Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Juan Ignacio Grande Aranda
Dr. in Philosophy of Law from Universidad Complutense of Madrid and a Diploma holder in Social Doctrine of the Church from CEU Ángel Ayala Institute of Humanities. He has developed his research activity at Universidad Pontificia Comillas of Madrid and currently at Universidad CEU San Pablo. His fields of research include Family Policies, Childhood, Youth, Education and Bioethics.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
José María Larrú Ramos
Dr. in Economics and Business Administration from Universidad San Pablo-CEU and graduate in Moral Theology from Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Since 1996, he has taught subjects related to development economics at CEU and since 2015, Social Doctrine of the Church in the School of Economics and Business. His lines of research are integral human development, poverty and inequalities and the effectiveness of development cooperation.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Mercedes Daubarede Nuñez-Iglesias
Collaborating Professor, graduated in Architecture from the Madrid School of Architecture and holder of a Master’s degree in Bioethics from the University of Murcia. She is currently developing her doctoral research in the Humanities for the Contemporary World program on the motivations of women who resort to abortion.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
David Santos Mejía
Dr. in Telecommunications Engineering and Professor of Signal Theory and Communications at USP-CEU. In relation to the activities of the IHAA, he is especially interested in teaching the Social Doctrine of the Church at the university level, with special attention to students trained in scientific-technical disciplines.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Ana Sánchez-Sierra Sánchez
Dr. in Humanities and Degree in Political Science from Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Professor of Moral Philosophy at Universidad CEU-San Pablo. Her thesis on the thought of Luis Díez del Corral was awarded the Ángel Herrera prize for the best research in the area of humanities and social sciences in its XXI edition.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Jesús Francisco Cogollos García
Dr. in Political Science and Administration from USP-CEU. and graduate in Law from UCM. His lines of research are social Catholicism in 20th century Spain and the History of the Catholic Church in Spain during the contemporary period (19th and 20th centuries). Since 2015, he teaches Social Doctrine of the Church and Keys to Contemporary History at the Schools of Economics, Law, and Humanities and Communication Sciences.
Humanidades y CC de la Comunicación
Lourdes García Ureña
Professor of the Department of the School of Humanities and Communication Sciences of USPCEU. She holds a degree in Classical Philology, a PhD in Theology (Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Rome) and a PhD in Classical Philology from the University of Cordoba. She has done research stays at the Universities of Harvard, Yale, École Biblique de Jerusalem (EBAF) and Oxford, among others. Her research interests focus on the Apocalypse and the language of color in the Bible.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Carmen Fernández de la Cigoña
Graduated in Law from Universidad Complutense of Madrid, where she obtained the Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the Law School. She currently combines the position of Secretary General of the ACdP with that of director of the CEU Institute for Family Studies. Finally, she is a professor at USP-CEU teaching classes on the Social Doctrine of the Church.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Beatriz Bullón de Mendoza y Gómez de Valugera
Doctor in Law from USP-CEU and Civil Degree in Religious Sciences (recognition of studies at the San Dámaso Ecclesiastical University). She develops her research in Nobiliary Law, which was the subject of her doctoral thesis, and in the areas of Morality, Social Doctrine of the Church, Social History, Education and Women. Coordinator of the University Diploma of Expert in SDC offered by the CEU Angel Ayala Institute of Humanities.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Sirga de la Pisa Carrión
PhD in Art History from UCM. Assistant Professor of Art History in the Modern Age. She develops her research especially in Flemish Painting of the seventeenth century, specifically in the monograph with catalog raisonné of the painter Peter van Lint (Antwerp, 1609-1690) made as a doctoral thesis. Christian Iconography in the History of Art. Participates in the Research Project Art and Liturgy of Universidad CEU San Pablo.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Rafael del Río Villegas
Doctor specialized in Clinical Neurophysiology for the approach of neuromuscular, movement or sleep disorders. In addition, he currently has a special commitment to the Illustrious College of Physicians of Madrid, where he chairs the Ethics Committee. He combines his healthcare and research activities with a long undergraduate and postgraduate teaching career at various universities, particularly UAM, URJC and USP-CEU. At the Institute, he teaches in areas such as Bioethics and SDC.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Lucía Vallejo Rodríguez
