Daniel Guinea-Martin graduated in Sociology from the Complutense University, obtained a postgraduate degree from the University of California at San Diego, a master's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a doctorate from the European University Institute in Florence. In 2004 the British Social Research Association awarded him the Mark Abrams prize. He currently works as a Ramón y Cajal researcher in the Department of Sociology I (Theory, Methodology and Social Change) of the UNED. He has been a principal researcher of projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom and by the Spanish National Government's R + D + i Plan.