Francisco Javier Álvarez-Torres is a Professor and Researcher at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, working at the intersection of innovation, human-centered artificial intelligence, digital transformation, entrepreneurship and human wellbeing.

In 2026, he served as a Fulbright-García Robles Scholar at Indiana University Bloomington, where he was affiliated with the Kelley School of Business and taught Building Managerial Cross-Cultural Competencies. His international academic experience has also included collaborations and exchanges in the United States, Germany, Norway, Cuba, Colombia and Japan.

His current research explores how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are reshaping organizations, entrepreneurship, higher education and the future of work, with particular interest in the human side of technological change. Rather than focusing only on what technology can do, his work examines how innovation can be designed and implemented in ways that strengthen wellbeing, agency, collaboration and sustainable organizational development.

He is a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNII Level I) and holds a PhD in Management Sciences, awarded Summa Cum Laude by the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. His doctoral research examined networking and entrepreneurial orientation through structural equation modeling.

His academic work has evolved from earlier research on digital communication, social networks, entrepreneurship and organizational innovation toward a broader research agenda connecting AI, innovation and human wellbeing. His publications and international projects include topics such as digital transformation, workplace wellbeing, entrepreneurial ecosystems, organizational creativity, future skills and the role of technology in higher education.

Francisco also serves as Associate Editor of Measuring Business Excellence and participates in international editorial, research and scientific networks. His current collaborations connect scholars and institutions across Mexico, the United States, Europe, Latin America and other regions.

Before focusing fully on academia, he developed projects combining technology, education and entrepreneurship. Early in his career, he participated in the development of iRIS 3.0, a digital platform for curriculum management, and later founded Educación Despierta, an initiative created to explore emerging ideas around innovation, education, human relations and organizational wellbeing. He was also recognized with a Young Entrepreneur Award by the Mexican government for a digital startup project.

Across these different stages, one idea has remained constant: understanding the connection between technology and people.

Today, his work is increasingly centered on a simple but consequential question: how can artificial intelligence and innovation contribute not only to more productive organizations, but also to more human and meaningful ones?