Avda. Puerta de Hierro, 2 - 28040 Madrid
School of Agricultural, Food and Biosystems Engineering (ETSIAAB, UPM)
email: miriam.lopez@upm.es

EDUCATION

PhD student

Postgraduate Senior Agricultural Engineer at UPM

Undergraduate Agricultural Technical Engineer at UPM

Project Management Technician (TDP) IPMA-AEIPRO Level D

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GESPLAN research group at UPM (September 2013-present): As member of the technical team she participated in the planning and implementation of a development and entrepreneurship programme in the Sierra de Ávila (Spain) based on the partnership with the Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno Foundation. Programme title: JESTeR Programme: “Young Entrepreneurs for the Sustainability of Rural Regions”. She also took part in the evaluation of the LEADER approach and its implementation in the regions of La Mancha Alta and Sierra de Cuenca (Spain) in 1997-2013.

Department of Projects and Rural Planning at UPM (November 2012-September 2013):

Collaboration in the intermediate evaluation of the “Territorial programme of endogenous development of the mountains and highlands of Cuenca (ADESIMAN) in 2007-2013”.

Consultant for planning, architecture and the environment. Arnaiz Consultores S.L. (February 2006 - December 2011).

Engineering and real estate appraisals, Utande-Sánchez (August 2005 - February 2006): Real estate evaluation, including traditional farm estates.

Cartographic work for SIGPAC project linked to the support system of the Common
Agricultural Policy (PAC). Tragsatec (November 2003 - December 2004)

PUBLICATIONS & CONGRESSES

Fernández Moral, M .; López, M .; Gallego Moreno, F .; Ortegón Martínez, D. Evaluation of the competitiveness of the agri-food sector in the region Alcarria Conquense (Spain) Communication. 18th International Congress on Project Management and Engineering. Alcañiz, Teruel. July 15-17, 2014

López, M .; Pastor, R. Development in rural areas through capacity building and education for business, Online communication. 7th World Conference on Educational Sciences. Athens, Greece. 5-7 February 2015. Publication: Procedia-Social and Behavioural Sciences

López, M .; Pastor, R. Entrepreneurship as a tool for the development of rural areas. Case study: Sierra de Ávila (Spain). Communication. 19th International Congress on Project Management and Engineering. Granada, Spain July 15-17, 2015

López, M .; Pastor, R. Capacity building strategies as a tool for rural areas development. Communication. XXVI European Society for Rural Sociology Congress. Aberdeen, Scotland. 18-21 August 2015

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