Marta Mendez Juez

Marta Mendez Juez serves as a Permanent Professor (Associate Professor) in the Department of Political Science and Administration at the Faculty of Law, University of Burgos, and holds a teaching assistant position at the University Institute of Public Administration. Her career bridges academic research and practical public administration reform.

Her educational foundation includes:

• PhD in Political Science and Administration from University of Burgos (2015) with thesis Public transparency in Spain analyzed from the right to information: the relevance of democratic and relational power for a digital economy in data reuse, supervised by Dr. José Manuel Canales Aliende and Dr. Fernando García-Moreno Rodríguez
• Master's in Political Leadership and Public Management of Political-Administrative Institutions (University of Alicante)
• Master's in Design, Management, and Evaluation of Projects and Public Policies (University of Alicante)
• Degree in Political Science and Administration with Extraordinary Degree Award
• Master's in Public Management and Administration

Her research pioneers transparency frameworks in digital governance, analyzing institutional power dynamics through benchmarking studies on administrative modernization, policy evaluation, and citizen participation. She connects Spanish public administration practices with European Union standards, emphasizing data reuse as a catalyst for democratic innovation in the digital economy.

Key recognitions include:

• University of Burgos Extraordinary Doctoral Award
• University of Burgos Extraordinary Degree Award
• Economic and Social Council of Castile and León Award for democratic governance research

She actively contributes to POLCOM research group while maintaining international collaborations through residencies at the European Parliament's Ex-Post Unit for Public Policy Evaluation and Honduras' National Autonomous University (IUDPAS-UNAH), extending her impact on global governance standards.