Graduate in philosophy from UCM and official master's degree in bioethics from URJC. She has been a research assistant at the CEU Institute for Family Studies. She is a researcher of the pre-competitive group INVESTFAM and the CEU identity lines project: family and life. She has done research stays at Hillsdale College, Michigan and at The Russell Kirk Center, Mecosta. She is currently the coordinator of the Course in Leadership, Politics and Good Governance for Undergraduates at the CEU-CEFAS Center for Studies, Training and Social Analysis. She is a collaborating professor of Social Doctrine of the Church at USP-CEU.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Mª Helena Sánchez Gómez
Graduate and Doctor in State Ecclesiastical Law from UCM. Graduate in Religious Sciences and Master’s degree in Health Law and Bioethics. Her research focuses on the fundamental right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion in the field of the Council of Europe and studies on the dignity and protection of life and human rights. Collaborating Professor USP-CEU, she teaches subjects such as Social Doctrine of the Church, Ethics and Deontology, and the Man and the Modern World.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Belén Huertas Valverde
Licenciada en Periodismo y máster en Comunicación política y corporativa por la Universidad de Navarra. Bachillerato en Teología en la Pontificia Universidad de la Santa Cruz, en Roma. Diplomada en Doctrina Social de la Iglesia en la Universidad CEU San Pablo, con el trabajo final "Principios generales de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia. Una propuesta didáctica para público universitario". Ha colaborado como redactora en la revista Aceprensa. Profesora colaboradora de la asignatura de Doctrina Social de la Iglesia, impartida en inglés.
Philosophy
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Antonio Piñas Mesa
Dr. in Philosophy from UNED, graduate of Philosophy from Universidad Autónoma of Madrid and Graduate of Ecclesiastical Studies (Bachelor’s degree in Theology) from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas. He develops his research in Anthropology, Ethics, Philosophy of Education, and contemporary Spanish philosophy, specifically the Spanish medical Humanism. He is a member of the Observatory for the Humanization of Health.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Pablo Sánchez Garrido
Professor of Philosophy, PhD from UCM. He has made several research stays in foreign centers, such as the University of Austin (USA), Trinity College, University of Cambridge, or the University of Coimbra. He has been General Secretary of the Higher Center for Humanistic-Social Research of the CEU Angel Ayala Institute of Humanities. He is currently the director of the CEU Center for Spanish Cultural Heritage.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Javier Borrego Gutiérrez
He is a collaborating Professor Doctor of the Philosophy Area of the Angel Ayala CEU Institute of Humanities at Universidad CEU San Pablo in the subjects of the Man and the Modern World, Anthropology and Ethics. Member of the research group Bioesthetics Group of Study of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Bioethics and Aesthetics of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics and the Nueva Granada Military University of Colombia.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
José María Garrido Bermúdez
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Universidad CEU San Pablo. PhD in Philosophy from UCM. Graduate in Journalism and Philosophy from University of Navarra. Main areas of interest: Anthropology, Ethics, Epistemology and Philosophical advice (consultancy), he has collaborated in the media and translated articles, biographical books, and philosophical essays.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Manuel Oriol Salgado
Graduate and Doctor in Philosophy (extraordinary award) from the Complutense University of Madrid. Full professor at Universidad CEU San Pablo, where he has been teaching since 2001, also associate professor at San Dámaso Ecclesiastical University. Throughout his career he has taught Ethics, Anthropology, Logic, Metaphysics, History of Philosophy and SDC.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Teresa Díaz Tártalo
She is a collaborating professor with a PhD in Humanities. She develops her research in the area of Anthropology and Social Psychology focusing especially in the area of child and family protection, with special dedication to the field of lack of protection due to risk of social exclusion, anthropological vulnerability, the importance of attachment and belonging and its relationship with the field of foster care and the problems of complex and dysfunctional families.
History
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Rosario Gutiérrez Carreras
Graduate in Geography and History. PhD Candidate in Humanities for the Contemporary World. She teaches the subject "Keys to Contemporary History". She develops her research work on the First Carlist War in the Morning Post (1833-1840) within the research project of USP-CEU, "The origin of the war correspondents: a forgotten consequence of the internationalization of the First Carlist War".
