EMUI | NOMADS. Mediterranean Perspectives | 01 (2009-2010) Authors Curricula

Doctor of Economics, Full Professor at the UCM, Former President of the European Parliament, Former State Secretary of Finance (Spain), Former Minister of Public Constructions, Transport and Environment (Spain). Currently is the Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Development and also chairs the Global Progressive Forum, a think tank for a reform of globalisation based on the universal values of justice, peace, security, solidarity, freedom, democracy, and equality. During his term of office, as President of the European Parliament (EP), the house succeeded in integrating Members from the new Member States. The EP passed from 626 to 785 members, from 11 to 20 official languages. Also, and perhaps more important, during his term the EP strengthened its political role in the appointment of the Commission (Buttiglione affair) and became a more important legislative actor, reaching agreement on important legislative acts as the services directive, REACH... In addition to that Mr. Borrell personally engaged himself in resolving an issue which had been dormant for 30 years which was threatening the public image of the EP, the Statute of Members, which the invaluable help of Primer Minister Juncker. During one year he chaired the Euro-Mediterranean Assembly, where members of parliaments from both sides of the Mediterranean practised dialogue between civilisations rather than simply preaching it. Moreover, he impulse the creation of the Euro-Latinamerican Assembly (EuroLat). Last but not least, during his term in office as President, he visited numerous countries, in particular, India, China, the most important Latin American countries (Brasil, Chile, Colombia, etc), Africa (Nigeria, Mali, Egypt, Tunisia, etc), bringing the voices of the European citizen's around the world. Together with Tony Blair and Jose Manuel Barroso, he signed up to the 'White Band' campaign in token of our solidarity with Africa, putting into the frontline the needed action towards this continent. Last July, Mr. Borrell led the delegation of the EP Development Committee that visited Darfur. He is now also member of the Parliament's delegation to China.

Javier Bustamante | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

He is a Professor of Moral Philosophy the Complutense University, Director of the Iberoamerican Center for Science, Technology and Society (CICTES)and Vice-President of the FIAP. Ph.D. in Philosophy and Sciences of Education (Complutense University), M.S. in Science and Technology Studies (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), and M.S. in Computer Science (Pontifical University of Salamanca). He has been a Visiting Professor in several universities, including among others University of Deusto, University of the Basque Country, U. Carlos III University (Spain), Pontifical University of Minas Gerais and Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil). He has been also Director the of Graduate Courses on Science, Technology and Society at the Complutense University. He currently coordinates an international project for developing an Iberoamerican Digital Citizenship with the participation of several Spanish, Brazilian and Bolivian universities. He was awarded the Fundesco Prize in 1993 for his book Sociedad informatizada, ¿sociedad deshumanizada? (Computerized Society, Dehumanized Society?).

Athena Charalamboglou | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

Studied History at the Ionian University (Corfu, Greece), carried out postgraduate studies (Historical Materialism and Critical Theory) at Complutense University of Madrid in Political Sciences and Sociology. She is currently a PhD candidate in Political Science (UCM) and member of Theoria - Complutense University Research Group. Her main research interest is focused on socioeconomic socialist policies in Southern Europe.

Antonio Ventura Díaz Díaz | EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF YUSTE FOUNDATION
Doctor of Psychology and attached to executive Civil Service positions. Secretary General of Down

Spain

. Lecturer of the Gerontology Master’s Studies at the University of Salamanca and Member of the Executive Council of the Spanish Federation of Foundations. He has been President of CERMI Extremadura (The Spanish National Council of Disabled Representatives in Extremadura), President of the Federation of Popular Universities in Extremadura and has held several responsible positions at the Regional Civil Service, such as Vice-president of Extremadura’s autonomous regional government (1989-1993), among others. He is, at present, Director of the European Academy of Yuste Foundation. Lecturer at several Universities in

