Dr Ruth Carrasco-Gallego is Associate Dean for Sustainable Transformation at the School of Industrial Engineering of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and Director of the Madrid Region and UPM Chair on Circular Economy. With more than 20 years of professional experience, she combines an industrial background in manufacturing supply chains with nearly two decades of academic work in research, education and cross-sector innovation.

Her work focuses on sustainable and circular supply chains, industrial ecosystems, environmental and social indicators, and multi-stakeholder collaboration for systemic change. She leads The Regenerative Campus, the EELISA European University Living Lab for Circular Economy, where industry, researchers, students, public institutions and citizens co-create, prototype and scale sustainability solutions in real-world settings.