Hugo Campos Romero

Hugo Campos Romero serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela. His research critically examines global value chains through environmental, gender, and technological lenses with regional focus on the European Union, Latin America, and Asia.

His educational background includes a 2022 doctorate from the University of Santiago de Compostela with the thesis The commercial and environmental dimension of global value chains in the European Union: guidelines and effects from a perspective of added value, supervised by Dr. Oscar Rodil Marzábal.

Campos Romero's research interests center on global value chain dynamics, particularly environmental sustainability in production networks, gender equity in international trade, and technological impacts on economic inequality. His work employs input-output analysis and value chain frameworks to investigate pollution havens, circular economy implementation, and pandemic-induced digital divides. Current projects analyze automotive and textile sectors across multiple continents, emphasizing policy implications for sustainable development.

His publication record (2021-2025) reveals three dominant thematic clusters: (1) Environmental asymmetries in EU automotive/textile value chains, (2) Gender dimensions of STEM trade in Latin America, and (3) ICT-driven educational disparities during crises. Methodologically, he combines quantitative value chain accounting with regional case studies, frequently comparing EU, East/Southeast Asian, and Latin American contexts.

As an active member of the ICEDE research group (Innovation, structural change and development), he contributes to projects examining structural economic transformation through innovation systems and sustainable development frameworks. His current work explores circular economy integration in global enterprises and the efficacy of public procurement policies for innovation.