Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of the Balearic Islands. PhD in Economics, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and MA in Econometrics, University of Essex (UK). General Director of R&D&I, Balearic Islands Government (2004-2007). Vice-dean of Economics, University of the Balearic Islands (2009-2013).
Director of the Laboratory of Circular Economy and Tourism, University of the Balearic Islands (2001-actually). Research focuses on innovation in services and tourism and hotel pricing. Papers in journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Vacation Marketing, Sustainability, Tourism Management or Tourism Economics, among others. Researcher in competitive funded R&D projects of Spanish National R+D+I Programme, Interreg Programmes and IV Framework Programme.
She has a wide experience in consultancy for the European Commission in more than six studies/contracts since 2008 for the DG Competition, DG Regional Policy and DG Employment, especially in evaluation of ERDF and Cohesion Funds. Consultant for other institutions such as the Government of Chile, Balearic Islands Government, SEGITTUR (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Government of Spain) and COTEC Foundation for Technological Innovation, among others. Member of the Commissions of Business R&D and R&D Governance of the COTEC Foundation (2004-2007).