Rodrigo Chávez is an assistant professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and researcher assistant at the same university alongside Dr. Clemente Ruiz Durán since 2019. He has taught courses such as Research and Economic Analysis 3 and Mexican Economy. He studied his Bachelor of Science  in economics at UNAM in the period 2017 – 2022. As of recent he has collaborated in research with Dr. Clemente Ruiz Durán for the following events:

• Opportunities for SMEs for integrating in the Global Value Chains. 6^th Latin American Congress of Research in Business and Administration.
• Challenges and trends of migration in Mexico. International Seminar of Migration, Autonomous University of Baja California.
• México: structural effects and recovery scenarios in the Seminar The challenge of the recovery of Latin America after the pandemic., for the Union of Universities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The main research areas in which he has collaborated are: 1) Industrial development, 2) Regional development 3) Global Value Chains and international trade, 4) labor market and unions.