Professor Enrique J. Calderón has been Head of the Cátedra de Planificación y Acción Territorial at the Department of Regional, Urban and Environmental Planning in the Polytechnic University of Madrid since it was created in 1982. He has a degree in Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid with subsequent degrees at Imperial College, London (M.Sc) in Transportation Planning and Madrid (Ph.D) in Environmental issues in connection to Transportation.

He specializes in urban, regional and environmental issues at all levels, notably environmental subsidies, sustainability assessment, and the integration of environmental concerns into government policies and programmes, and he has published widely in these fields. He has been a regular consultant for various Directorate- Generals of the European Commission (Regional Policy, Research, Environment) and government departments within and outside Spain on the impacts of Community policies upon Spanish economic and social development. His current research interests lie in the assessment of sustainability of policies and projects, notably in what concerns transportation, both at urban and regional level.

He has been Spanish representative at European Union (COST) Technical Committee on Urban Civil Engineering and participates in research within this domain as well as in Transportation.