1. agarciaa's picture   Adela García Aracil   Doctor en Económicas
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    agarcia@ingenio.upv.es

Current position
Tenured Scientist of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), joint institute of the CSIC and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV).

Academic Degrees
1995 Graduate in Economics, specialism in Contextual Economics and Public Sector at the University of Valencia.
1998 Diploma of Advance Higher Education Studies at the University of Valencia. Minor Thesis: “Wives labour supply”. Applications of limited dependent variable procedure combining two different but complementary data bases: Spanish Labour Force Survey (“EPA”) and the Spanish Family Expenditure Survey (“EPF”).
2003 Doctor in Economics (European Doctorate) at the University of Valencia. Inter-departmental doctorate of Economic Analysis and Applied Economic. Her thesis “Labour Market Analysis for European Higher Education Graduates”, which was completed in 18 months – analysed the job benefits (monetary and non-monetary) of higher education graduates, and the mismatch among competences and job requirements. This doctoral research used the CHEERS data base.

Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
November 1996 – June 1998. Predoctoral Fellowship at the Valencian Institue of Economic Researchers (“IVIE”). It allowed me to start the doctoral courses at the University of Valencia, and to start an active collaboration with some European experts in the field of Economics of Education.
July 1999 – August 1999. Summer Internship Program, World Bank, Washington, DC., (US). It allowed me to start an active collaboration with international experts in the field of Education and Human Development.
February 2002 – January 2004. Predoctoral Fellowship at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV). It allowed me to develop my PhD.
June 2003 – August 2003. Predoctoral Fellowship at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (The Netherlands). It allowed me to expand my knowledge in novel analysis of human capital competences.
July 2008 (15 days). Postdoctoral Fellowship at ROA, Maastricht (The Netherlands). It allowed me to study in depth the evaluation of complex competences among European young higher education graduates.

Research Experience
Private Sphere. November 1996 – June 1999. Initial research position at the “IVIE”. Expertise Area: Higher Education – Human Capital Development and Labour Market Analysis.
International Sphere. July 1999 – December 2001. Internal Consultant at the World Bank, Washington, DC. She worked in the Social Human Development (SHD) – Education Department in the Latin America and Caribbean Region (LCSHE), and in the Human Development Network (HDN) – Education Department in the Middle East and North of Africa Region (HDNED). Expertise Area: Primary and Secondary Education – Education and Human Development.
Public Sphere. Since 2002 at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV). Expertise Area: Innovation Management – Socioeconomic impact of Higher Education Institutes (HEIs); University-Industry linkages; Analysis of Human Capital Competencies – Surpluses and Shortages; Strategic Planning; Assessment of HEIs Performance through Indicators System.

Scientific Publications
Author of 14 articles published in international refereed journal (Higher Education, Journal of HE, Research in Higher Education, Research Policy, Regional Studies, Scientometrics and World Development), 7 articles in international journals, 2 articles in national reviews, 8 book chapters and two monographs.
Over 65 contributions to Proceedings of international conferences, workshops, forums and others, 11 participations as invited lecturer (for more detail see section on early achievement track record).

Teaching and Supervision Activities
Over 8 years of experience at the Advanced School of Business Research and Marketing – ESIC-Valencia as associate professor, giving lectures on Bachelor’s degree courses. Over 2 years of experience at the Technical University of Valencia giving lectures on Master’s courses. Academic activity is related to innovation and technology management, and knowledge transfer in higher education institutions.
During this time I supervised: (i) one PhD, in 2010, working on analysis of the teaching and research trade-offs at Spanish universities; the student was awarded cum laude; (ii) two master dissertations, one in 2007 on the indicators system as a way to assess the performance of higher education institutions, and the other in 2006 on the evolution of Spanish universities’ efficiency over time; (iii) three final undergraduate degree dissertations, one in 2010 focused on the relationship of the university with its socio-economic environment, and two in 2006 focused on the productivity and efficiency analysis of the public research centres.
 

2012

  1. Palomares-Montero,D.;García-Aracil,A.;Castro-Martínez,E.
    Current missions of public universities: A sociological perspective.
    Arbor,
    Vol: 188 - pags 171 - 192
  2. García-Aracil,A.;Palomares-Montero,D.
    Indicators for evaluating higher education institutions: Validation through the Delphi method.
    Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica,
    Vol: 35 - pags 119 - 144
  3. Adela García-Aracil, Davinia Palomares-Montero
    Agrupación alternativa para la evaluación de las universidades públicas españolas.
    Regional and Sectorial Economic Studies (ISSN: 1578-4460),
    Vol: 12(3) - pags 177 - 192
  4. Adela García Aracil
    A comparative analysis of study satisfaction among young European higher education graduates.
    Irish Educational Studies ,
    Vol: 31(2) - pags 223 - 243

