Maria Luz De La Cal

María Luz De La Cal is a Research Professor at the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), affiliated with the Department of Applied Economics I under the College of Economics and Business. She specializes in poverty, labor markets, feminist economics, and social protection, teaching in the Degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources as well as feminist and gender-focused master's programs.

• Education: Doctor of Economic Sciences.
• Research Interests: Poverty reduction, labor market dynamics, feminist economics, social policies, and social solidarity economies.
• Key Projects: Economic empowerment of women's organizations in Northern Cauca (2021), decolonial approaches to development, and critical reflections on neoliberal labor structures.
• Students: Supervised Peio Salazar Martinez's 2017 PhD thesis on neoliberal labor transformations and Michela Accerenzi's 2023 thesis on body politics in Honduras.
• Publications: Spanning 2005–2024, her work addresses gender inequality, ethical conflicts in technological paradigms, and participatory action research frameworks.