Membership of professional bodies

Member of the Bologna Follow-up Group as representative of Spain; Member of the Cluster for the Modernisation agenda of European universities as representative of Spain; Member of the Working Group for developing the Spanish Qualification Framework for the EHEA; Member of the Working Group for developing the Spanish Qualification Framework for LLL (DG EAC); member of the Governing Board, European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities (ESMU); Ex-President of EAIR, the European Higher Education Society; member of the Governing Board del IMHE Prog., (OECD); Ex- member of the Stering Committee of the European Educational Research Association; Ex- member of the Steering Committee of ENQA, European Network for Quality Assurance; Ex-member of the Spanish Comission for HE Quality for 14 years; ex -Associate editor of Tertiary Education and Management; Member of the Editorial Boards of Higher Education Policy, Higher Education in Europe, Higher Education Quarterly and Higher Education Management and Policy; Former Visiting Professor Pennsylvania State University, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.

Recent publications

• European Multinational Regimes and Higher Education Policy. In A. Maldonado and R. Malee Bassett (Ed.). International Organizations and Higher Education Policy: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally? Routledge. Pp 192-211. (with Juan Felix), 2009.
• Developing a World-Class university in a complex context. In J.Sadalk and N. Liu. (Ed.) World Class Universities II. (in chinese). 2009.
  Governance and entrepreneurialism in European Universities. In M. Shattock (ed.), The Entrepreneurialism in Universities and the Knowledge Society, The Open University Press. (with María-José Vieira), 2008.
• Public–Private Partnerships in Latin America: A Review Based on Four Case Studies. In H. Patrinos and S. Sosale (Ed.), Mobilizing the Private Sector for Public Education: A View from the Trenches, Washington, World Bank. 2007.
• Job satisfaction among recent European graduates: does field of study matter? Journal of Higher Education, 78, 1, 98-118. (with Adela García and Luis Vila). 2007.
• The relationship between life goals and fields of study among young European graduates. Higher Education, 53, 6, 843-865 (with Adela García, Luis Vila and Daniel Gabaldón). 2007.
• The Employment Situation About Four Years after Graduation. In U. Teichler (Ed.) Careers of University Graduates. Views and Experiences in Comparative Perspective. Springer. Pp. 103-121. (with J. García-Montalvo and A. García-Aracil). 2007.
• Job satisfaction among young European higher education graduates. Higher Education, 53, 1, 29-59. (with Adela García and Luis Vila). 2007
• Entrepreneurs, self-employed and employees among young European higher education graduates, European Journal of Education, 42, 1, 99-117. (with Daniel Martinez and Luis Vila). 2007.