Ph. D. (European), Universidad de Oviedo, with Honours (“The competences of EC in the social field”). Degree in Political Science, UNED. Teacher of different subjects related to Labour Law and Social Security Law in the USC and the Universidad de Oviedo (Law Faculty, Economics Faculty, University College of Industrial Relations) Author of more than 40 papers on the speciality, published in Spain, France, Peru and Argentine. Member of research teams and contracts funded by the European Commission, the Spanish Government, the Autonomous Government of Galicia and Asturias, the Consello Galego de Relacións Laborais and the UGT, both as on ordinary and principal researcher. Teacher in specialization courses and masters in the USC, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid and Universidad de Cantabria; coordinator of the Superior Course on Industrial Relations of the USC. Visiting Professor in the University Lyon II Lumière; Visiting Erasmus Professor in the Instituto Superior das Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa de Lisboa. Secretary of Dereito, review of the Law Faculty of the USC; member of the Redaction Board of the Revista General de Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social. Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation