Profesora Titular de Universidad y ha sido seleccionada como Experto Nacional Destacado en la Comisión Europea (DG Trade, Bruselas) para el curso 2022-2023. Ha pertenecido al grupo de expertos en comercio internacional de la Comisión Europea desde 2016 y ha sido Vicedecana de Investigación, Posgrado y Relaciones Internacionales de la Facultad de Estudios Estadísticos de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid desde 2018 a 2022. También es Research Fellow del Real Colegio Complutense en la Universidad de Harvard, donde adicionalmente, es co-chair del “Study Group in Data Science” y del “Study Group in Global Governance” ambos del Real Colegio Complutense en la Universidad de Harvard. También co-lidera el “Una Europa Global Governance Research Group” con el Prof. Jan Wouters (KU Leuven). Ha sido consultor del Banco Mundial y del Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo, habiendo analizado para este Ministerio el impacto del Brexit en España y el del Tratado Unión Europea-Mercosur. Es miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del área de Data Science and Artificial Intelligence de la Alianza UNA Europa. Ha realizado estancias de investigación en el Center for International Development de la Harvard Kennedy School, en el CEPII, en la US International Trade Commission y en la University of Nottingham. Sus trabajos han sido publicados en revistas como World Development, Journal of Policy Modeling, The World Economy and Economic Modelling, entre otras. Recientemente, su trabajo realizado en coautoría sobre el Brexit ha recibido el Best Paper Award 2020 in the International Economics del journal Economic Modelling y otro, también en coautoría, sobre el Brexit ha sido galardonado con el Emerald Literati Award in 2019 en la categoría “Highly Commended Paper Award”.

Associate Professor (with tenure) and has been selected as Seconded National Expert at the European Commission (DG Trade, Brussels) for the 2022-2023 academic year. She belongs to the group of experts in international trade of the European Commission since 2016. She has been Vice Dean for Research, Postgraduate Studies and International Affairs of the Faculty of Statistical Studies from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2018-2022). María is a member of the Self Steering Committee of the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence group in the Una Europa Alliance. She is Research Fellow del Real Colegio Complutense (RCC) at Harvard University. She additionally co-chairs the Study groups in Data Science and the Study Group in Global Governance” both at Real Colegio Complutense in Harvard University.  María also leads jointly with Prof Jan Wouters (KU Leuven) the “Una Europa Global Governance Research Group”. She has carried out consulting projects for the World Bank and the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, having analyzed the impact of Brexit on Spain and of The EU-Mercosur Agreement  for this Ministry. Maria has been a Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School. She has held other research visiting positions in the CEPII, the US International Trade Commission and the University of Nottingham. Recently, her co-authored paper on Brexit has received the Best Paper Award 2020 in the International Economics area of the scientific journal: Economic Modelling and another co-authored paper on Brexit has received the Emerald Literati Award in 2019 in the category “Highly Commended Paper Award”.

• Curriculum Vitae

ALGUNOS VÍDEOS Y PODCASTS SOBRE MI INVESTIGACIÓN Y OTRAS INICIATIVAS

• Podcast en inglés del Center for International Development (CID) en la Harvard Kennedy School (2018, 16 minutos)/ Podcast in English from the Center for International Development (CID) at the Harvard Kennedy School (16 minutes)
• Vídeo de la Fundación Ramón Areces en inglés sobre las consecuencias económicas y legales del Brexit con la Profª Swati Dhingra (London School of Economics) y el Prof. Jan Wouters (KU Leuven) (2 de Julio 2021, 1 hora)/ Video of the Ramón Areces Foundation  on the economic and legal consequences of Brexit with Prof. Swati Dhingra (London School of Economics) and Prof. Jan Wouters (KU Leuven) (July 2, 2021, 1 hour)
• Vídeo de FUNCAS explicativo del impacto económico del Brexit en español (24 oct 2019, 4 minutos) /Vídeo from FUNCAS explaining the economic impact of Brexit in Spanish (24 oct 2019, 4 minutes)
• Una Europa Podcast en inglés: "Dialogue between Policymakers and Academia” (3 de Febrero 2021, 23 mins)/ Una Europa Podcast in English: "Dialogue between Policymakers and Academia” (3 de Febrero 2021, 23 mins)

LÍNEAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN

• Empresas Multinacionales e Inversión Extranjera Directa
• Modelos de equilibrio general aplicado
• Economía Internacional
• Revolución 4.0

TRABAJOS EN CURSO

• “Brexit: Everyone Loses, but Britain Loses the Most”, Working paper 19-5 of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, under revision, 2019 (with Oleksekyuk, Z and Yonezawa, H. and Robinson, S.), ver vídeo explicativo en español, escuchar podcast en inglés del Center for International Development (CID) en la Harvard Kennedy School. 
• “Economic Analysis of Multinational Firms in the UK after Brexit”, presented at the XXIIth GTAP conference, Warsaw, Poland, 2019. (with Ortiz-Valverde, G.)
• “Brexit and the future of European trade and FDI agreements”, presented at the XXIth GTAP conference, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 2018. (with Oleksekyuk, Z and Yonezawa, H.)

