Isabel Gemma Fajardo García

Isabel Gemma Fajardo García is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mercantile Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Valencia, Spain. She is affiliated with the Institut d'Investigació en Economia Social, Cooperativisme i Empresa (IUDESCOOP), where she conducts research on cooperative law, social economy, and related legal frameworks.

Research Interests: Her work focuses on Commercial Law, Cooperative Law, Social Economy, Credit Cooperatives, Mutual Societies, and the legal regulation of solidarity-based enterprises. She explores both national and European dimensions, with comparative studies including Greece’s solidarity economy legislation.

Her recent publications reflect a strong trend in analyzing the legal and institutional evolution of social economy actors across Europe, particularly in Spain and Greece. She has contributed extensively to journals such as CIRIEC España and REVESCO, and has co-authored books on worker-managed enterprises and social economy manuals. Her research emphasizes democratic governance, self-management, and the balance between economic viability and social objectives in cooperatives.

Scientific Contributions:

• Author of numerous scholarly articles on cooperative banking, agri-food cooperatives, and legal frameworks for social economy.
• Co-author of the book Empresas Gestionadas por sus trabajadores and editor of Manual de economía social.
• Contributor to international academic networks, such as RULEESCOOP, fostering Europe-Latin America research collaboration.

She advises on legal and policy aspects of cooperatives and social enterprises, though specific advisees are not listed. Her work is supported through institutional research frameworks and academic publishing. She is actively engaged in shaping legal discourse around cooperative models and social economy development.

She leads and participates in research initiatives within IUDESCOOP, focusing on legal scenarios for social economy actors in the EU and member states, and exploring new perspectives for housing cooperatives and mutualist entities.