Doctor José Luis Sampedro Hernández is a Professor at the Department of Institutional Studies of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Cuajimalpa Campus; graduated from the Master's Degree in Economics and Management of Technological Change and the Doctorate in Social Sciences, specializing in Economics and Innovation Management, Xochimilco Campus of the UAM. He did a research stay at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA (2005), in the Department of Regional Economics and Social Development (RESD).

His research interests include knowledge management, institutional change, innovation for inclusive development, university-industry linkages, absorptive capacities, and technological and organizational learning. With these perspectives, he has collaborated on and directed several research projects to analyze the software industry, the agricultural and agribusiness sector, the maquiladora export industry, as well as the health and education sectors.

He has also participated as a consultant in projects to evaluate the impact of public programs. He is a National System of Researchers (Level I) member. He is currently the Head of the Department of Institutional Studies at the Cuajimalpa Campus of the UAM.

Some recent publications:
1. Sampedro, J.L, Ortega, D. and Torres, A. (2020), "Institutional arrangements and knowledge mobilization in the emerging field of catalytic nanomedicine", Entreciencias, Year 8, Vol. 22, pp. 1-18.
2. Calderón, G., Díaz, C., Jaso, M. and Sampedro, J.L (coords.) (2019). Aproximaciones a la universidad emprendedora en México. Mexico, UAM.
3. Sampedro, J.L. (2019), "Emprendimiento universitario y valorización del conocimiento. Una propuesta analítica para la solución de problemas sociales", in Calderón, G., Díaz, C., Sampedro, J.L. and Jaso. M. (coords.) Aproximaciones a la universidad emprendedora en México. Chap. 5, pp. 197-226. UAM-Cuajimalpa, Mexico.
4. Sánchez, M. and Sampedro, J.L. (2018), "Emprendimiento informal y entorno institucional", in Rivera, R., López, N. and Sánchez, M. (eds.), Economía Informal y otras formas de producción y trabajo atípico: Estudios para el caso de México, Chap. 4, pp. 113-127. UAMXochimilco Campus.
5. Sampedro, J.L. and A.N. Ojeda (2018). "Institutional determinants for innovation and inclusive development. Propuesta para un análisis de la microempresa en contextos de informal institucional", in Rivera, R., López, N. and Sánchez, M. (eds.), Economía Informal y otras formas de producción y trabajo atípico: Estudios para el caso de México, Chap. 8, pp. 203-222. UAM Xochimilco Campus.