Claudio Milano is a social anthropologist with a background in economics. He is a Ramón y Cajal researcher in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Barcelona. He is Co-Chair of the Commission on the Anthropology of Tourism of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) and a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Annals of Tourism Research (Elsevier). He is also a member of the Research Group on the Anthropology of Contemporary Crises and Transformations (CRITS) at the University of Barcelona and of the Observatory for the Anthropology of Urban Conflict (OACU). His main area of specialisation is the political economy of tourism. His primary area of expertise lies into political economy of tourism. His research delves into the dynamics of touristification processes, exploring how societies respond to and resist these changes through social movements and grassroot organizations. Presently, he is engaged in research that centers on the informal economy and migrant labor in tourist destinations. His body of work has been widely disseminated in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian through publications in renowned international scientific journals and editorial.