Manuel Sanchis i Marco (Valencia, 1955) holds a Certificate of Advanced European Studies by the College of Europe (Bruges, 1980); a Ph.D. in Economics (Cum Laude and Prize to best Doctoral Dissertation) by the University of Valencia (1984); and, a Degree in Philosophy by the University of Valencia (2012). He has been working as Adjunct Professor (Visiting) at the European Studies Program of the University of Antwerp (1990-92); as Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C., 1993-94); and, as Guest Lecturer at the European Studies Program of the University of Maastricht (2012-13). Since 1986, he is Tenured of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia, and worked as economist for the European Commission. On personal leave from the European Commission, he rejoined his academic post at the University of Valencia and became Associate Researcher at the AQR-IREA of the University of Barcelona, and EAG member of the Expert Advisory Group (EAG) for Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities, 7Th Framework Program of the European Union (2007-2013).

He is author of Falacias, Dilemas y Paradojas. La Economia de Espana: 1980-2010 (2011); Falacias, Dilemas y Paradojas. Pildoras para el buen dormir del economista (2007); and, La peseta ante el sistema monetario europeo (1988); and, author of other books and articles in academic journals. He writes regular columns in El Pais.