Ángel Carrión-Tavárez is a professor and transdisciplinary researcher whose work bridges academic inquiry, public policy, and international collaboration. He holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Puerto Rico, an M.A. in Linguistics from California State University, and a Ph.D. in Integration and Economic and Territorial Development from the University of León in Spain. He was the founding editor of the economic and policy magazine Panorama 21 and later managing editor of the business weekly Caribbean Business. He also served as editor‑in‑chief and chair of the Board of the peerreviewed journal Fórum Empresarial. His academic roles have included coordinating the Editing and Publishing Arts program, teaching regional and business geography, and directing the Center for Business Research at the University of Puerto Rico.

As director of research and policy at the Institute for Economic Liberty, he has conducted studies and produced policy reports including From NAP to SNAP: A Bridge to Economic Liberty for Residents of Puerto Rico; Free Market in Puerto Rico 2022; Unleashing Potential: The Burdens of Occupational Licensing and How It Can Be Reformed in Puerto Rico; Economic Freedom Actions for a Just and Prosperous Puerto Rico; and Taxes in Puerto Rico: Structure, Tax Burden, and Comparison with the United States. His research has also appeared in reports such as Doing Business North America 2022 (published by the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty at Arizona State University) and Economic Freedom of North America (published by the Fraser Institute), of which he is a coauthor.

Dr. Carrión-Tavárez presented the paper Perspectives on Economic Freedom in Puerto Rico at the Mont Pelerin Society Meeting Mexico 2025, “Liberty in the Americas: Rebuilding the Foundations of Prosperity.” Throughout his career, he has been invited to lecture at universities in Germany, Spain, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Chile; and has participated as a speaker and moderator in numerous international academic forums. He has authored more than 200 works across various disciplines—many recognized by academic and cultural institutions—and has been interviewed for articles, columns, and reports published by The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Forbes, National Public Radio, Univision, Radio France Internationale, and Al Jazeera.