Joan Tugores Ques is Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona. Doctor of Economic Sciences. Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Economic Sciences. He has been a professor in the Department of Economic Theory at the University of Barcelona since 1977. He has been Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona (1994-1998), Rector of the University of Barcelona (2001-2005), and President of the Professional Standards and Ethics Committee of the Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya (1999-2001).