Trained as a lawyer and moral theologian in Argentina, he holds a Masters in International Development (University of Bath, 2009-10, Chevening Scholar), a PhD in Theology (Roehampton University, London, 2010-2014, Sacred Heart Scholar), and has been a post-doctoral research fellow at Margaret Beaufort Institute, University of Cambridge (2013-2014, Cardinal Hume Scholar). His area of research is social ethics, with a focus on economics and environmental ethics. He is an Honorary Fellow at Durham University (UK), Roehampton University (London, UK) and Stellenbosch University (South Africa). He has also served as an assistant priest and chaplain in different parishes and institutions in Argentina and England, many of them located in poorest neighbourhoods.