Iliana Olivié

Iliana Olivié is a Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute and Associate Professor in the Department of Applied and Structural Economics and History at the Complutense University of Madrid (accredited as Full Professor), where she teaches postgraduate courses in economic analysis and development.

She has taken part in over 30 national and international research projects and has more than 150 publications, including academic articles, books, book chapters, policy reports and policy-oriented articles.

She has collaborated with multilateral bodies such as the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the European Parliament.

She was awarded her PhD in Economics in 2002, and she is also Director of the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG).

Research areas

She works on the global development agendas, European aid policies, international development finance and the relations of the EU with the Global South.

Selected publications

• FfD4 as a Turning Point: Overcoming Challenges to Strengthen Sustainable Development Finance (with D. Barchiche, B. Katoka, K. Karaki, N. Keijzer and M. Santillán O’Shea, ETTG, 2025).
• Academic Debate and Self-Criticism: Embracing Diversity at the Core of Development Studies (with A.Sianes and M. Santillán O’Shea, European Journal of Development Research, 2025).
• Third ETTG Annual Dialogue on the EU and Global Development (with D. Fattibene and M. Santillán O’Shea, ETTG, 2024).
• Influencing Aid Policy: Perceptions of How Member States Shape EU Development Cooperation (with M. Santillán O’Shea, European Journal of Development Research 36: 1074-1092, 2024).
• A common future for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean (with M. Santillán O’Shea (cords), ETTG, 2024).