Spain

, Europe, Latin America and the

United States

. Among other publications, we can mention his outstanding work: “Construcción psicológica de la Identidad Regional. Tópicos y estereotipos. El referente de Extremadura” (Psychological construction of the regional identity. Stereotypes and clichés. Extremadura as a reference). He has received several awards and distinctions, among which we can highlight the “Encomienda de la Orden del Mérito Civil” (High recognition of the Order of Civil Merit), bestowed on him by H. M. King Juan Carlos I, the “Encomienda del Rey Leopoldo” (Order of King Leopold), conferred by H. M. King Albert of Belgium, the award “Extremeño de HOY” (Extremaduran of Today, given by the newspaper Hoy) and other recognitions…

Juan Díez-Nicolás | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
Ph.D. in Political Science and MA in Sociology. Full Prof. (tenured) of Sociology (1971). Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology II (Human Ecology and Population), School of Political Sciences and Sociology, Complutense University of Madrid (1975- ). Founder-President, Análisis Sociológicos, Económicos y Políticos (ASEP), (1982). Member, European Academy of Sciences and Letters (elected 2001- ). Vice-President, World Values Survey Association (elected 2004- ) (formerly member of the Steering and Executive Committee, elected 1993-2004). Member of international research groups: World Values Survey (WVS 1990- ), International Social Survey Program (ISSP, 1994- ), Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES, 1994- ), Network of Economic and Social Science Infrastructures in Europe (NESSIE, 2002- ) and Comparative Survey Design and Implementation (CSDI, 2002- ). Member, Advisory Council of the Center for Sociological Research (CIS, 1999- ), Permanent Observatory for Immigration (2001- ), Scientific Committee of the Royal Institute Elcano (2002-), Scientific Committee of the Foundation for Fighting Drug Addiction (2001- ), among others.

Alfonso García-Martínez | UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA (SPAIN)

Ph.D. in Education Sciences (Pedagogy) (1988), and in Philosophy (2002) in Universidad de Murcia (Spain). He is senior lecturer at Education Faculty of Universidad de Murcia y head of the research group "Education, Quality of Life and Development". He is author of La construcción sociocultural del racismo (Dykinson, Madrid, 2004), La interculturalidad. Reto para la educación (Dykinson, Madrid, 2007) and La idea de 'raza' en su historia. Textos fundamentales (ss. XVIII y XIX) (Editum, Murcia, 2007).

Pablo Gil-Loyzaga | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
Full Professor of the Medicine School (Univ. Complutense). Doctor in Medicine (MD, DMSc) by the Univ. Complutense (Spain). Doctor in Sciences (PhD) Univ. Science and Technology (Montpellier, France). Specialist in Pathology (Clinical Hospital “San Carlos” of Madrid, Spain). Master (Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain). Director of the “Special Chair of Innovation and Health” (Univ. Complutense). Director of the “Health, Society and Disability Training Cycle“ (Univ. Complutense). Director of Courses at the Summer Complutense School. Sirector of Courses at the Latinoamerican Complutense School (Argentina). Author of 149 Scientific and Professional Publications in Scientific Journals and Books (Impact Factor Accumulated SCI 104,221 points). Corresponding Member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine (Spain). Active Member of the European Academy of Otology and Neurootology. Active Member of the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum.

David Gil-Pérez| COMITAS COMUNICACIONES SA
Telecommunication engineer (EngMs) by the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain). Master in Telecommunication Engineering (MSc) by the Stuttgart University (Germany). Engineer responsible of Telemedicine Project of the enterprise Comitas Comunicaciones S.A. (Spain). Researcher Associate of the “Special Chair of Innovation and Health” (Univ. Complutense).

Paloma González-Gómez de Miño | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

Teaching Public International Law and International Relationships. PhD in International Relationships. Degree in Political Sciences (Extraordinary Award). Teaching at the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology of the University Complutense (Madrid). Main lines of Research: Maghreb- Middle East; Foreign Policy of the European Union focused on Maghreb and Middle East and Foreign Policy of Spain focused on Maghreb and Middle East. Teacher and Researcher of the EU-Center of Excelency Antonio Truyol. Authoress of articles about the arabian-muslim world and the following books: Las relaciones entre España y Marruecos. Perspectivas para el siglo XXI (La Catarata, 2005); La mujer en el Magreb ante el reto de la democratización (Bellaterra, 2008).

