OSCAR
RODIL MARZABAL
Senior university lecturer
Department: Department of Applied Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Singular centre: Cross-disciplinary Research in Environmental Technologies Center (CRETUS)
Area: Applied Economics
Research group: Innovation, Structural Change and Development
Email: oscar.rodil@usc.es
Doctor by the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela with the thesis Crecimiento económico y capacidad tecnológica regional en el marco de la Unión Europea (1980-1995) 1999. Supervised by Dr. Xavier Vence Deza.
He graduated (1995) with honors (1997; Extraordinary Award of Bachelor's Degree) and PhD in Economics (1999; Extraordinary Award of Doctorate and Award of the Royal Academy of Doctors). He is currently Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Vicedean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies at USC. He was the secretary and member of the Academic Committee of the PhD Programme in Economics and Business and of the Master in Economic Development and Innovation (USC) in the period 2018-2023. He is also a member of the Research Group on Innovation, Structural Change and Development (ICEDE) at the same university. His lines of research focus on innovation, development, trade, global value chains and circular economy. He has around a hundred publications, and has participated in more than 40 research projects, including international projects (European Union). Principal Investigator of projects funded by Competitive Calls (National R&D Plan, EU, EU-LAC Foundation). He was awarded in 2017 with the first prize (specialist category) from the National Bank of Foreign Trade of Mexico for an essay on global value chains and trade between Mexico and the United States.