Carlos Eduardo Jijena Michel holds a Doctorate and a Master's degree from the Department of Business Administration and Economics at the University of Salamanca, Spain, as well as Master's degrees in Project Preparation and Evaluation and in Higher Education from Juan Misael Saracho University. He has carried out research stays at the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and twice at Pablo Olavide University (Spain). In addition, he has been a speaker at prestigious congresses organized by universities such as Oxford, Madrid, Salamanca, Seville, Bielefeld, Lisbon, Novo Hamburgo, Pontificia Javeriana, European University of Valencia, among others. He currently serves as Head of the International Relations and Business program at UPB.