2011

  1. Daraio,C.;Castro-Martínez,E.;García-Aracil,A.;Fernández-de-Lucio,I.;et al.
    The European university landscape: A micro characterization based on evidence from the Aquameth project.
    Research Policy,
    Vol: 40 - pags 148 - 164
  2. García-Aracil,A.;Castro-Martínez,E.;Palomares-Montero,D.
    Gestión universitaria en el sistema español de educación superior
    In VIII Foro sobre Evaluación de la Calidad de la Investigación y de la Educación Superior: Libro de capítulos (Bermúdez Sánchez, María Paz; Guillén-Riquelme, Alejandro (comps.).) - Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual (AEPC)
  3. Palomares-Montero,D.;García-Aracil,A.
    Utilización de indicadores
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación Nº6 (Antonio Caparrós Ruiz) - AEDE
  4. Palomares-Montero,D.;García-Aracil,A.
    Utilización de indicadores
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación Nº6 (Antonio Caparrós Ruiz) - AEDE
  5. Palomares-Montero,D.;García-Aracil,A.
    Utilización de indicadores para la evaluación de las univers. públicas españolas:¿existe consenso?
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación Nº6 (Antonio Caparrós Ruiz) - AEDE
  6. Palomares-Montero,D.;García-Aracil,A.
    Utilización de indicadores
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación Nº6 (Antonio Caparrós Ruiz) - AEDE
  7. Palomares-Montero,D.;García-Aracil,A.
    Utilización de indicadores para la evaluación de las univers. públicas españolas:¿existe consenso?
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación Nº6 (Antonio Caparrós Ruiz) - AEDE
  8. Palomares-Montero,D.;García-Aracil,A.
    Utilización de indicadores para la evaluación de las univers. públicas españolas:¿existe consenso?
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación Nº6 (Antonio Caparrós Ruiz) - AEDE

2010

  1. García-Aracil,A.;López-Iñesta,E.;Palomares-Montero,D.
    An analysis of spanish public universities missions in efficiency terms
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación nº 4 (J. M. Roig Cotanda y L. E. Vila Lladosa (coords.).) - Fundación Universidad-Empresa
  2. García-Aracil,A.;López-Iñesta,E.;Palomares-Montero,D.
    An analysis of spanish public universities missions in efficiency terms
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación nº 4 (J. M. Roig Cotanda y L. E. Vila Lladosa (coords.).) - Fundación Universidad-Empresa
  3. García-Aracil,A.;López-Iñesta,E.;Palomares-Montero,D.
    An analysis of Spanish public universities missions in efficiency terms
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación nº 4 (J. M. Roig Cotanda y L. E. Vila Lladosa (coords.).) - Fundación Universidad-Empresa
  4. García-Aracil,A.;Palomares-Montero,D.
    Examining benchmark indicator systems for the evaluation of higher education institutions.
    Higher Education,
    Vol: 60 - pags 217 - 234
  5. Palomares-Montero,D.;García-Aracil,A.
    Fuzzy cluster analysis on Spanish public universities
    In Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación, nº 5 (M.J. Mancebón Torrubia, D. Pérez Ximénez de Embún, J.M. Gómez Sancho (coords.).) - Asociación Española de Economía de la Educación

2009

  1. García-Aracil,A.
    European graduates§ level of satisfaction with higher education.
    Higher Education,
    Vol: 57 - pags 1 - 21

2008

  1. Palomares-Montero,D.;García-Aracil,A.;Castro-Martínez,E.
    Evaluación de las instituciones de educación superior: revisión bibliográfica de sistema de indicadores.
    Revista Española de Documentación Científica,
    Vol: 31 - pags 205 - 229
  2. García-Aracil,A.
    College Major and the Gender Earnings Gap: A Multi-Country Examination of Postgraduate Labour Market Outcomes.
    Research in higher education,
    Vol: 49 - pags 733 - 757
  3. García-Aracil,A.;Fernández-de-Lucio,I.
    Industry-University Interactions in a Peripheral European Region: An Empirical Study of Valencian Firms.
    Regional Studies,
    Vol: 42 - pags 215 - 227
  4. García-Aracil,A.;Rolf-Van-der,V.
    Competencies for young European higher education graduates: labor market mismatches and their payoffs.
    Higher Education,
    Vol: 55 - pags 219 - 239

