Axel Didriksson Takayanagui is a writer, a professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and member of the board of the UNESCO Chair on Regional Integration and University at the Autonomous University. He is also the coordinator between the and the UNESCO Chair, as well as the director of the Center of Studies at the University (CESU). Didriksson was the former Secretary of Education of the Mexican Federal District.