Is a tenured professor at the University of Vigo since 2022, in Marketing. He has been part of the university since 2001 and coordinated its Master’s in International Trade from 2014 to 2024.
He is currently Deputy Director of ECOBAS, a research centre uniting over 120 social science researchers from Galicia’s three universities.
He holds two ANECA-recognized research periods and four teaching quinquennia.
Cabanelas collaborates with Mexican institutions such as UNAM and the University of Guadalajara and is Vice President for Research at AEDEM.
His teaching focuses on marketing, while his research explores networks, business models, competitiveness, and industrial marketing.