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 AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Professor of Law at the Faculty of Information Sciences, UCM.
- Professor at CEU.
- Professor at the University of Zaragoza (doctoral program).
- Visiting Professor at the Modern University of Lisbon.
- Professor of Philosophy of Law, Morality, and Politics at the UNED (National University of Distance Education).
- Professor of Legal Anthropology at the UNED (doctoral course).
- Professor of Psychology at Nebrija University.
- Full Member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain, where he served as Vice President and Acting President.
- Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Spain (since May 25, 2026).
- Recipient of the Gold Medal for Doctoral Merit from the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain.
- Advisor to the Ministry of Culture (INAEM).
- Advisor to the ICO Foundation.
PUBLICATIONS
His research has focused on the study of power as a common denominator in three main areas: legal anthropology, the psychology of suggestion, and the neuroscientific foundations of consciousness. Among his most notable works are:
- Aggression and Law (Bosch Publishing).
- The Psychology of Suggestion in Freud (Manuscripts Edition).
- Consciousness and the Psyche (Icaria Edition).
AWARDS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Honorary Member of the Scientific Hypnological Society, for his research in 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 His Majesty the King at the proposal of the Ministry of Culture.
