Alejandro Rodríguez-Martín is a Special Education and Hearing and Language Teacher; he holds a degree in Psychopedagogy and a PhD from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He began his academic career with different scholarships at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of La Laguna.

He began his career at the University of Oviedo in 2008 as a lecturer in the area of Didactics and School Organisation. He has held positions of responsibility in public bodies and institutional management and has numerous publications and presentations in scientific events related to inclusive education, the use of ICT, teacher training, entrepreneurial education and active methodologies.

He has been visiting professor in different Spanish and foreign universities and has participated and directed national, European and Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) research projects. He is a member of the Spanish Society of Pedagogy, of the Network of Universities and Inclusive Education (RUEI) of the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE) and of the European Network on Inclusive Education and Disability incluDed. He is currently the Director of the Department of Educational Sciences at the University of Oviedo.