Ana Rodríguez-Álvarez is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Oviedo, where she is Head of the Department of Economics (since 2022). She holds a PhD in Economics from the same university and has undertaken extended international research stays as a visiting researcher at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) and Durham University (UK).

Her research covers social and income inequality, well-being, labour and health economics, energy and environmental economics, and efficiency and productivity analysis, with a particular focus on the evaluation of public policies using advanced quantitative and econometric methods. Her work has appeared in leading international journals such as Ecological Economics, Regional Studies, Health Economics, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Journal of Productivity Analysis, and Transport Policy, among others.

She is currently Principal Investigator of competitive research projects funded under the Spanish National R&D Plan, a role she has held continuously since 2014, and also leads research funded by the Social Observatory of the “la Caixa” Foundation. She has carried out research and consultancy work for national and regional public administrations and has participated as an expert in projects supported by Spain’s Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF).

She has served as an evaluator for the Spanish State Research Agency since 2018 and is a member of the Social Situation Monitor (SSM) Expert Network (European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion), the Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG), and the Spanish Health Economics Association.