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Antonio Alonso Marcos
Dr. in Political Science from UCM. He has developed his research on the post-Soviet space, especially Central Asia, and on jihadism and Islamism. He has worked to develop relations with Central Asian universities. He regularly participates in research and dissemination activities at CESEDEN and IEEE, both of the Spanish Ministry of Defense. Professor of Keys to Contemporary History.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Juan Galbis de la Mora
Dr. in Humanities from Universidad CEU San Pablo, he is a professor of History at the Ángel Ayala Institute of Humanities and at the School of Humanities and Communication Sciences. A member of the Madrid Bar Association, he carries out his research on the Monarchy in the constituent process of 1977-1978, as well as on other aspects related to the Spanish political transition to democracy and Franco's regime.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Giovanni Collamati Bini
Collaborating Professor Doctor of Medieval History and Doctor in Medieval History by Sapienza Università di Roma co-working with the CEU CEINDO International Doctoral School, receiving the International Mention and Doctor Europaeus. He has developed his research activity in several universities in Italy, United Kingdom, and Germany.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Eduardo Baura García
He holds a Bcahelor’s degree in Humanities, a Master's degree in Medieval Studies, a Master's degree in Teaching and a PhD in History from Universidad CEU San Pablo. He has mainly developed his research in the area of Medieval History, in which he has published several articles, book chapters, and monographs.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Antonio Miguel Jiménez Serrano
Graduate in History from Universidad CEU San Pablo. Interuniversity Master's degree in History and Science of Antiquity from the Complutense and Autonomous Universities of Madrid. Master's degree in Secondary Education Teacher Training from UNED. PhD student in Ancient History at UNED. He is currently a Collaborating Professor at Universidad CEU San Pablo.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Javier Sáenz del Castillo
He holds a degree in History from Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in the History of America. Specializing in the study of mentalities, his lines of research are, within Americanism, the image of America in Spain and vice versa, the image of Spain in America.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Hipólito Sanchiz Álvarez de Toledo
Dr. in Ancient History from UCM. His main line of research lies in the Ancient Middle East, especially in Mesopotamia, a subject on which he wrote his doctoral thesis Historical and mythical testimonies of the city of Shuruppak, being his approach fully interdisciplinary: from the point of view of History, Philology, thanks to his knowledge of Sumerian, Akkadian, Pharaonic Egyptian and Archaeology.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Javier Real Rodríguez
He is a professor of History and Social Doctrine of the Church, work that he combines with teaching in secondary education. He has a degree in History, Theology and Canon Law, and a Master's degree in Hispanic Medieval Studies, and has developed his research work in the historiography of these disciplines. He currently focuses his research in the field of the Social Doctrine of the Church.
Literature
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Fernando Ariza González
He holds a Master's degree in Publishing from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Hispanic Philology from UCM. He is Professor of Literature at USPCEU in Madrid and is Deputy Secretary General of the CEU Ángel Ayala Institute of Humanities. He has carried out research stays at New York University, Université Libre de Bruxelles, and Max Planck Institute, among others.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Paul Gordon
Graduate in Modern History, Political Studies and Philosophy from the University of Stirling, Scotland (UK). Graduate in Journalism from UCM. Master's degree in International Relations from the Ortega y Gasset University Institute, Madrid. He teaches in the areas of Social Doctrine of the Church, Contemporary History and Contemporary Literature. PhD student in Contemporary History in the Humanities program of USPCEU.
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Mar Velasco González
Collaborating professor in the Literature Department of the Ángel Ayala Institute of Humanities, she has taught subjects such as Keys to History and Literature, Contemporary Spanish Literature, Great Books, Contemporary Universal Theater and History of Music. Graduate in Hispanic Philology from UCM, she is preparing her thesis for the Humanities in the Contemporary World program at USPCEU. She is Coordinator of Digital Communication at the Institute of Humanities.
Social Doctrine of the Church
Universidad Cardenal Herrera - CEU, Castellón Campus
José María Mira de Orduña Gil
Dr. in Law, he wrote his thesis on the Catholic school, analyzed from the perspective of the right to religious freedom. He has participated in several research projects on the protection of marriage and the family. In this line, he has done research on human dignity, education, Church-State relations. He is a professor of History of Law, Society, Family and School and Social Doctrine of the Church at UCH-CEU, where he is the Director of the Center located on the Campus of Castellón.
