Manuel Arias Maldonado is PhD in Law and teaches Political Science at the University of Málaga. He has specially investigated the political aspect of the environment, the deliberative democracy theory and global social movements, subjects on which he has published articles in many national and international journals. He is also a member of the Green Politics Standing Group, belonging to the European Council for Political Research. Besides, he is a translator and writes cultural reviews. He also contributes to Environmental Politics and the magazine Revista de Libros