He earned his PhD in Economics at the London Metropolitan University. Prior to his Ph.D. he obtained a Master's degree in International and Development Economics at the HTW Berlin (Germany) and studied International Management (B.A.) in Leipzig and Auckland. His main research interests are Economic Inequality, International and Development Economics. , and Political Economy. He is the module leader of International Economics at EAFIT and also has teaching experience in the areas Economics for Business, Multinational Business, Research Methods, and An Introduction to Heterodox Economics.