A lecturer in Contemporary History at the Open University of Catalonia and member of the advisory council for the Cerdà Year commemoration events, he was formerly a City Councillor in Barcelona where he was head of Culture and responsible for the Ciutat Vella (Old City) District. From 1985 to 1988 he was director of the review L’Avenç. He is presently director of the Menéndez Pelayo International University Consortium in Barcelona. He has recently published L’Agenda Cerdà. Construïnt la Barcelona metropolitana (The Cerdà Agenda: Constructing Metropolitan Barcelona – Lundwerg, 2010).