Dean's office of humanities and Communication Sciences
Alfonso Martínez-Carbonell López
Adjunct Professor at Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Doctor of Law from the University of Valencia, Bachelor’s degree in Law from UNED, Bachelor’s degree in Religious Sciences and Diploma in Philosophy from the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum in Rome. He is a professor of Social Doctrine of the Church at UCHCEU and in the degrees of Education. He is coordinator since 2009 and professor of the Master's degree in Teacher Training.
Economics and Business Department
Enrique Lluch Frechina
Dr. in Economics and Graduate in Economics from the University of Valencia, Bachelor’s degree in Law from UNED, Bachelor’s degree in Theology from the Theological Institute of Murcia, Master’s degree in European Communities from ICADE and Maste’s degree in Management and Business Administration from the Chamber of Commerce of Valencia. He develops his research in development, distribution, and economic ethics. In this last field he develops economic alternatives that seek to reorient the current paradigm.
Humanities department
Jacobo Negueruela Avellá
Professor at Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera CEU in Elche, where he has taught subjects such as anthropology of education; history of science; general history, science and society, religion, culture and values or the Church, sacraments, and morals. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Barcelona, a Bachelor’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche and a European Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Murcia.
Department of Political Science, Ethics and Sociology
Juan Carlos Valderrama Abenza
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from UNav, where he also received his PhD with a thesis (with a FPU scholarship) dedicated to the political philosophy of Julien Freund (1921-1993). Since 2003, he is part of the faculty of the UCH-CEU, where he is a full professor and has coordinated subjects such as History of Thought and Social and Political Movements. Principal researcher of the interdisciplinary group attached to the UCH "Religion, Society and Politics" (G-ReSP) and projects that have resulted in numerous publications.
Political Science, Ethics and Sociology Department
María José Cano Alarcón
Professor of the Department of Political Science, Ethics and Sociology at Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera. Graduate in Biology from the University of the Balearic Islands. PhD in Theology from the University of Navarra. Coordinator of the Master’s degree in Management and Direction of Educational Centers. She teaches Social Doctrine of the Church and Bioethics in Health Sciences degrees.
Department of Political Science, Ethics and Sociology
Remigio Beneyto Berenguer
Doctor in Law, Professor of Ecclesiastical Law of the State. Member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, of the Council of Legal and Economic Affairs of the Archbishopric of Valencia. He has developed his research in the field of Foundations, Education and Ecclesiastical Heritage and relations between the State and the Catholic Church. Ángel Herrera Award for Research in Social Sciences and for the best teaching work.
Department of Humanities
Jesús María Llave Cuevas
Graduate in Philosophy and Educational Sciences from the University of Valencia, Graduate in Theology and Philosophy from the Università della Santa Croce, and Doctor of Philosophy from the same University. He has taught the subjects of Social Doctrine of the Church and Anthropology in different degrees and Theory of Education in the degree of Teaching and in the Master of Secondary Education and direction and management of educational centers.
Department of Humanities
Jaime Vilarroig Martín
Professor of Philosophical Anthropology and DECA subjects in education and health degrees at Universidad CEU UCH in Castellón. Graduate in Philosophy (UNED), Theology (Fac. Teol. San Vicente), Master’s degree in Bioethics (UCV) and PhD in Philosophy (CEU UCH) with a thesis on Unamuno. He has made teaching and research stays in Venice, Rome, Santander, and Salamanca. He develops his research on both classical and contemporary Spanish philosophy.
Department of Humanities
María Candelaria Romeu Peyró
Graduate in Anglo-Germanic Philology from UV, and PhD in Communication and Education from UCH-CEU, where she teaches subjects and revises texts in English for various Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, and vocational training studies. Researcher of a project funded by Santander Bank-FUSP CEU: "Critical thinking in school. Analysis and adaptation to the Spanish school environment of a program for the development of critical thinking in Primary Education".
Anthropology
Department of Humanities
Higinio Marín Pedreño
Dr. in Philosophy. Associate Professor of Philosophy of Man and Culture. He has developed his work on the historical-cultural formulas of the articulation between the genealogical and individual dimensions of the human subject, and the prefigurations of the fields of meaning and reality that these syntheses establish, opening modalities of existence and presence in the world. Appointed Rector of UCH-CEU in 2023.
