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Ángela García at «CONCIENCIA2 POR EL CLIMA»

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Ángela García Alaminos, a researcher with the GEAR group, participated as a speaker at the ConCiencia2 por el clima event, held on September 23 at the Antiguo Instituto in Gijón. The event was organized by The Conversation and the Climate Change Chair of the University of Oviedo.

In the roundtable titled “Development, Economy, and the Welfare State in the Context of Global Change”, she shared her insights alongside biologist Fernando Valladares (CSIC) and chemist Olga Martín Alonso (Aclima), in a discussion moderated by Lorena Sánchez (The Conversation).

Ángela addressed key issues, including the implications of potential restructuring of global value chains and the environmental impact of international trade, offering a critical economic perspective on the challenges posed by the ecological transition in vulnerable contexts.

Congrats, Ángela!

GEAR joins the Renewable Energy Research Institute of the UCLM

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The future is renewable!

The Renewable Energy Research Institute (IIER) of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has expanded its structure by incorporating the GEAR research group in Energy and Environmental Economics. This integration, formalized at the IIER headquarters, strengthens the institute’s capabilities in addressing challenges related to energy transition and sustainability.

GEAR is internationally recognized for its work in economic modeling applied to sustainability, including studies on photovoltaic parks, carbon footprint analysis in agri-food and tourism sectors, and advising on sustainable business plans. Their achievements include publications in high-impact journals, participation in European and national projects, collaboration with companies, and the creation of a university spin-off.

With this addition, IIER enhances its service offerings to industry and contributes to the training of UCLM graduates in advanced sustainable technologies. It also reinforces its commitment to society by disseminating progress in energy and environmental research.

The institute now integrates economic analysis with its existing work in renewable energy sources, biomass, thermal storage, green hydrogen, additive manufacturing for solid-state batteries, and environmental impact studies in the agroforestry sector.

News from the UCLM Press Office: https://www.uclm.es/noticias/noticias2025/julio/albacete/iier_gear?sc_lang=es#

IIER website: https://www.uclm.es/centros-investigacion/ier?sc_lang=en

NEW PUBLICATION IN ECONOMIC SYSTEMS RESEARCH!

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The GEAR members Ángela García-Alaminos, Jorge Zafrilla and Fabio Monsalve have recently published the paper entitled “Forced labour in the fashion industry: a hypothetical EU-driven reorganisation of textile value chains” in Economic Systems Research.

Given recent breakdowns in global value chains, like the COVID-19 crisis or the conflict in Ukraine, developed economies are trying to develop resilience to address future drawbacks. Backshoring and nearshoring arise as attractive solutions to reduce exposure to global disruptions and undesirable practices such as forced labour.

This study analyses the labour impacts of a hypothetical EU-driven reconfiguration of value chains of the fashion industry through a multi-regional input-output model. Using the Structural Path Analysis methodology, how forced labour is transmitted within Europe is explored. Once the forced labour hotspots are determined, we explore the socioeconomic consequences of a trade-restructuring strategy simulated through the source-shifting technique.

Our results show that the forced labour embodied in the European final demand for fashion products could fall by up to 34.2%. This strategy could generate more than 190,000 jobs in Europe, while China and India could lose more than 1.5 million jobs each.

You can find the full-text here: 

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EPQ7HPHGGFKYZQXJDHAP/full?target=10.1080/09535314.2024.2345096

VISIT THE TWIN SEEDS WEBSITE!

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Towards a World Integrated and Socio-economically Balanced European Economic Development Scenario (TWIN SEEDS) is a research project funded within the Horizon Europe program led by Politecnico di Milano (Grant agreement ID: 101056793)

The project studies the recent evolution of Global Value Chains (GVC), with the aim of understanding the role played by technological transformations and geopolitical and policy shifts in shaping these changes. Thanks to the joint effort of eleven universities and research institutions from eight EU countries, TWIN SEEDS is expected to enrich the European debates and public policies aiming at economic prosperity, social cohesion and environmental quality in the light of the still unknown effects of GVC reconfiguration.

Please visit our website: https://twinseeds.eu/

GEAR is part of the TWIN SEEDS consortium; see you worldwide!

CONGRATS MATEO!!

Great news!!

The GEAR member Mateo Ortiz, under the supervision of María Ángeles Cadarso and Luis Antonio López, has completed his Ph.D.!!

The thesis, entitled “La huella de carbono de agentes no estatales. Análisis a través de las cadenas globales de producción de multinacionales y ciudades”, presents three peer reviewed publications that you can easily access here:

  • Ortiz, M., Cadarso, M. Á. y López, L. A. (2020). The carbon footprint of foreign multinationals within the European Union. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 24(6), 1287-1299. doi:10.1111/jiec.13017 LINK
  • Ortiz, M., López, L.-A. y Cadarso, M. Á. (2020). EU carbon emissions by multinational enterprises under control-based accounting. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 163, 105104. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105104 LINK
  • Gilles, E., Ortiz, M., Cadarso, M.-Á., Monsalve, F. y Jiang, X. (2021). Opportunities for city carbon footprint reductions through imports source shifting: The case of Bogota. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 172, 105684. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105684 LINK

Mateo did an astonishing Thesis defense in front of a amazing thesis tribunal composed by Mònica Serrano (from Universidad de Barcelona), Ignacio Cazcarro (from Universidad de Zaragoza and ARAID) y André Carrascal (from Universidad de Oviedo).

Undoubtedly a day to remember for the GEAR group. Congratulations Mateo; thank you for your great work, incredible effort, and good mood.

Great doctor, with and without a tie…