Luis González-Seara | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
EMUI PRESIDENT

Doctor of Political Sciences, University Professor of Sociological Theories and Sociology of Culture (UCM), Former Minister of the Universities and Research in the Government of Spain, Member of the Spanish Parliament, Member of Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas, Judge of Premios Príncipe de Asturias. Has been: General Commissary of "Europalia-85, España"; President and Founder of Cambio 16 and Diario 16; Director of the Instituto de Opinión Pública; General Secretary of the Instituto de Estudios Políticos; Director of the Revista Española de Opinión Pública; Director of the Revista de Estudios Sociales; President of the Administration Council of EDIOBSER, S.A., Publisher of the Journal El Independiente. Author: Opinión Pública y Comunicación de Masas (1968); La Sociología, aventura dialéctica (1971); La Década del Cambio (1987); El Poder y la Palabra, Premio Nacional de Ensayo (1995); (+ García Delgado, José Luis y Muñoz Machado, Santiago): Las estructuras de bienestar: derecho, economía y sociedad en España (I) (1997); El laberinto de la Fortuna (1998); (+ García Delgado, José Luis y Muñoz Machado, Santiago): Las estructuras de bienestar en Europa (II) (1999); (+ García Delgado, José Luis y Muñoz Machado, Santiago): Las estructuras de bienestar: propuestas de reforma y nuevos horizontes (III) (2002).

Bichara Khader | UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN
DIRECTEUR DU CENTRE D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES SUR LE MONDE ARABE CONTEMPORAIN
Licencié en sciences politiques, économiques et sociales de l'Université de Louvain, 1969, Diplôme en relations internationales de l'Université JOHN HOPKINS, Bologna, 1970, Docteur en sciences politiques, économiques et sociales de l'Université de Louvain, 1978. Directeur du Centre d'Etude et de Recherche sur le Monde Arabe Contemporain (C.E.R.M.A.C.) DVLP. Professeur à la Faculté des Sciences Politiques, Economiques et Sociales (UCL, Université Chatolique de Louvain. Membre du Groupe des Hauts Experts sur la PESC (Commission Européenne 1998-2000). Membre du Groupe des Sages pour le dialogue culturel euro-méditerranéen (Présidence Européenne 2003-2004). Publications récentes (sélection): Le Grand Maghreb et l'Europe, Enjeux et perspectives (1992); L'Europe et le Monde Arabe, cousins, voisins (1992); L'Europe et les pays arabes du Golfe, des partenaires distants(1994); El Muro invisible (1995); Le partenariat euro-méditerranéen, après la Conférence de Barcelone (1997); L’Europe et la Palestine, des Croisades à nos jours (1999); Le partenariat euro-méditerranéen vu du Sud (sous la direction de) (2001); Palestine: mémoire et perspectives(2005); Penser l’immigration et l’intégration autrement: une initiative belge inter-universitaire (Bichara Khader, Marco Martiniello, Andrea Rea, Christiaqne Timmerman) (2006); Palestina e Israel: herencia de un conflicto (avec Mario Sznajder) (2007).

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Carmen López-Alonso | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
Historian and Political Scientist. Associate Professor of History of Political Thought at the Complutense University, in Madrid, Spain. She lectures on the Israeli-Arab-Palestinian Conflict as Invited Professor at the Instituto General Gutiérrez Mellado de Investigación sobre la Paz, la Seguridad y la Defensa (Madrid) and has been Visiting Scholar at the Oxford University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University. Her research interests and publications have concerned issues of history of poverty and social welfare and history of political and social thought. During the last decade her research has been mainly focussed on the ideology, institutions and social movements in the nation-building processes in Israel and Palestine. Among her publications are "¿Jano o cabeza de Medusa? Historia y política en Israel" (1999); “Israel, ¿nación-laboratorio?" (2000); “Fundamentalismos e identidades nacionales” (2001); “Holocausto, Genocidios, ¿Basta con conocer?” (2003); “Israel. Shoah y Nakba. Entramados, diferencias, comunidades de sufrimiento” (2004); “Religión, Iglesia y Estado laico” (2006); “Changing Views of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Democratic Spain (1978-2006)” (2007). Hamás. La marcha hacia el poder (Libros de la Catarata, Madrid 2007) is her latest book.

