Before joining UNU-MERIT in 2005, Ezequiel Tacsir studied Economics at the Buenos Aires University (UBA) and followed postgraduate studies in Science, Technology and Innovation Management at the General Sarmiento National University (UNGS) in Argentina. His work experience includes responsibilities at the Direction of National Accounts of the Ministry of Economy and at ProsperAr, the Argentine Investment Development Agency; as a consultant for several public agencies and international organizations (UNPD, WHO) and research in both public and private organizations.

He is working on his PhD thesis with the working title: "Approbation, Structural Change and Economy Dynamics", under the supervision of Robin Cowan. Currently, and after a visiting stage in BETA, Universite Louis Pasteur, he is in Argentina as a visiting researcher in both Redes, an associated center for the National Research Council (CONICET), and at UNGS.