I am an Accredited University Professor (since 2010), Full Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Barcelona. Director and principal researcher of the Observatory of Bioethics and Law at the University of Barcelona, and since 2006 I hold the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics at the same university. Head researcher of the Research Group 'Bioethics, Law and Society' of the Generalitat de Catalunya, accredited since 2005.
In 1985 I got the Ph.D. in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid, in 1987 I became professor of Philosophy of Law at the Complutense University of Madrid and in 1993 professor of the same subject at the University of Barcelona. In 1995 I founded the research center Observatory of Bioethics and Law at the University of Barcelona and since 2006 I hold the of UNESCO Chair in Bioethics at the University of Barcelona. Since 2008 I have directed the research line 'Bioethics and Law' within the European PhD program 'Law and Political Science' at the Faculty of Law of the University of Barcelona.
I am the creator and director of the UB Master's in Bioethics and Law, which has been taught without interruption since 1994 (it is now in its 26th year).
I am the author of 183 publications, I have participated in 69 national and international research projects (R&D), I have led 20 competitive research projects at a national level, 2 thematic networks of excellence, and many research contracts. I have directed 9 doctoral theses. I received a Salvador de Madariaga postdoctoral scholarship and I have received the Narcís Monturiol Award of the Generalitat de Catalunya for the contribution to scientific and technological progress.
Details of my research and publications can be found in Portal de la Recerca de Catalunya https://portalrecerca.csuc.cat/orcid/0000-0003-1586-9502/
I direct the 'Materials on Bioethics' collection of Ed. Civitas Aranzadi, the 'Bioethics Collection' of Ediciones UB accredited with the ANECA quality seal and co-directed the 'Bioethics Collection' of Ed. Gedisa, with Javier Sádaba. I created and co-direct Revista de Bioética y Derecho, quarterly online publication indexed in SciELO, SCOPUS, Carhus +, ERIH Plus, DOAJ, Latindex Catálogo, Dialnet, ISOC, RACO, DIU, RESH, CCUC among others. I coordinate the Collection of Documents of the Bioethics and Law Observatory Opinion's Group (since 2000). I am a member of the Dikasteia Teaching Innovation Group of the UB (since 2000).
Former member of the Spanish Bioethics Committee (2008-2012), the Catalan Bioethics Committee (2008-2013), the Commission of Experts of the National DNA Bank (Spain) from 2009 to 2017, the National Commission for the Forensic Use of DNA (2009-2019), the Bioethics Committee of the University of Barcelona (1995-2020), the Advisory Council of the Centre for Research on Medical Errors UAB (2001-2016) and the Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (2004-2009), of the Working Group on Ethics in Horizon 2020 of the LERU League; the FECYT Expert Group on the European Science with and for Society Research Programme (SWAFs). I have chaired the Association of Bioethics and Law (from 1996 to 2003). Current member of the Healthcare Ethics Committee of the Hospital de Barcelona (since 2001) and of the Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration (SESPAS, since 2005).