Nazanin Lajevardi | UNIVERSITY OF TEHERAN & COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

Student of Masters of Europe 21 Century: Philosophy and social sciences/Information and knowledge Society at Universidad Complutense Madrid,She holds a bachelor of Art degree in Spanish Philology from Azad Islamic Republic University of Tehran(Faculty of Foreign Languages).She is now collaborating with UCM as the Administrative-Technical secretary of two masters of THEORIA - Complutense University Research Group.

Simon Mercieca | UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
DIRECTOR OR THE MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE
French-trained historian who has specialised in demographic and behavioural history. He teaches aspects of early modern Mediterranean history at the University of Malta and is also the Director of the Mediterranean Institute at the same University. He also teaches cultural industries at the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis in France. He is the director of the Mediterranean Institute and has published extensively both in Malta and abroad. Amongst his numerous publications, there are a number of papers and books related to maritime topics. The European Science Foundation appointed Dr. Mercieca chairman of the expert panel history whose duty is to grade European and world history journals.

Blanca Muñoz | CARLOS III UNIVERSTIY OF MADRID
Degree in Philosophy and Political Science and Sociology and Doctor in Philosophy by the Autónoma University of Madrid. Previously, professor in the University of the Basque Country. At the present time she is professor in the University Carlos III of Madrid. She has published following books: "Culture and Communication. Introduction to the theories contemporaries"(1989), "Theory of Pseudoculture. Studies of Sociology of the Culture and Communication of Masses"(1995), "Theodor W. Adorno: Critical Theory and Culture of Mass" (2000), "The Global Culture. Mass media, Culture and Ideology in the society of Globalitation"(2005) and "Cultural Models. Sociopolitical Theory of the Culture" (2006). Also, it has published numerous studies on Ideology and Knowledge in the contemporary society.

Marta Nunes da Costa | UNIVERSITY OF LISBON

Post-Doctoral Fellow of Fundação da Ciência e Tecnologia. Research Member in collaboration with Centro de Filosofia, Universidade de Lisboa. (2006) Ph.D. Political Science, New School for Social Research, New York. (2004) M.A. Philosophy, New School for Social Research, New York. Publications: “Myths of Humanity: Cha(lle)nging the Future of Education” in the International Journal of the Humanities, vol. 4, Common Ground Ed., Australia 2007/8; “Arendt, Habermas and Rawls: Shaping the Public Sphere of Today”, in Revista DIACRITICA, n. 20-2, Universidade do Minho, Braga 2006; “The Ethics of Power – Transmutations of Foucault’s Subject” in the International Journal of the Humanities, vol. 3, Common Ground Ed., Australia 2005/6; “Human Rights” and “Self-Interest” entries, published by the Social Policy Encyclopaedia, England, 2004.

Fernando Oliván | REY JUAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of Constitutional Law at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid, Legal Aid Commissioner of the International Criminal Court (The Hague), Director of the Scientific Committee Coalición de Ciudades Latinoamericanas Contra el Racismo (UNESCO Coalition of Latin American Cities Against Racism), General Secretary of Foro Hispano-Marroquí de Juristas, lawyer.

Thorsten Peetz | HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN

Studied Social Sciences at the Universität Würzburg, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and at the Newschool for Social Research, New York. He is currently working on a research project on the transformation of educational work and organization at Humboldt University where he is also preparing a dissertation on the economization of pedagogical organizations. His areas of interest are sociology of organizations, sociological theory and questions of knowledge, education and consulting.

Andrea Pirni | UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

Ph.D in Sociology and Political Sociology (University of Florence). He has a research contract at the Department of Political and Social Sciences (University of Genoa). He teaches Sociology of Development (University of Genoa, Faculty of Political Sciences) and Sociology (University of Florence, Faculty of Economy). He is researcher at the Centre Inter-University of Political Sociology (CIUSPO) of Florence.

