The author has Ph.D. in political studies from the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris III; he did a postdoctoral stay as a visiting researcher at the Innovation Research Institute of the University of Manchester researching bioeconomy and local economic development. His topics of interest are governance, the circular bioeconomy, territorial development and agri-food problems, as well as science, technology and innovation. He is a professional in finance and international relations and a lawyer. From the Colombian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, he developed the strategy for the employment of professionals with a doctorate in the entities of the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation. He has led consultancies for the center for the fourth industrial revolution on “cashless cities and territories, their global, regional and local trends", as well as for the Fundación Cerros de Bogotá on sustainable management for the Horizontes Cultural Threshold Civil Society Reserve: A Collaborative and Territorial Transformation :aboratory. He has published books and articles on bioeconomy, sustainability teaching, CTI and history of political ideas, among others. He is currently a titular professor and a research professor in the Center of Research and Special Projects of the Faculty of Finance, Government and International Relations of the Externado de Colombia University.