PhD in Sociology (2006). Currently Professor at the University of La Coruña and Member of the Panel of Experts of the Icloby Foundation. Director of the Survey Institute (Corporation Voice of Galicia), of studies and demoscopic works. Author of a dozen books on social reality, as well as co-author of many other works, in some also as coordinator. Diderot International Essay Prize 2019, with the work "Existential guide for the human being".