Carmen, Senior International Mobility Advisor, is the Head of Be Basque Dual Career Centre of Bizkaia Talent, as well as Euraxess Service Centre in the Basque Country (Spain) supporting researchers’ and other professionals’ mobility as well as their social integration. Apart from that, she promotes cooperation agreements for the regional settling and repatriation of talent in Industry & Academy sectors, as well as active speaker on Intersectoral mobility & Career Paths Beyond Academia in several national and international conferences; Expert member of the Book a Trainer program (EURAXESS), Member and Jury of European consortium of the accelerator of start-ups FABulous, active member of PWN Bilbao (International movement for the advancement of the professional career of women and gender equality in companies). She has also taken part in different papers and studies related to Brain Drain and Gain, Diversity, and Inclusion. Her main areas of interest include intercultural issues, international sociocultural integration, global talent, mobility and labour market issues for researchers and qualified personnel.

PhD student in Sociology and Political Sciences at the University of the Basque Country in topics related to transnational mobility, identity, analysis on Erasmus graduates’ style of life, among others); an ERASMUS Joint M. A. in European Leisure Studies (European Policy and Management in Culture, Media, Tourism, Recreation, Sport and Environment) from the Universities of Brussels, Tilburg, Loughborough and Deusto; Graduated in English Studies from the University of Deusto, Bilbao.Throughout her professional career, Carmen has managed and planned Higher Studies in Environmental Sciences, Industry Management, Administration and Tourism, a visitor lecturer on the Employee & Training Development at the University of Wolverhampton (UK), with a large experience in International & Institutional Relations with international universities (NL, UK, USA, Spain), companies and governments.