Rocío Rosales Ortega is a Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Iztapalapa Campus. Specialization in Land Management (Institute of Architecture, La Cambre, Belgium 1990), Master in Regional Development (ISS, The Hague, The Netherlands), and Ph.D. in Geography at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

She has done research stays at Utrech University (The Netherlands, 2010) and Ludwing Maximilians University (Munich, 2016). Research interests: Local economic development, economic geography, and geography of governance. Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI).

Publications; Velázquez Durán, Víctor Manuel and Rosales Ortega, Rocío (2017), "The governance of local productive Sytems: Coordination problems regarding pyrotechnic production in Tultepec, Mexico", Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, vol 108, Issue 5, pp.625-640. ; Rosales Ortega, Rocío, Velázquez Durán, Víctor Manuel and Tolentino Martínez Jessica Mariela (2016), "Governance Dynamics: Textile, Talavera-Style Ceramics and Fireworks Production in Central Mexico", in G.Gómez and P.Knorringa (Eds.) Local Governance, Economic Development and Institutions, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.155-181.