Vicenç Navarro i López is a sociologist, and political scientist currently holding a chair in Social Sciences at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
Education
He was educated at different universities including the University of Barcelona, London School of Economics, Oxford University, Edinburgh University and Johns Hopkins University, where he received his Doctor of Philosophy and where he has taught for 35 years.
Career
Besides his academic career, he has been an advisor to several governments including Cuba, Salvador Allende"s Chile and the United States of America, as well as other global institutions such as the United Nations and the World Health Organisation. Navarro contributes regularly at the Spanish newspaper Público as well as in Rebelion.org. He is also the director of the Observatorio Social de España where he coordinates a research project on the welfare state.