Vicente Coll Serrano

Vicente Coll Serrano is a Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at Universitat de València, affiliated with the Faculty of Economics. His research focuses on quantitative methods for measuring cultural and educational outcomes, efficiency analysis in public and private sectors, and the application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) techniques. He leads the MC2 research group (Quantitative methods for measuring culture and education) and has contributed extensively to DEA software development and methodology.

He holds a PhD from Universitat de València (2003) titled Eficiencia y productividad de la industria textil europea desde la perspectiva del análisis envolvente de datos, supervised by Dr. José Miguel Bachero Nebot and Dr. Jesús Esteban García.

Research interests include: DEA applications in cultural economics, efficiency measurement in public institutions, stochastic modeling, and educational policy evaluation. His work bridges quantitative methodologies with real-world policy problems in cultural sectors, museums, and municipal governance.

Key trends in his publications focus on advancing DEA techniques (software tools like deaR, fuzzy DEA, stochastic models), analyzing innovation in cultural organizations, and evaluating the economic impact of cultural policies. He has also explored teaching methodologies' effects on graduate competencies.

Advising: No specific advisees listed. Grants: No explicit funding details provided. Labs/Teams: MC2 group focuses on cultural metrics and quantitative evaluation frameworks.