Juan Carlos Monedero is a political scientist, activist and professor. He holds a degree in political science and sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and a PhD at University of Heidelberg (Germany). Monedero was a visiting professor at universities in several countries, including Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. He is currently Professor of Political Science and Administration at UCM and director of the Department of Government, Public Policy and Global Citizenship at the Complutense Institute of International Studies. As an activist he is very close to the 15-M movement. Among his most recent published works are Disfraces del Leviatán: el papel del Estado en la globalización neoliberal (2007), El gobierno de las palabras: política para tiempos de confusión (2009); Claves para un mundo en transición. Crítica y reconstrucción de la política (2009); La Transición contada a nuestros padres. Nocturno de la democracia española (2011); La rebelión de los indignados (2011) (various authors); ¡Que no nos representan! El debate sobre el sistema electoral español (2011, with Pablo Iglesias); Dormíamos y despertamos. El 15M y la reinvención de la democracia (2012); and Curso urgente de política para gente decente (2013).