Department of Humanities
Rafael Fayos Febrer
Graduate and Doctor in Philosophy from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome with the thesis entitled "Truth and realism in the work of Karl Raimund Popper". Master’s degree in Bioethics from the Catholic University of Valencia. He is currently Professor of Anthropology at Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera and Main Researcher of the research group Person and Education at the same university.
Department of Humanities
Enrique Anrubia Aparici
Dr. in Anthropology. He is a Full Professor of Philosophical Anthropology at UCH CEU in Valencia. He has been visiting scholar at Boston University and the University of Porto, and visiting fellow at the University of Notre Dame. His academic research focuses on the anthropology and philosophy of pain. Author of several books and numerous research articles, he is the winner of the Angel Herrera Award for Best Research in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Anthropology
Isidro Rodríguez Marugán
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Educational Sciences from UCM and a PhD in Philosophy from UV. His research work and associated publications have focused on the field of personalism and anthropology. He stands out for his work in debate preparation, teaching oratory and dialectics. He participated in the Master’s degree of Secondary Teacher Training at UCH. His previous professional experience was in the pre-university educational world. He currently teaches SDC and Anthropology.
Department of Humanities
Guillermo Peris Bautista
PhD in Humanities (philosophy line) by UCH-CEU with a thesis on the philosophical understanding of myth in J.R.R. Tolkien in dialogue with ancient philosophy. He has been general secretary and professor of ancient philosophy at the Edith Stein Institute of Philosophy, Granada, and has published studies on J.R.R. Tolkien, North American literature, and Plato's philosophy in specialized journals. He is currently professor of Philosophical Anthropology at UCH-CEU.
Anthropology
Juan Manuel Monfort Prades
Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Cultural Anthropology and Ecclesiastical Sciences. Dr. from UNED with a thesis on the Philosophy of Culture in Ortega y Gasset. His main line of research is developed around contemporary Spanish thought. He teaches in Castellón at the school "Mater Dei" and as an associate professor at UCH-CEU.
History and Society
Department of Humanities
Emilio Callado Estela
Professor of Modern History at Universidad CEU-Cardenal Herrera in Valencia, whose Department of Political Science, Ethics and Sociology he directs. Secretary of the CEU Angel Ayala Institute of Humanities in Valencia, he is in charge of the Research Group Church and Society in Modern Valencia (ISVaM), funded in the last decade by the Ministries of Science and Innovation and Economics and Competitiveness of the Government of Spain.
Department of Humanities
Pilar Valor Moncho
Pilar Valor Moncho holds a PhD in Modern History. Initially she focused her research on the municipal oligarchy of the city of Valencia in the sixteenth century. Later she opened new lines, with the legacy of the Dominican Saint Vicente Ferrer. She has also dealt with the model of spiritual life of the blessed, working on figures such as the venerable Inés de Moncada or Magdalena de Lorca. She is currently a member of the research group Church and Society in Modern Valencia (ISVaM).
Bioethics
Department of Political Science, Ethics and Sociology
Emilio García Sánchez
PhD in Moral Theology and Master’s degree in Bioethics from the University of Navarra (2010). Since 2008, Adjunct Professor of Bioethics in Health Sciences at Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU (Valencia). Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Ethics (Dublin City University), Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University (Washington DC) and Università Campus Biomedico di Roma. She has researched the ethical controversies of aesthetic medicine and the emergence of vulnerable cosmetics.
Department of Political Science, Ethics and Sociology
Gonzalo Damián Moya Alcocer
Bachelor’s degree in Law, Master’s degree in Law and Doctorate cum laude (with Honors) at UMU where he studied a Master’s degree in Theology in collaboration with the Theological Institute of Murcia. He is a practicing lawyer and a member of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante. He also holds a degree in Political Science and Administration and a Master's degree in Teacher Training from UNED and is a Rotal Lawyer of the Tribunal of the Rota of the Apostolic Nunciature in Spain. He is a member of the Spanish Society of Academic Excellence.
