Assoc. Professor, Department of Economics, Quantitative Methods and Economic History
Pablo de Olavide University, Seville (Spain)
ORCID: 0000-0002-0724-0248
Researcher ID: G-6238-2014
University Web page: Paula Rodriguez at UPO investiga
Paula Rodríguez-Modroño
Principal investigator of the research project Platformization of the Healthcare Ecosystem. A Feminist and Intersectional Analysis (CAREFEM), PID2023-146669OB-I00; continuing the project GENDER4REV (2020-2024) on the impacts of digitalization and the gig economy on gender inequalities.
Her research concerns feminist economics, evolution of gender economic inequalities, care work, social reproduction, well-being and transfomations of work and gender relations with technology, institutional economics.
Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Feminist, Women's, and Gender Studies (CINEF), Master Programme in Gender and Equality, and Gender Observatory on Economics, Politics & Development (gep&DO) at Pablo de Olavide University. She is Vicepresident of the Spanish University Network of Gender Studies (Plataforma EUFEM), Editor of Revista de Economía Crítica (REC). President of Asociacion de Economia Critica (AEC, Spanish Assoc for Radical Political Economy), 2021-25.
Breve bio:
Paula Rodríguez Modroño es Profesora Titular de Economía (acreditada como Catedrática por la ANECA) en la Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Su investigación se centra en la economía feminista, la evolución en las desigualdades de género en los trabajos y cuidados y el impacto de las tecnologías en las desigualdades. Actualmente es investigadora principal del proyecto "Plataformización del ecosistema de cuidados. Un análisis feminista interseccional" PID2023-146669OB-I00 (CAREFEM, 2024-27); continuando el proyecto PID2019-105835RB-I00 (GENDER4REV, 2020-24) sobre los impactos de la digitalización y la gig economy en las desigualdades de género.
Paula es Directora del Centro Interdisciplinar de Estudios Feministas, de las Mujeres y de Género (CINEF), del Máster Universitario en Género e Igualdad de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide y del Observatorio de Género sobre Economía, Política y Desarrollo (Gep&DO). Editora de la Revista de Economía Crítica (REC) y Vicepresidenta de la Plataforma Universitaria de Estudios Feministas y de Género (EUFEM). Ha sido Presidenta de la Asociación de Economía Crítica (AEC) desde 2021 a 2025.
Internationalisation & Networks
Visiting researcher at SOAS, University of London (2021), Univ. of Modena & Reggio Emilia (2012 & 2019), and Univ. of Manchester (2014).
Evaluator of research calls for Horizon, Cost Actions, GenderNet Plus, EEA Research Programme, and national and regional calls in Spain.
Member of the UN Women Roster on Macroeconomic Policies, the UNDP Expert Group on Unpaid Work, Economic Development and Human Well-being, and EIGE expert network.
Director of the Group ‘Gender, work, care and technological development’ of Pablo de Olavide University in the Spanish Labour History Network (REHT).
Member of Iberoamerican research network on Work, Gender & Everyday Life (TRAGEVIC).
Member of the WG Labour and Family Economy of the European Labour History Network (ELHN).
Member of the Spanish Feminist Economics Network, organizer of Spanish Feminist Economics Conferences.
Seville Town Council Prize 2020 to GEP&DO
Meridiana Prize 2017 for excellence in research on gender equality
X Prize for excellence in research on Andalucia. Social and Economic Council of Andalucia, 2012
University education
PhD in Economics, University of Seville
MPhil in Development Studies, University of Cambridge
Postgraduate Diploma in Development Economics, University of Essex
Degree in Economics, University of Seville
BSc in Business & Management Studies, University of Maryland
