Sergio Afcha is PhD in Economics by the University of Barcelona and Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia. He is a member of the Public Economic Evaluation research group (EvalPub) and member of the Chair of Regional Taxation. Before to join the University of Valencia he has been researcher at the University of Barcelona, at CENTRUM Catolica Graduate Business School-PUCP and at the Consortium for the Commercial Promotion of Catalonia (currently ACCIÓ). He has carried out research stays in Denmark, Colombia and Venezuela.

His research interests focus on the evaluation of technology and innovation policy, the role of human capital in the performance and management of innovation, and public incentives for R&D. He has published articles in different scientific journals, including Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change, Industry and Innovation and Higher Education among others.