Javier Vidal Olivares, (Alicante, 1959), PhD Universidad de Valencia, Professor of Economic and Business History at Universidad de Alicante. Academic Secretary of the Institute of Social Studies of Latin America (2017-2025). Director of the Institute of Social Studies of Latin America since 2025. Coordinator of the PHd of Humanities and Social Studies of Latin America since 2018.He has been granted at Institute of Historical Research, University of London, European University Institute at Florence and also he has been Visiting Professor in some Latin American Universities, including Buenos Aires, Los Andes (Bogotá), San Andrés (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Invited Professor at Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, UNESC, Santa Catarina, Brazil.He has published widely about economic and business history in Spain and Latin America, especially in transport history, entrepreneurship and family firms.