Paula González Fons

Paula González Fons is a Researcher in the Department of History at the European University Institute (EUI). Her work focuses on institutional migration, knowledge transfer, and the early modern history of the Hispanic world. She joined the EUI in 2021 as part of the Fernand Braudel Fellow cohort.

Her research examines the transatlantic transfer of the silk industry between the Iberian Peninsula and New Spain (1520–1620), supervised by Giorgio Riello and Lauren Kassell. Key themes include apprenticeship systems, labor markets, and global economic history. Recent publications analyze apprenticeship outcomes in the Valencia silk guild (1570–1592) and labor market dynamics in early modern Spain.

While no formal awards or grants are listed, her work contributes to debates on early modern economic and social history. No students or lab affiliations are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.