Literary Criticism
Department of Politics, Ethics and Sociology
Santiago Celestino Pérez Jiménez
Dr. in Journalism from Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera in Valencia and a graduate in Audiovisual Communication from Universidad San Pablo-CEU in Madrid. Since 2004, he has been teaching at UCH-CEU and since 2009 he has been teaching in the Master's degree in Cultural Journalism at USP-CEU. In 2016, he completed the Master's degree in "Humanities: Contemporary Art, Literature and Culture", with mention in Literature and Art, at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
Historia de la Ciencia
Departamento de Humanidades
Mar Cuenca Lorente
Graduada en Farmacia especializada en Historia de la Ciencia al obtener el Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (UVEG). Máster en Historia de la Ciencia y Comunicación Científica (UVEG-CSIC) al que siguió una beca JAE-Predoc que le permitió desarrollar su tesis calificada cum laude. Ha estudiado la toxicología española de mediados del XIX y las relaciones ciencia-medicina-ley. Ha realizado estancias en la Oxford Brookes University (UK). Ha trabajado como farmacéutica compaginando labor docente en el Departamento de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación de la UV y en Historia de la Ciencia de la UCH-CEU.
Social Doctrine of the Church
Hummanities and Education Sciences
Stefano Abbate
Dr. in Humanities and Social Sciences, awarded by the Pontifical Academies of Theology and St. Thomas Aquinas for his thesis on the secularization of Christian hope and modern messianism. He is an associate professor in Social Philosophy and teaches History of Political Thought and Social Doctrine of the Church at UAO CEU. His research focuses on social, political, and moral philosophy, with special attention to the influence of gnosis in the various fields of social sciences.
Humanities and Education Sciences
Rafael Torras Pastor
Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Universidad Pontifica de Comillas (ICADE). PhD in Economics and Business from UAO-CEU. Delegate of the finance department of Regnum Christi in Barcelona. Financial and Human Resources Director in several multinationals of different economic sectors. Implications of accounting and finance in business ethics, teaches Social Doctrine of the Church.
Humanities and Education Sciences
Carmen Cortés Pacheco
PhD in Law from USP CEU and professor of the subjects "Human life in the political community" at MEHS of Universitat Abat Oliba CEU. She teaches Theory of Law, Political Philosophy and Law and SDC, among other subjects. She is Secretary of the Department of Law and Political Science of Universitat Abat Oliba CEU.
Humanities and Education Sciences
José María Forment Costa
Civil Engineer by UPC. Graduate in English Philology from UB. PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences from UAO-CEU and at the same, professor of Literature and Social Doctrine of the Church. He develops his research on the role that beauty plays in the life of man through Literary Theory and Art History.
Psychology
Mar Álvarez Segura
Bachelor’s degree in Medicine from the Central University of Barcelona, Master’s degree in "Global mental health: trauma and recovery". Doctoral thesis at UAO-CEU: "Increase in egocentry as an index in psychopathology". She works in child and adolescent psychiatry after having completed the MIR and is doing research on transforming experiences of the personality and emotional regulation.
Psychology
Antonio Macaya Pascual
Dr. in Medicine from the International University of Catalonia and Graduate in Religious Sciences from the School of Theology of Barcelona, he is a Professor in the School of Psychology at UAO-CEU. He develops his research on behavioral interventions for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy.
Anthropology
Humanities and Education Sciences
Emili Boronat Márquez
Humanities and Education Sciences
Luis Mariano Bártoli
Dr. in Philosophy from Universidad Abat Oliba CEU. He worked as a university professor in some Chilean universities such as Universidad Gabriela Mistral and Universidad de los Andes in subjects such as Anthropology, History of Philosophy, Ethics, and Introduction to Philosophy, among others. Among his main lines of research are: Anthropology, Philosophy of Education and Ethics.
Humanities and Education Sciences
Martín Federico Echavarría Anavitarte
Professor of General Psychology at Universitat Abat Oliba CEU (UAO CEU) and Dean of the School of Psychology. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Philosophy from the Catholic University of Argentina and a PhD in Philosophy from the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum (Rome). Ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, he is also President of the International Society Thomas Aquinas, Spain section (SITAE).
Humanities and Education Sciences
Alessandro Mini
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Barcelona (extraordinary degree award), a Master's degree in Philosophy from Universidad Anáhuac (extraordinary master's degree award) and a Doctorate in Law from Universitat Abat Oliba CEU (extraordinary doctorate award). His research interests are mainly in the fields of History of Law and Philosophy of Law.
