The twelfth edition of theAwards Valentín Paz Andrade of Research in the Economy of Galicia, summoned with an annual basis by the Economic and Social Council of Galicia and the Institute of Studies and Development of Galicia (IDEGA), you already have the winners after the jury could satisfy in St. Jerome to evaluate the submitted works.
The award recognizes those research papers (published papers and doctoral theses) that contribute to the better knowledge of the reality of the economic-social de Galicia and the establishment of better policies for the welfare of the public.
In the embodiment of papers published in scientific journals or publishers recognized, the jury awarded the prize to the article Travel-time accessibility and adaptive spatial planning solutions for the healthcare system of which they are authors José Balsa-Barreiro, Sérgio F. A. Batista, Gaby J. Hannoun and Mónica Menéndez, and which is published in the journal npj Health Systems, 2 (2025). The jury highlighted the academic rigour, the originality of his approach and the interest of the future lines of research that opens. Stressed the “practical utility of the results of the research presented and the relevance of their contribution to the progress of the knowledge of reality socieconómica of Galicia in issues related to the ageing of the population and its impact on the territory”.
In the second category, relative to the doctoral theses published in any university, the jury resolved an ex – aequo to the theses also The relationship between the distribution of functional and personal income. Methodological proposal and application to Spain and Galicia in the period 2007-2021, performed by José Manuel Amoedo Meijide, and Fishing and business in Galicia, spain. Of Affection the Ribadeo between the Cadastre of Ensenada and the desestanco of salt, conducted by José Maria Leal Vault.
The survey conducted by José Manuel Amoedo Meijide, the jury stressed his character a pioneer in the research of the distribution of personal income in Galicia, of “great importance” to the best allocation of resources and the achievement of quotas higher equity in the galician society, as well as the solidity of the methodological approach employed. Respect to the thesis prepared by José María Leal Vault, the jury made the “use of critical and exhaustive of the sources available to modify in a significant way the interpretation of a period in the history of fisheries and industrial Galicia extremely important to understand the origin and evolution of the reality of the socio-economic situation of the country”.
The jury
The jury in this TWELFTH edition has been composed by the rector of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC),Antonio López, who presided; the president of the Economic and Social Council of Galicia, Manuel Pérez; the secretary of the IDEGA, Manuel Fernández Ever, who served as secretary of the jury; the member of the Scientific Council of the IDEGAMelchor Fernández Fernández; the secretary general of the Economic and Social Council of Galicia,Manuel Martínez Varela; the dean of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, John R. Doldán García; the professor emeritus of the University of a Coruña Fernando González Laxe; and the professor of the University of VigoJoseph Henry Vazquez Vicente.
