Montserrat Cachero Vinuesa

Montserrat Cachero Vinuesa is a Full Professor in the Department of Economics, Quantitative Methods and Economic History at Pablo de Olavide University in Spain. She specializes in Economic History and Institutions, with a particular focus on applying network analysis to historical research. Her work bridges the fields of economic history, early modern studies, and digital humanities.

Her research interests center on the application of network theory to historical contexts, particularly examining merchant networks in the Atlantic world during the early modern period. She investigates how social and economic networks facilitated trade, colonization, and cultural exchange between Europe and the Americas. Her work spans multiple dimensions including gender dynamics in commerce, book trade networks, risk management in pre-industrial trade, and the institutional frameworks that enabled transatlantic economic integration.

Her scholarly output demonstrates a consistent trajectory of applying network analysis to historical questions, with increasing methodological sophistication over time. Recent work has focused on gender dimensions of commercial networks, particularly women's roles in the book trade, alongside continued exploration of Basque merchant networks, Atlantic trade routes, and colonial economic structures. Her research combines traditional archival methods with innovative network visualization and analysis techniques.

Dr. Cachero Vinuesa is the creator of RedLab, an academic space dedicated to the application of network analysis to historical research. This initiative reflects her commitment to methodological innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration. She is actively involved in doctoral education through the History and Humanistic Studies program at her institution, with emphasis on European, American, and geographical approaches to historical research.