Current and past professional posts:
Full Professor of Applied Economics, Applied Economic Department, at University of Malaga (March 2022- present).
External Associate of "Ageing and Health Incentives Lab" at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (February 2021-present).
Visiting professor at Stanford University/Hoover Institution (2001), Cornell University (2007), as well as at London School of Economics and Political Science (UK) (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019).
European Commission expert for the evaluation of the Horizon Programme 2021-2027 on the policy recommendations from socio-economic impacts of loneliness in Europe (2024-present).
Internal expert for Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) (2025-2027).
External expert for Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) (2025-present).
External expert for COST Association-European Cooperation in Science and Technology (2024-present).
External reviewer for Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) (2023-present).
External reviewer for the European Science Foundation (2020-present).
Team member of FUNCAS as an external researcher (2019-present).
Co-founder and Chief Operating and Financial Officer (COO+CFO) at the start-up"Hagamos Hogar" (2021-2026).
Head of the Professorship “Tourism, Health and Wellbeing” of the University of Malaga (2013-2016).
Co-founder of the university Spin-off "Tourism, Health and Wellbeing" (2011-2018).
Number of six-year periods of research activity: 4.
Last update: 20/04/26