Ana Isabel García Arias is a senior lecturer in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where she carries out her research in the fields of economics, sociology and agricultural policy. She is part of the research group: Grupo de Economía Agroalimentaria & Medioambiental, Desenvolvemento Rural & Economía Social (ECOAGRASOC). She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economics since 2018. She is also a member of the Sustainability Commission of the Galician Agri-Food Sector Cluster (CLUSAGA) since 2020.

Her main lines of research are related to the processes of agricultural change and the evaluation of environmental policies in agriculture.

She is currently involved in projects financed by both national and international funds:

• Grupo operativo GAyAS: comida de origen, desde la aldea a casa -. GRUPOS OPERATIVOS 2020 (2020-PN217), Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación.
• Consolidación 2020 GRC GI-1899 Economía Agroalimentaria e Medioambiental, Desenvolvemento Rural e Economía Social -ECOAGRASOC (2020-PG013).
• Sustainable Hub to Engage into Rural Policies with Actors (SHERPA) (2019-PI052), HORIZON 2020. UNIÓN EUROPEA-HORIZONTE 2020.
• Project. Atlantic POSitiVE. Preservación de los servicios de polinización a través del desarrollo de métodos conjuntos para el control de la especie invasora Vespa velutina (2018-PI081), INTERREGV. EUROPEAN UNION-ATLANTIC AREA (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela).
• Análise do sector lácteo galego -dentro do proxeto 'Propagating innovations for more resilient dairy marming in the atlantic area' (DAIRY-4-Future) (Interrreg atlantic area EAPA_304/2016) (2018-CP127).

Among his most notable productions are:

• Ibán Vázquez González; María do Mar Pérez Fra; Ana Isabel García Arias; Bernardo Valdês Paços; Edelmiro López Iglesias. 2021. Rendered Agroecosystem Services and Dysservices of Dairy Farming: A Bottom-Up Approach in Galicia (Spain). Sustainability. MDPI. 13, pp.8509.
• de Moura, R.A.; Ferreira-Neto, A.; Pérez-Fra, M.; García-Arias, A.I.2021. Symmetries and Asymmetries in Collective Management: Comparing Effects on Resilience and Rural Development in Galician Common Lands and the Brazilian Extractive Reserves. International Journal of the Commons. 15-1, pp.35-49.
• Rocío Toxo Asorei; Ana Isabel García Arias. 2018. Caracterización das migracións no rural galego do século XXI.SEMATA. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. 30, pp.123-143.
• García-Arias, A. I., González Vázquez, I.; Sineiro García, F.; Pérez-Fra, Mar. 2015. FARM DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES IN NORTHWESTERN SPAIN: FACTORS AFFECTING TRANSITIONAL PATHWAYS revista: Land Use Policy. 49, pp.413-425. ISSN 0264-8377.
• Sineiro-García; F.; Vázquez-González; I.; García-Arias; A. I. 2014. “Mountain Family Farms in Galicia, Spain: Challenges and Strategies”. Mountain Research and Development. 34 (4), pp.375-385. ISSN 0276-4741.
• Cabana Iglesia, A.; García Arias, A. I.; Pérez Fra, María do Mar; Rodríguez López, A.2013. “El común de unos pocos. La infrautilización del monte vecinal en la montaña oriental gallega”.revista: Referencia revista: Ager: Revista de Estudios dobre Des. Nº 15, pp.75-113.
• Pérez Fra; MM; Edelmiro López-Iglesias; Ana I. García-Arias; Francisco Sineiro; Roberto Lorenzana. 2012. Representativesee and civic participation in rural development programs. The case of prodder program in Galicia (Spain). Outlook on agriculture. pp.215-220.