José A. Rabadán Rubio | UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA (SPAIN)

Bachelor of Philosophy and Education Sciences (Pedagogy) in 1996 and got a Ph.D. in 2000 at Universidad de Murcia. He is lecturer and belongs to the research group: "Education, Quality of Life and Development" of the same University. He is author of “Migración: de la legalidad a la marginación” and “Integración social de los jóvenes inmigrantes en los espacios de ocio” (en Universidad de Valencia/CEIM (Eds.), Migraciones y desarrollo humano, 2007).

Román Reyes | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
EMUI RECTOR

Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Political Sciences and Sociology, Director of Research Team Theoria and Professor of Philosophy and Social Sciences by the Complutense University of Madrid. Director of the EU Masters: 1) Europe, 21st Century: Philosophy and Social Sciences; 2) Information and Knowledge Society; 3) European Union and Mediterranean: Historical, Cultural, Political, Economic and Social Bases. Director of the Critical Review of Social and Juridical Sciences, Nomadas and of the Critical Dictionay of Social Sciences. Director of the Journal Nomads. Mediterranean Perspectives. Author: Sociología y Vida Cotidiana (1992), Los Papeles del Silencio (1994), Las Huellas de la Palabra: Filosofía y Ciencias Sociales (1998), Europa Fin-de-Siècle: Más allá de la Modernidad (2002), Europa, Siglo XXI: Secularización y Estados Laicos (2006), and Diccionario Crítico de Ciencias Sociales, 1-4 (2009).

Gema Sánchez-Medero | COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
EMUI CABINET & COORDINATION

PhD in political science from the Complutense University of Madrid. She has published articles like “Immigration policy in Spain (1985-2000): A Perspective Intergovernmental”, “Evaluation of Action and Public Policy. An overview from the literature”, “PP & CSD. Covenants and Alternative Government Center-Right in 1989”, “Against the Empire: Asymmetric War and Total War”, “Resistance and asymmetric warfare”, “The role of women in Spanish politics: the case of the PSOE”, “What happened on December 2, 2007 in Venezuela?”, Who won the regional and municipal elections held on May 27, 2007 in Spain?, etc.

José Saura-Sánchez | UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA (SPAIN)

Ph.D. in English Philology and he is an expert in Intercultural Relations Studies. Some of his works are “Asymmetrical Cultural Assumptions, the Public Self and the Role of the Native Speaker: Insights for the Expansion of Intercultural Education” (Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, nº 37 2002) or “Intercultural Discourse Analysis: Unrevealing the True Aims of Political Speeches” (en P. Bou Franch: Ways into Discourse, 2006) and Discourse and intercultural Relations (Peter Lang, Berna y Nueva York, 2007).

Phillip Siegle | COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL

Holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from Laurea University of Applied Science Helsinki, Finland, Master of Science in Business, Language and Culture with specialization in Business and Development Studies from Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark and CEMS Master in International Management from CBS and ESADE Business School, Spain

Debora Spini | UNIVERSTIY OF FLORENCE

Ph.D., Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento, Universita' di Pisa. Has published essays in English and Italian on democracy and globalization, human rights, European identity. Recent publications include: "I diritti umani: una nuova via alla legittimazione?" in Etica delle relazioni internazionali, S. Maffettone and G Pellegrino, ed.s, Costantino Marco, Cosenza, 2004; "Towards a global civil society and Johannes Althusius on federalism and subsidiarity" in J. C. Merle, ed., Global Justice/Globale Gerechtigkeit, Stuttgart-Bad-Cannstatt, Fromann-Holzboog (2004); "Europe, Memory, History", in Museum Europa, P.G. Burgess, ed., Norwegian Academy Press, Oslo, 2004; and La Società civile post nazionale, Meltemi ed., Roma, 2006. Is involved in several national and international research networks dealing with global civil society, human rights, European identity, values and legitimacy.