Pilar González Casimiro is PhD in Economics by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Master of Science (MSc) in Statistics from the London School of Economics (Department of Statistics and Mathematical Science). She is Assistant Professor of Econometrics at the Department of Econometrics and Statistics of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) where she lectures on Econometrics and Time Series Analysis both at the basic and advanced levels. She has published several books on Time Series Modeling, the theory and practice of Econometrics and the use of Gretl for applied econometrics. She is a member of the Institute for Public Economics (UPV/EHU) and she was a member of the research team that was distinguished with the Fundación Euskoiker Award to Social Science Research in 2012. Her research is focused on Macroeconometrics and Time Series Modeling and her main research topics are time series analysis (economic trends and indicators systems, among others), spatial econometrics, tourism economics and impact analysis. Other topics of interest are related to ecoysistem and vulnerability assessmente. She has being involved in research projects financed by the European Union, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Industry of the Basque Government. The research results obtained have been published in international scientific journals and in specialized books.