Pablo Arranz Val

Pablo Arranz Val is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Burgos, specializing in quantitative methods for business and economics with a focus on tourism management and quality assurance systems.

He earned his PhD from the University of Burgos in 2007 with a thesis on quality assurance systems in Spanish higher education, supervised by Dr. Elena Abascal Fernández and Dr. María Isabel Landaluce Calvo. His academic journey reflects deep engagement with institutional quality frameworks and educational policy.

His research spans critical domains including:

• Tourism management in inland Spain using Big Data and machine learning
• Quality assurance models for university degree programs
• Public service satisfaction metrics for urban waste management
• Socio-educational policies for elderly autonomy and local development

Analysis of his 15 most recent publications (2018-2025) reveals a dominant focus on tourism analytics in Burgos province, where he pioneered indices for tourist potentiality and reputation. His work increasingly integrates machine learning for predicting tourist behavior while maintaining parallel research in public service evaluation and organizational quality systems.

Scientific contributions include:

• Development of the Touristic Potentiality Index for Burgos province
• Innovative application of sentiment analysis to destination reputation
• Cross-disciplinary studies linking depopulation trends with tourism satisfaction

As a research supervisor, he contributes to doctoral training in applied economics while leading projects within the FORMADESA research group. His current work examines tourism's role in regional development through data-driven methodologies, with recent publications indicating expansion into sustainable value creation frameworks for organizations.

He actively collaborates with the FORMADESA research group focused on socio-educational policies for lifelong learning, elderly autonomy, and e-learning support, contributing to local development initiatives in Castile and León.