Professor Francisco Javier De La Torre Galindo holds a Ph.D. in Urbanism from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Master´s in Urbanism and Territories (with a focus on public space), and in Humanities and Social Sciences (with a mention in Urbanism and Planning) from the Paris Institute of Urbanism of the University of Paris; Architect from the University of Guadalajara.

He is currently a member of the National System of Researchers of the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt) (Level I) and a collaborator of the University Program of Metropolitan Studies. With the support of Conacyt, in 2018-2019, he made a postdoctoral stay in the Doctorate in Sciences and Arts for Design of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Xochimilco Campus, from which his research has been conducted in three thematic axes: urban inequality; politics and urban planning; citizen participation and mobilization.

He is part of the Editorial Committee of the journal Anuario de Espacios Urbanos, Historia, Cultura y Diseño, edited by the Urban Studies Area of the Azcapotzalco Campus of the UAM.