Gonzalo Melián Marrero is the co-founder and vice-president of Universidad de las Hespérides and the director and founding partner of OMMA Business School Madrid. He was also the founding director of Universidad Francisco Marroquín Madrid. He is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society, the Instituto Juan de Mariana, and the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Gran Canaria.
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics (Social and Legal Sciences) from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (2020) and a Ph.D. in Architecture from Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2006). He also holds a Master’s degree in Austrian Economics from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (2008), a Master’s degree in Urban Planning, Politics and Management from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2005), a Master’s degree in Architectural Restoration from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2004), and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2003).
He has held academic and research positions at several institutions, including IE University, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, George Mason University (as F.A. Hayek Visiting Scholar), Cardiff University, and Universidad Nebrija. He has also worked as an urban planner and co-founded Puertaverde Architecture+Urbanism Studio.His research focuses on the political economy of urban planning, institutional analysis, and housing policy. He has published in academic journals such as Land Use Policy, European Planning Studies, Procesos de Mercado, and Architecture, City and Environment. He was awarded the Viera y Clavijo Research Award in Architecture (2007).
