Maximo Camacho

Máximo Camacho is Full Professor and Head of the Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business at the University of Murcia, where he conducts his teaching and research activities in Econometrics. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a BA in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Murcia As a result of his research activity, he has published more than 50 articles in journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), with a broad and sustained scientific output in leading international journals such as Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, International Journal of Forecasting, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Ecological Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and Scientific Reports For this research activity, he has been awarded four six-year research evaluation periods. He has continuously served as Leading Researcher in competitive research projects and is Editor of the journal Applied Economic Analysis. Regarding teaching, he has 30 years of teaching experience, which began at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and has continued at the University of Murcia. He has been awarded five official teaching evaluation periods and has obtained an Excellent rating in the DocentiUM program, designed according to ANECA guidelines (DOCENTIA program). He has supervised 12 PhD dissertations at Universidad Carlos III, the University of Murcia, the University of Alicante, and the University of Huelva, whose resulting research has been published in prestigious international journals. At the University of Murcia, he has supervised 30 undergraduate TFGs. His knowledge transfer activity has been developed through R&D contracts and agreements with public and private institutions. At the national level, these include contracts with the Bank of Spain, sustained collaboration with BBVA Research, and contracts with the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ramón Areces Foundation. At the international level, he has collaborated with the World Bank and the United Nations (CEPAL). He currently serves as President of the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the Spanish Economic Association. This trajectory has been recognized with one six-year knowledge transfer evaluation period. He has continuously served on Evaluation Committees for National Research Plan projects, Explora Ciencia projects, international mobility programs such as the Salvador de Madariaga Program, and calls aimed at promoting Research Consolidation. He also regularly participates in evaluation panels for R&D&I project funding at DEVA and ACCUA. Currently, he serves as Academic Member of the Social Sciences and Law Commission 2 (Undergraduate and Master’s degrees) within ANECA’s VERIFICA and MONITOR programmes.