Professional Affiliation

Professor, UNAM 

Expert Bio

Ciro Murayama is currently a level 1 researcher at the National System of Researchers and a professor of the faculty of Economy at UNAM and a fellow at the Center for US - Mexican Studies.  

He was advisor to the former president of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE, in Spanish), José Woldenberg from 1999-2003. Later, he was a member of the technical committee of the Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP) of the federal electoral processes from 2008-2009 and 2011-2012. He served a role in public administration, acting as Executive Research Coordinator at the Belisario Domínguez Institute of the Senate of the Republic (2013-2014). He is a former member of the General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE).  

Murayama holds a degree in Economics from UNAM and a Ph.D. in Economics and Business Administration from the Autonomous University of Madrid.