Honorary Academician
Social Sciences: PhD in Law, Psychology, and Medicine–Neuroscience
Date of admission: November 11, 2024
Admission speech: «Neuroscience and Criminal Law»
Reply by: Excma. Sra. Dra. María Àngels Calvo Torras, PhD in Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine
Distinguished career: Pioneering researcher in suggestion, aggressiveness, consciousness and their legal ramifications, and holder of numerous academic honours.
PEDRO ROCAMORA GARCÍA-VALLS
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- PhD in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).
- PhD in Psychology from the National University of Distance Education (UNED).
- PhD in Medicine – Neuroscience from UCM.
- University Specialist in Clinical Hypnosis (UNED).
- University Specialist in Conflict Mediation (University of La Rioja).
TEACHING CAREER
- Professor of Law at the Faculty of Information Sciences, UCM.
- Full Professor at CEU.
- Professor at the University of Zaragoza (doctoral program).
- Visiting Professor at the Universidade Moderna de Lisboa.
- Professor of Philosophy of Law, Moral and Political Philosophy at UNED.
- Professor of Legal Anthropology at UNED (doctoral program).
- Professor of Psychology at the Nebrija University.
ACADEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL POSITIONS
- Numerary Member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain, where he served as Vice President and Acting President.
- Awarded the Gold Medal for Doctoral Merit by the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain.
- Advisor to the Ministry of Culture (INAEM).
- Advisor to the ICO Foundation.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
His research has focused on the study of power as a common denominator, explored through three main areas: legal anthropology, the psychology of suggestion, and the neuroscientific foundations of consciousness. Among his most notable works are:
- Agresividad y Derecho (Ed. Bosch).
- Psicología de la sugestión en Freud (Ed. Manuscritos).
- Conciencia y psiquismo (Ed. Icaria).
HONOURS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Honorary Member of the Scientific Hypnological Society for his research on the psychology of suggestion.
- Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Psychosomatic Medicine (SEMP).
- Gold Medal of Fine Arts (Grand Cross), awarded in 1996 by H.M. the King of Spain at the proposal of the Ministry of Culture.
