- 1997 – Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics; University of London (London, United Kingdom)
- 1992 – Sc. in Economics (LA): Master of Science in Economics (with special reference to Latin America); University of London (London, United Kingdom)
- MSc Dissertation: “Single European Market and Latin America”
- 1988 – United Nations Postgraduate Diploma in Development, Planning and Public Policies (Pass with Distinction); United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean – ECLA (Santiago, Chile).
- Dissertation: “Creation of a Macroeconomic Programme for Brazil: Analysis of MACROBRAS Model”.
- 1987 – Licentiate in Economicss; University of Valladolid
- Participation in International Congresses (International Congress of Americanists – ICA, International Conference on Applied Economics – ICOAE, Latin American Studies Association – LASA, Finance and Economics Conference – LCBR, International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences) and in Spanish Congresses (Encuentros de Latinoamericanistas Españoles, Encuentros de Economía Aplicada, Reuniones ASEPELT-ESPAÑA, Reuniones de Economía Mundial, Congresos de REEDES – Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo).
- External assessor of research projects (IDRC-Ford Foundation “Centroamérica en la Economía Mundial del Siglo XXI”, Red Universitaria de Investigación sobre Cooperación para el Desarrollo – Ayuntamiento de Madrid,…) and of articles for academic journals (Revista de Economía Mundial, América Latina Hoy, Estudios de Economía Aplicada,…)
- Seminars and conferences delivered in the Association of Economics Science Professionals of Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica), Central American Customs and Tax School (San Pedro Sula, Honduras), College of Europe (Brugge Campus, Belgium), International University of Andalusia (La Rábida – Huelva, Spain), Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence (Miami, United States), Ortega y Gasset Research University Institute (Madrid, Spain), Spanish Cooperation–Centre for Formation in La Antigua (La Antigua, Guatemala), University Autonóma of Madrid (Madrid, Spain), University Externado of Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia), University of Burgos (Burgos, Spain), University of Córdoba (Córdoba, Spain), University of Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia) and University of Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain).