Juan Antonio Duro graduated in Economic and Business Sciences in 1992 and earned a PhD in Economics (2003) from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), where was an instructor. In 2004, as he was looking for a dynamic young university with a potential for growth, joined the URV as an assistant lecturer. In 2007 became a senior lecturer and since 2011 has been a full professor. He has been secretary of the Tourism and Leisure Faculty (Escola Universitària de Turisme i Oci), head of the Department of Economics (2017-2022), Responsible for Chair of Local and Regional Economy, which offers knowledge transfer services in the field of economics to the agents of the demarcation of Tarragona, with a special sensitivity for the Terres de l'Ebre (territory with the greatest economic and demographic problems in Catalonia.

He has participated in several projects of knowledge transfer such as the impact of tourism on the different regions in Catalunya or the impact of public policies on regional development and has been the main researcher in 4 national projects up to now.

His research interests focus on Environmental Economics, Sustainability Indicators and Tourism Economics. On Tourism Economics he works on Seasonality analysis, Risk and Resilience and demand modeling as well. He has published more than 60 academic papers. In terms of google citation he has h=28. In 2022 he has been located as one of the most cited researchers worldwide according to the Stanford ranking. In fact, in this ranking only 5 Spanish researcher appears in the Tourism Topic in 2022. Turismo en ese año.