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Mª del Carmen Sánchez Carreira

Associate Professor
Department: Applied Economics
Center: Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences (USC)
Research Group: Innovation, structural change and development (ICEDE)
Phone: +34 8818 11647
Email: carmela.sanchez@usc.es
Grupo Web: http://www.usc.es/icede

PhD in Economics (2006) from the USC with the doctoral thesis “The role of the business public sector in innovation. Study of the Spanish experience in the context of the privatization of the period 1980-2003”, rated with outstanding cum laude.
FPU grant from the Ministry of Education.
Her main areas of specialization focus on innovation policies and, in particular, on innovative public procurement, paying special attention to the health and environmental field; and the evaluation of public policies and their impact. She has also investigated issues of technological intensity of trade, regional disparities in the EU, inequalities, the Welfare State, circular economy and Sustainable Development Goals.
She has participated in public and private research projects, which mainly address innovation policies, regional and local development and the circular economy. Its participation in international competitive projects stands out.
She has made stays at prestigious foreign centers in the field of innovation, such as the University of Aalborg (Denmark) or the Science Policy and Research Unit, of the University of Sussex (United Kingdom).
Since 2006 she has been a full-time professor at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has taught various degrees and at all levels of university education (bachelor / graduate, postgraduate, master and doctorate). She also participates in teaching experiences and innovation projects and supervises theses, master and degree dissertations.