José Rangel holds a Ph.D. in Developing Countries’ Economy, with a specialization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, from the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991). He is part of PRODEP-SEP, SNI-CONACYT, and is a research professor at the University of Colima since 1994.
He cultivates the research on Economic and International Relations in the Pacific Basin, particularly in the field of human resources training, the economy of education, employment, education, and international labor migration in the Asia Pacific. He has presented more than 100 papers at national and international events and authored and coauthored 44 research articles; 15 books and 32 book chapters on these topics.