Federico Steinberg is Prince of Asturias Distinguished Visiting Professor at Georgetown University´s School of Foreign Service (on leave from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where he is Economics Professor). He is also a Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Between 2019 and 2024, he served as Special Advisor to the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of Economy of the Government of Spain.

He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank in Washington, DC, Ghana, and Bolivia, as well as in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in New York. He has taught and lectured in various postgraduate programs in Europe and Latin America. Dr. Steinberg has published articles in journals such as the Journal of Common Market Studies, Review of International Political Economy, New Political Economy, and Economic Systems Research. He is also a regular columnist in several Spanish media outlets and frequently appears on radio and television.

He holds a PhD in Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, a Master's in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, and a Master's in International Affairs from Columbia University.