2007

  1. Garcia-Montalvo,J.;Mora-Ruíz,J.;García-Aracil,A.
    The employment situation about four years after graduation
    In Careers of University Graduates : Views and Experiences in Comparative Perspective (Teichler, U. (ed.).) - Springer
  2. Vila,L.;García-Aracil,A.;Mora-Ruíz,J.
    The distribution of job satisfaction among young European graduates: does the choice of study field matter?.
    Journal of Higher Education,
    Vol: 78 - pags 97 - 118
  3. Garcia-Montalvo,J.;Mora-Ruíz,J.;García-Aracil,A.
    The employment situation about four years after graduation
    In Careers of University Graduates : Views and Experiences in Comparative Perspective (Teichler, U. (ed.).) - Springer
  4. García-Aracil,A.
    Gender Earnings Gap among Young European Higher Education Graduates.
    Higher Education,
    Vol: 53 - pags 431 - 455
  5. Mora-Ruíz,J.;García-Aracil,A.;Vila,L.
    Com recompensa el mercat laboral europeu les competències dels jovens graduats universitaris?.
    Temps d'Educació,
    Vol: 32 - pags 119 - 135
  6. Garcia-Montalvo,J.;Mora-Ruíz,J.;García-Aracil,A.
    The employment situation about four years after graduation
    In Careers of University Graduates : Views and Experiences in Comparative Perspective (Teichler, U. (ed.).) - Springer
  7. García-Aracil,A.
    Expansion and reorganization in the Spanish system
    In Universities And Strategic Knowledge Creation : Specialization and Performance in Europe (Bonaccorsi, A., Daraio, C. (eds.). ) - Edward Elgar
  8. Mora-Ruíz,J.;García-Aracil,A.;Vila,L.
    Job satisfaction among young European higher education graduates.
    Higher Education,
    Vol: 53 - pags 29 - 59

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  1. Mapping the Population, Careers, Mobilities and Impacts of Advanced Research Degree Graduates in the Social Sciences and Humanities (POCARIM)
    2012 to 2014
    Comisión Europea
  2. Generación de conocimiento científico y tecnológico en biomedicina:influencia de los actores y sus redes de colaboración (GECBI-RED)
    2012 to 2015
    Generalitat Valenciana
  3. MCI-CAPITAL HUMANO, SALUD Y CALIDAD DE VIDA, COMO BASES DE UN DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
    2011 to 2016
    VLC/CAMPUS de Campus de Excelencia Internacional
  4. MCI-INNOVACION E INTERNACIONALIZACION EN UNA ECONOMIA SOSTENIBLE
    2011 to 2016
    VLC/CAMPUS de Campus de Excelencia Internacional
  5. CESAR:Contribución de la Educación Superior de América Latina a las relaciones con el entorno socioeconómico.
    2011 to 2014
    Unión Europea
  6. Identificación de competencias de capital humano: adecuación entre las competencias adquiridas y requeridas
    2009
    MICINN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
  7. Educated or competent? The return to skills and capabilities of Italian and Spanish employees
    2009 to 2011
    MICINN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
  8. Workshop: Universities as a key factor in the knowledge society: what can we do?
    2009
    Generalitat Valenciana
  9. Las Misiones de la Universidad y su Complementaridad. Nuevos Métodos de Evaluación en Términos de Eficiencia
    2009 to 2011
    MICINN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
  10. Advances Quantitatives Methods for the Evaluation of the Performance of Public Sector Research - Phase II Consolidation.
    2007
    Unión Europea
  11. Productividad y eficiencia en las instituciones de educación superior.
    2006 to 2007
    MEC- Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
  12. Advances Quantitative Methods for the Evaluation of the Performance of Public Sector Research - Phase 2.
    2006
    Unión Europea
  13. La Tercera Misión de la Universidad: Nuevos Enfoques Analíticos.
    2005 to 2008
    MEC- Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
  14. Contribución Metodológica en la Evaluación de las Actividades de las Instituciones de educación Superior en Términos de Eficiencia (COMETA).
    2005 to 2006
    Comunidad Autónoma de Valencia
  15. La "Tercera Misión" de la Universidad: un análisis de sus características y su incidencia socioeconómica en una región de baja capacidad de absorción.
    2004
    Generalitat Valenciana
  16. Sistemas de Innovación, Relaciones Universidad-Empresa, Políticas de Ciencia y Tecnología, Política de Innovación, Gestión del Conocimiento.
    2004
    Generalitat Valenciana
  17. Policies for Research and Innovation in the Move towards The European Research Area - PRIME. (AQUAMETHPSR) Advanced Quantitative Methods To Evaluate The Performance of Public Sector Research.
    2004 to 2005
    Unión Europea
  18. Análisis de la Especialización Temática del Entorno Científico y Tecnológico de la Comunidad Valenciana.
    2004
    Generalitat Valenciana
  19. Políticas Regionales de Innovación en la Unión Europea. Un análisis comparativo
    2003
    Generalitat Valenciana