PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Full Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (EHU). He holds a degree in Philosophy and a separate degree in Law, as well as a PhD in Philosophy, all awarded by the same university.

With more than forty years of teaching experience, he began his professional career combining secondary school and university teaching. Since 1996, he has devoted himself exclusively to teaching and research at the University of the Basque Country (EHU). He has received official recognition for six five-year teaching periods and has obtained positive evaluations under the Docentiaz teaching assessment programme in 2016 and 2021.

He has taught at undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels, including within the former Spanish university degree system. For more than a decade, he was responsible for the doctoral programmes Problemas Actuales en Filosofía (Current Issues in Philosophy) and Cultura y Sociedad (Culture and Society). Throughout his academic career, he has supervised 26 doctoral dissertations, 16 of which received the International Doctorate Distinction and three were awarded the Extraordinary Doctoral Prize. He has also supervised nearly one hundred master's and undergraduate dissertations, as well as numerous research projects undertaken to fulfil the research proficiency requirements of the former Spanish doctoral system.

He has participated in more than 25 research projects, frequently serving as principal investigator, both at the University of the Basque Country (EHU) and at other universities. He is currently a member of the Biography & Parliament research group, classified as a Category A research group within the Basque University System, and serves as principal investigator of the project “La Nueva Derecha latinoamericana: surgimiento, dinámicas y políticas 2 (continuación)” (The New Latin American Right: Emergence, Dynamics and Policies 2 – Continuation) [EHU-L25/01], conducted at the University of the Basque Country (EHU).

He has received official recognition for three six-year research periods from Spain's National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI) and holds the A1 Excellence Accreditation granted by the Basque University System Quality Agency (UNIBASQ). In 2011, he received the Lehendakari Aguirre Research Award from the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa (Spain), in recognition of his contribution to political science.

His research has primarily focused on political philosophy and political thought, addressing subjects such as nationalism, republicanism, democratic theory, political power and legitimacy, and, more recently, the ideological and political transformations associated with the emergence of new right-wing movements. His scholarly output comprises more than 250 publications, including books, book chapters and articles in specialised academic journals. He has also presented more than 70 contributions at national and international academic conferences, many of which he has organised or for which he has served on the scientific committee.

He has undertaken research stays at numerous universities abroad, including the University of Nevada, Reno (United States), Stony Brook University (New York, United States), the Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy), Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins (Chile), Universidad San Sebastián (Chile), Universidad del Alba (Chile), Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco (Peru), and Universidad Potiguar (Brazil). These research stays have taken place within the framework of competitive research projects and programmes, such as the Basque Government's Researcher Mobility Programme, or at the express invitation of the host institutions.

He has also taught under the Erasmus programme at the Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy) and has served as a visiting lecturer at various higher education institutions, including the Consorcio Universitario di Agrigento (Italy), the University of Seville (Spain), the University of Málaga (Spain), the Centro Universitario María Cristina (affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain), and Universidad Andina del Cusco (Peru).

In the fields of academic administration and publishing, he is director and editor of Limes, the University of the Basque Country's (EHU) political thought book series, which has published 30 volumes to date. He also serves on the editorial boards of national and international academic journals. He has held various university administrative positions, including secretary of the Department of Philosophy of Values and Social Anthropology and service as a member of the Faculty Board, both at the former Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences and at the present Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Anthropology. He has also served on the Basque Language Committee and on the committee responsible for promoting the introduction of the current Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy, aligned with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). In addition, he has served on numerous evaluation committees, including those responsible for extraordinary doctoral awards and procedures for the official recognition in Spain of foreign doctoral degrees.

Committed to international academic cooperation, he has been a member of the University of the Basque Country's (EHU) Latin American Postgraduate Network since its establishment. He is currently director of the doctoral programme La globalización a examen: retos y respuestas interdisciplinares (Globalisation Under Examination: Interdisciplinary Challenges and Responses) and a member of the Academic Committee of the master's programme Filosofía en un mundo global (Philosophy in a Global World), both of which form part of this network. He is also a member of the University of the Basque Country's (EHU) Postgraduate Committee and director of ITUNA: Institute of Historical Rights of the Basque Country, Federalism and Provincial Treasuries, at the same university. At the international level, he also serves as director of the Instituto Internacional de Estudios para la Democracia (IED) at Universidad del Alba (Chile).

He has actively contributed to the public dissemination of philosophical and political thought through collaborations with various media outlets, including the newspapers El País and Diario Vasco, the radio station Euskadi Irratia, and EITB's Egunon Euskadi television programme, providing analysis of current political affairs.

Among the distinctions and honours received throughout his professional career are the following: Honorary Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic); Honorary Professor at Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco (Peru); Professor at Universidad Rafael Landívar (Guatemala); Visiting Professor at Universidad del Alba (Chile); Invited Professor at Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (Spain); Distinguished Visitor at the Graduate School of Universidad Andina del Cusco (Peru); Honorary Member of the Illustrious Bar Association of Cusco (Peru); and Full Member of the Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country (Spain).