Humanities and Education Sciences
Miguel Ángel Barbero Barrios
Director of Studies of Education Degrees at Universitat Abat Oliba CEU in Barcelona and professor of subjects related to psychopedagogy, anthropology and linguistics. He is a specialist teacher in Primary Education by the Jesuit University "Sagrada Familia" of Jaén, with a degree in Psychopedagogy and a PhD in School Psychology and Development by UCM.
Humanities and Education Sciences
Mª Teresa Signes Signes
Graduate in Philosophy and Educational Sciences and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Barcelona. She currently teaches Anthropology and Psychology of Learning in the Bachelor's degrees in Early Childhood and Primary Education, and teaches in the Master's Degree in Teacher Training, Vocational Training and Language Teaching, in the School of Communication, Education and Humanities, at Universitat Abat Oliba CEU.
Humanities and Education Sciences
Teresa Pueyo Toquero
Professor of Social Anthropology and Social Doctrine of the Church at UAO- CEU. She holds a PhD in Communication, Education and Humanities from Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. She develops her research in the field of the theory of power in Modernity and Postmodernity and gender theory and is a member of the Research Group "Persona y vida persona (PROSOPON)".
Humanities and Education Sciences
Sergi Moyano Gómez
Dr. in Humanities and Social Sciences with a doctoral thesis on Robert Hugh Benson. He currently teaches Anthropology, Theory of Knowledge and subjects related to literature and its didactics. He has directed his academic interest to the work of Robert Hugh Benson, the theory of knowledge, theodicy, and literature.
History and Society
Humanities and Education Sciences
Rosa Mª Alabrús Iglesias
Full Professor of Modern History at Universitat Abat Oliba CEU. Director of the Chair King Martin the Human, Count of Barcelona, UAO CEU. Four six-year CNEAI research fellowships in History of Political Thought and International Relations. She is currently MR of the Research Project "Exemplarity and female counter-exemplarity. Women in European confessionalization and religious globalization. Modern Era".
Humanities and Education Sciences
María Laura Giordano
PhD in Modern History (Catania, 2001), Master’s degree in Women's Studies (UB). Her line of research revolves around the conversos, Christians of Jewish origin (XV-XVII centuries) and her great challenge is to involve theology as an essential tool to deconstruct the ideological paradigms that vertebrated the construction of the Modern State in the Hispanic kingdoms since the end of the Middle Ages.
Business Administration
Joaquín Solana Oliver
Graduate in Business Administration and Management, PhD from UAO-CEU. He has worked as a manager in the machinery and software sector for publishing production and communication. He teaches strategic management, innovation, and knowledge management. His lines of research are based on non-financial information and sustainability from longevity as a key tool for business strategy. He teaches History of Journalism, Social Doctrine of the Church, Ethics.
Ethics
Humanities and Education Sciences
Jorge Martínez Lucena
Full Professor of Mass Media. He is a graduate in Philosophy and holds a PhD in Communication, he develops his research on social imaginaries about the human being in contemporary micro-myths (cinema, TV series, literature, etc.). The last research project of the Ministry in which he has participated is "Visibilizing pain: visual narratives of the disease and transmedia storytelling".
Humanities and Education Sciences
Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros
Dr. in Philosophy from URL, BA in Social Communication from UAB and MA in Advanced Studies in Non-European Philosophy from URL, with postdoctoral training at LSE and MIT. Since 2019 he is Vice-Rector of UAO CEU Barcelona and member of its Research Ethics Committee. His research area is the History of Ideas, currently focusing on the impact of Artificial Intelligence in the fields of epistemology, ethics and geoeconomics.
Humanities and Education Sciences
Miguel Ángel Belmonte
Full Professor and Coordinator of the Master’s degree in Humanistic and Social Studies. Dr. from the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, he has taught subjects such as Political Science, Ethics or History of Ancient Philosophy at UAO-CEU but also at foreign universities such as the University of the Andes, Ignatianum University of Krakow, Catholic University of Lublin, or Panamerican University of Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Society, Family and School
Humanities and Education Sciences
Cintia Carreira Zafra
PhD in Humanities for the Contemporary World and Master’s degree in Humanistic and Social Studies by UAO-CEU and Master’s degree in Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Thought by UPF. Since her doctoral thesis ("Character formation through literature. A didactic proposal for primary education based on The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis"), her academic interests revolve around character education, literacy in virtue, literary education, and the promotion of reading in childhood.
Humanities and Education Sciences