Lecturer at the University of Cantabria and postdoctoral researcher within the research group lead by Judith Clifton and Daniel Díaz Fuentes.

Ana Lara has a degree in Economics (specialization in International Economics), a master’s degree in Economics of International Trade and European Integration, a second Master’s in Economics and PhD with international mention in Economics. She has won the ‘Enrique Fuentes Quintana Award’ (FUNCAS) to the best doctoral thesis in the area of social sciences for the year 2018/2019, the Outstanding Doctorate Award given by the University of Cantabria in social sciences for the year 2020, and the Social Council of the University of Cantabria Award to the best doctoral thesis in the area of economic and social sciences for the year 2019. She obtained a competitive postdoctoral scholarship by the Cantabria Parliament and the University of Cantabria. In 2018 Ana was a visiting researcher at the University of Costa Rica, one of the most prestigious institutions in Central America in the field of the social sciences, where she collaborated with prominent academics and professionals specialized in international financial institutions.

Likewise, she has participated and participates in competitive research projects, such as a project financed by the European Investment Bank, an H2020 project (CITADEL), a Santander Financial Institute project or a project funded by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies. In addition, she is member of the Jean Monnet Module on European Economic and Financial System and Regional Development and was member of the Jean Monnet Module and Chair of EU Economic Policy for Business & Civil Society at the University of Cantabria. Previously Ana enjoyed a PhD scholarship by the Lombardy Advanced School of Economic Research. Additional experience includes working for the Economic and Foreign Trade Department of the Spanish Embassy in Morocco or the French journal of economics, Futuribles.

Research interests

As a researcher, she is specialized in European integration and International Financial Institutions; specifically, on issues related to the evaluation of those institutions and the analysis of the economic policy implications of the different alternatives in the provision of funding. Other areas of her specialization include international trade, cohesion policy, the effect of international financing and the effects of the 2008 economic crisis. As a result of the development of these lines of research, she has published several articles in international journals specialized in European politics and applied economics, and several book chapters in recognized academic publishers.

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