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Óscar Rodil Marzábal

PhD in Economics (1999) at the University of Santiago de Compostela with the thesis ‘Economic growth and regional technological capacity in the framework of the European Union (1980-1995)’, which was awarded the first prize of the Royal Academy of Doctors in Social and Legal Sciences and the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize.

He is currently a tenured professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Santiago de Compostela and a member of the Research Group on Innovation, Structural Change and Development (ICEDE), classified as a competitive reference group by the Xunta de Galicia. Since 2022 he is Vice-Dean of Academic Organisation and Degrees at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies in Santiago.

His current lines of research focus on innovation, trade, global value chains and the circular economy. He has more than 90 publications and his most recent scientific production can be found in impact journals (JCR) and prestigious publishers. He has participated in more than forty research projects in competitive calls, both at international level (EU Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, Erasmus+) and at national level (National Plan and Autonomous Community Projects). In 2015, he was the coordinator of the only winning project in the EU-LAC Foundation’s Explore Programme call. Likewise, in the periods 2022-2023 and 2005-2006 (current), he has been the PI-coordinator of two ERASMUS+ projects on sustainable development and circular economy, respectively. He is also the co-IP of two projects of the National Plan on circular economy and global value chains, in the periods 2018-2021 and 2023-2026 (current), respectively.

He has supervised a total of seven PhD theses and is currently supervising three more.

He is a specialized lecturer in the field of global economics, trade, innovation and sustainability in two Master’s degrees (Master in Economic Development and Innovation, Master in International Studies) and in the Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Among other awards, he has obtained the First Prize of the National Bank of Foreign Trade of Mexico in the category of specialist (2017), the First Prize of Promotion of the USC in international destinations in the area of Social and Legal Sciences (2018) and the XV José Luis Sampedro Prize awarded by the World Economics Society (2024).