unit and is part of the academic committees of the Master in Economic Policy and the degrees in Tourism and Labor Relations.

His career reflects a growing interest in expanding the comparative analysis of public policies, strengthening the connections between governance and urban development, and continuing to consolidate lines of research that integrate applied economics, institutional studies and territorial dynamics.

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Degree in Economics and Degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Valencia. Master's Degree in Hospital Management and Organization from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Center for Economic Research and Health Management) and Master's in Actuarial and Financial Sciences from the University of Valencia with the final paper, "Survival analysis of patients diagnosed with the SaRS CoV-2 virus”.< /p>

I combine my teaching work with the position of General Health Administration Technician (Economics specialty) in the General Subdirectorate of Economic Resources of the Ministry of Health of the Valencian Community. My work focuses on the audit and management control of the five contracts under the administrative concession regime (public-private collaboration PPP'S) dependent on the Valencian public health system. Accustomed to working with databases and preparing reports for the decision-making of the hierarchical superior, among others, I carry out the monitoring, economic and accounting management of the expense budget related to administrative concessions.

Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia. Her work bridges political economy, cultural economics and tourism, with a particular interest in how music and culture contribute to territorial development. She holds a PhD in International Economics and Tourism from the University of Valencia, awarded cum laude. Paula teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on topics such as economic policy, event management and sustainable development. Her research offers original insights into music tourism and the concept of music cities, with a strong focus on real-world impact. She has led and contributed to numerous research projects exploring the role of music in shaping the tourism identity of the Valencian Region, including a flagship initiative to position Valencia as a global music city. Paula co-chairs the transnational Music Cities Network, leads the Music for Development research unit, and maintains active collaborations with the music and cultural ecosystem in Spain and beyond.

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(he/him) BSc in Mathematics from the University of Valencia. MSc in Actuarial and Financial Sciences from the University of Valencia. PhD in Business from the University of Barcelona. He currently works as a professor at the University from Valencia in the area of Applied Economics and as a technological consultant for the transformation of industry 4.0, optimization of production in factories with Big Data and improved customer service. Chartered actuary with 3+ years of experience training and deploying models of large-scale Machine Learning in multinational insurers for a more accurate customer pricing. Among his publications are methodologies based on Machine Learning to compare years with low mobility of the population (such as 2020 due to Covid-19), in order to rate more precisely to the insured. He also has publications applying and improving Quantile Regression algorithms to predict large risks in data telematics and in the valuation of financial assets with the objective of detect potential losses in portfolios. Finally, he studies interconnection of the financial markets to estimate the impact of anomalous events such as wars and financial crises in other countries.

Interests: Regression Analysis, Automobile Insurance, Risk Assessment, International Finance, Asset Allocation