ALVAREZ MENDIOLA, GERMAN

Germán Alvarez-Mendiola was born in Mexico City. He got an undergraduate diploma on Sociology by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and a Master and Doctoral Degree in Educational Research by the Centre for Advanced Research and Studies (Cinvestav) in Mexico. From 2002 to 2004 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia.

He has a large experience as a teacher in secondary and high school levels, as well as a professor at undergraduate and graduate level in Mexico and other Latin-American countries.

Since 1993, he works for the Department of Educational Research at the Centre for Advanced Research and Studies as full professor, where currently act as Head of the Department (2017-2021). His research interests are: public policies and organizational change in higher education; private higher education; lifelong learning policies and institutions; and adult learners in higher education. He has written several books and articles for national and international journals, and he belongs to many scientific societies.

Since 2008 he coordinates the book series “Higher Education Library” of National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions (ANUIES) (the Rector’s association in Mexico). Since 2008 he is part of the International Committee of International Conferences on Higher Education annual series.