PUBLICACIONES RECIENTES

• “FDI in China and global production networks: Assessing the role of and impact on big world players”, forthcoming in the Journal of Policy Modeling (with Zhou, J.)
• “Brexit deal done! A detailed micro- and macroeconomic analysis of its fallout", Economic Systems Research, vol. 33, pp. 171-196, 2021, (with Cubells J.)
•  “Trade and Foreign Direct Investment-related impacts of Brexit”, The World Economy, vol. 43, pp. 2-32, (with Oleksekyuk, Z and Yonezawa, H.), ver vídeo explicativo en español, escuchar podcast en inglés del Center for International Development (CID) en la Harvard Kennedy School
• “Foreign multinationals in service sectors: A general equilibrium analysis of Brexit”, World Economy, vol. 43, pp. 2830-2859, 2020,  disponible open-access en: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/twec.13034 ( (with Oleksekyuk, Z , Yonezawa, H)
• “Making sense of Brexit losses: An in-depth review of macroeconomic studies”,  Economic Modelling, vol. 89, pp. 72-87 2020 (with Oleksekyuk, Z , Yonezawa, H. and Robinson, S.), ver vídeo explicativo en español, escuchar podcast en inglés del Center for International Development (CID) en la Harvard Kennedy School
• “A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Brexit: Barriers to Trade and Immigration Restrictions”, The World Economy, vol. 43, pp. 705-728, 2020, (with Ortiz-Valverde, G.), ver vídeo explicativo en español, escuchar podcast en inglés del Center for International Development (CID) en la Harvard Kennedy School
• “The economic impact of potential migration policies in the UK after Brexit”, Contemporary Social Science, vol. 14, pp.  208-225, 2019 (with Ortiz-Valverde, G.)
• “Digitalization, multinationals and employment: An empirical analysis of their causal relationships”, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik/ Journal of Economics and Statistics, vol. 293, pp. 399-439, 2019 (with Antonio G. Gómez-Plana).
• “A general equilibrium analysis of FDI growth in Chinese services sectors”, China Economic Review, vol. 47, pp. 172-188, 2018 (with Yonezawa, H. and Zhou, J.) 
• “Multinationals’ effects: A nearly unexplored aspect of Brexit”, Journal of International Trade Law and Policy, vol. 17, Issue: 1/2, pp.2-18, 2018 (with Fernández-Pacheco, C. and Lopez, J.L.)
• “Stopped TTIP? Its potential impact on the world and the role of neglected FDI”, Economic Modelling, vol. 71, pp. 99-120, 2018 (with Yonezawa, H.) 
• “No Trans-pacific partnership? Good or bad for Mexico?”, Journal of International Trade Law and Policy, vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 116-123, 2017. (with Ortiz, G.)
• “The role of Japanese FDI in China”, Journal of Policy Modeling, vol. 38, p. 226-241, 2016 (With Hosoe, N.) 
• “A CGE analysis of the impact of foreign direct investment and tariff reform on female and male workers in Tanzania”, World Development, vol. 77, pp. 346-366, 2016, versión previa disponible como World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7073)
• "El impacto del TTIP en la economía Española", Instituto de Estudios Económicos, Madrid, 2015 (with Yonezaya, H. and Zhou, J.)
• “How does FDI influence the triangular trade pattern among China, East Asia and the U.S.? A CGE analysis of the sector of Electronics in China”, Economic Modelling, vol. 44, Supplement, pp. S77–S88, 2014 (with Zhou, J.)
• “The impact of FDI on the production networks between China and East Asia and the role of the U.S. and ROW as final markets”, Global Economic Review: Perspectives on East Asian Economies and Industries, vol. 43, pp. 285-314, 2014 (with Zhou, J.)
• “When multinationals leave: A CGE analysis of divestments”, Economics-The Open Access Open-Assessment E-Journal, vol. 8, pp. 1-41, 2014 (with Gómez-Plana, A. G.) 
• “On the differential behaviour of national and multinational firms: A within and across sectors approach”, The World Economy, vol. 36, pp. 1245-1372, 2013
• “Industry restructuring in transition after the arrival of multinationals: A general equilibrium analysis with firm-type costs’ differences”, Post-communist economies, vol. 24, p. 441-463, 2012
• “Multinationals in the Czech Motor Vehicles Industry: A General Equilibrium Analysis for a Transition Economy”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 63, pp. 1425–1447, 2011 (with Gómez-Plana, A. G.)
• “The effects of multinationals on host economies: A CGE approach”, Economic Modelling, vol. 26, pp. 851-864, 2009 (with Bajo-Rubio, O. and Gómez-Plana, A. G.)
• “The economic analysis of multinationals and foreign direct investment: A review”, Hacienda Pública Española/Revista de Economía Pública, vol. 191, pp. 97-126, 2009