Dr M.G. Contreras (Gaby)

Gabriela (Gaby) Contreras is an Associate Professor in Economics and Business Economics at Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Gaby's research interests lie at the intersection of gender and networks. Her research focus is on understanding how social networks serve as barriers fostering gender inequality in top management, and how to overcome such barriers through various interventions. The multidisciplinary spirit of her research is best reflected in the journals where her work has been published which includes The Lancet, European Management Journal, and World Development.

Gaby is also the Economics Program Director since March 2025. In this role, she is responsible for the direction and quality of all Economics programs.

Gaby completed a Bachelor’s degree with honors and magna cum laude distinction in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington in 2004, a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California Berkeley in 2006, a Master’s degree in Multidisciplinary Economics with a minor in Geography at Utrecht University in 2011, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Finance at Maastricht University in 2016.

Her corporate experience includes an Assistant Vice-President position as an Operations Project Consultant, Vice-President positions as a Quantitative Risk Associate and Risk Management Analyst all at Bank of America in Charlotte, North Carolina between 2006 and 2009.

• Gender and power

• Business Economics