Academic Information

EUROPEAN PHD | JULY 2014 | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
· Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
· Itinerary: Applied Economics
· Speciality: Microeconometrics
· Thesis: Percepción de los usuarios individuales de los servicios de Internet y Telefonía móvil en España y el Reino Unido (Perception of individual users of services of Internet and mobile phone in Spain and the UK). Summa cum laude  

M.A. TELECOMMUNICATION ECONOMICS | JUNE 2010 | UNED

B.A. ECONOMICS | SEPTEMBER 2009 | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
· Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
· Speciality: Economic Analysis (Quantitative Analysis).

Academic positions held

VICE-DEAN FOR MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC ISSUES | UNED | JANUARY 2021 - ACTUALLY

ASSISTANT PROFFESOR | UNED | JANUARY 2020 - ACTUALLY
· Courses taught: Political Economics
· Tutor of Final Degree Assignment (TFG)

VISITING PROFFESOR | CARLOS III UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | SEPTEMBER 2015 -JANUARY 2020
· Courses taught: Econometrics; Time series analysis
· Tutor of Final Degree Assignment (TFG)

DTC MANAGER | EIT DIGITAL DOCTORAL SCHOOL (MADRID) | APRIL 2015 - SEPTEMBER 2015
· IMDEA Software Institute – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
· Doctoral Training Center (DTC) Manager of EIT Digital Doctoral School

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2016
· Master courses: Econometrics

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2014 – SEPTEMBER 2015
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Applied Econometrics (English)

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2013 – SEPTEMBER 2014
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Applied Econometrics (English)

VISITING PHD CANDIDATE | NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY | NOVEMBER 2013 – MARCH 2014
· Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University
· Researching with Prof. Jason Whalley

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2012 – SEPTEMBER 2013
· Courses taught: Econometrics

RESEARCH ASSISTANT | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | JULY 2012 – JULY 2013
· CeDInt - Technical University of Madrid
· Main researcher: Prof. Claudio Feijóo

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | ICADE | FEBRUARY 2012 – AUGUST 2012
· Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid
· Courses taught: Econometrics

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | ANTONIO NEBRIJA UNIVERSITY | FEBRUARY 2012 – JULY 2012
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Introduction to Economics (English)

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2011 – SEPTEMBER 2012
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Micro-econometrics, Applied Econometrics

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | ANTONIO NEBRIJA UNIVERSITY | FEBRUARY 2011 – JULY 2011
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Economy

BPI&PO TRAINEE | KPN SPAIN, SLU | JUNE 2010 – FEBRUARY 2011
· Encourage the teams assigned to projects and motivating accompanying them to achieve the objectives.
· Provide assistance and support to various departments of the Company to ensure compliance with the processes of KPN SPAIN.
· Manage projects on time and within budget.
· Generate transparent, accurate, understandable and projects processes, making reports for management meetings and detailed reports on the progress of projects.
· Manage the demand for projects and interface with other departments of the Company.
· Initiate, plan, implement, monitor and close projects of the company according to the agenda.
· Improve inter-departmental business processes in the company.

Research activity

Latest publications:
Title:       E-commerce in Spain: Determining factors and the importance of the e-trust
Authors:    Fernández-Bonilla, Fernando;  Gijón, Covadonga and De la Vega, Bárbara
Journal:    Telecommunications Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102280
Date:       February 2022
Impact Index (JCR):   3.036 (2020)
JCR Categorie:         INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE - SSCI; TELECOMMUNICATIONS - SCIE
Quartile:       Q1 (30/163) INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE - SSCI; Q2 (42/91) TELECOMMUNICATIONS - SCIE

Title:        Perception of Artificial Intelligence in Spain
Authors:     Albarrán-Lozano, Irene; Molina, José Manuel: and Gijón, Covadonga
Journal:     Telematics and Informatics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2021.101672
Date:      October 2021
Impact Index (JCR):  6.182 (2020)
JCR Categorie:     Information Science & Library Science - SSCI
Quartile:       Q1 (11/86)

Research Projects:
Project title: El futuro de la banca online en la era post-covid-19 (The future of online banking in the post-covid-19 era).
Funding Entity: SANFI
Participating entities: UNED, UC3M and UAH
Duration (months) 12 - Date: from 01/2021 to 12/2021
Researcher in charge: Covadonga Gijón
Number of participating researchers: 10

Project title: PRODECON-CM. Finanzas, innovación y estrategias: análisis económico de la productividad empresarial y sus determinantes (Finance, innovation and strategies: economic analysis of business productivity and its determinants).
Funding entity: Consejería de Educación, Juventud y Deportes, CAM.
Participating entities: CEMFI, CSIC, UCM
Duration (months): 36 - Date: from 01/2015 to 12/2017
Researcher in charge: Gerard Llobet Codina
Number of participating researchers: 17

Professional experience

VICE-DEAN FOR MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC ISSUES | UNED | JANUARY 2021 - ACTUALLY

ASSISTANT PROFFESOR | UNED | JANUARY 2020 - ACTUALLY
· Courses taught: Political Economics
· Tutor of Final Degree Assignment (TFG)

VISITING PROFFESOR | CARLOS III UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | SEPTEMBER 2015 -JANUARY 2020
· Courses taught: Econometrics; Time series analysis
· Tutor of Final Degree Assignment (TFG)

DTC MANAGER | EIT DIGITAL DOCTORAL SCHOOL (MADRID) | APRIL 2015 - SEPTEMBER 2015
· IMDEA Software Institute – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
· Doctoral Training Center (DTC) Manager of EIT Digital Doctoral School

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2016
· Master courses: Econometrics

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2014 – SEPTEMBER 2015
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Applied Econometrics (English)

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2013 – SEPTEMBER 2014
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Applied Econometrics (English)

VISITING PHD CANDIDATE | NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY | NOVEMBER 2013 – MARCH 2014
· Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University
· Researching with Prof. Jason Whalley

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2012 – SEPTEMBER 2013
· Courses taught: Econometrics

RESEARCH ASSISTANT | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | JULY 2012 – JULY 2013
· CeDInt - Technical University of Madrid
· Main researcher: Prof. Claudio Feijóo

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | ICADE | FEBRUARY 2012 – AUGUST 2012
· Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid
· Courses taught: Econometrics

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | ANTONIO NEBRIJA UNIVERSITY | FEBRUARY 2012 – JULY 2012
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Introduction to Economics (English)

HONORARY LECTURER | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | OCTOBER 2011 – SEPTEMBER 2012
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Micro-econometrics, Applied Econometrics

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | ANTONIO NEBRIJA UNIVERSITY | FEBRUARY 2011 – JULY 2011
· Courses taught: Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Economy

BPI&PO TRAINEE | KPN SPAIN, SLU | JUNE 2010 – FEBRUARY 2011
· Encourage the teams assigned to projects and motivating accompanying them to achieve the objectives.
· Provide assistance and support to various departments of the Company to ensure compliance with the processes of KPN SPAIN.
· Manage projects on time and within budget.
· Generate transparent, accurate, understandable and projects processes, making reports for management meetings and detailed reports on the progress of projects.
· Manage the demand for projects and interface with other departments of the Company.
· Initiate, plan, implement, monitor and close projects of the company according to the agenda.
· Improve inter-departmental business processes in the company.