Francisco Alba is Professor and Researcher at El Colegio de México. An economist by training (San Luis Potosi University, 1970), he also studied philosophy (Gregorian University, Rome, 1962) and has completed post-graduate work in demography and other social science in Mexico, France, and the United States.
He serves as a member of the Governing Council of El Colegio de México (2008-13) and as a member of the Advisory Council of Mexico’s National Migration Institute (since 2001).