Professor Antonio Barba Álvarez is a Full-Time Professor at the Economics Department of the Social Sciences and Humanities Division of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Iztapalapa Campus.

He holds a degree in Administration from the School of Accounting and Administration of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He holds a master's degree in Public Administration from the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE). Ph.D. in Organizational Studies from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). He was a fellow of the United Nations Organization in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1986) and of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Montreal, Canada (1993-1994).

He was coordinator of the Master's and Doctorate in Organizational Studies (2001-2004) and received the award for research areas and the Medal for University Merit.