Numerary Member and Member of the Governing Board
Social Sciences: PhD in Law
Date of admission: 11 October 2022
Admission speech: “The West at a Crossroads (A View from Law and Social Sciences)”
Reply speech: Hon. Dr. Teresa Freixes Sanjuán, PhD in Law
Outstanding career: Specialist in fundamental rights, constitutional justice, and the rule of law. Member of several international academic councils, he is one of the most active voices in defending democratic constitutionalism and public freedoms.
Dr. DANIEL BERZOSA LÓPEZ
- Born in Úbeda in 1969.
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- European Doctor in Law from the University of Bologna, where he was a fellow of the Royal College of Spain and Dean (top of his class for academic record).
- Bachelor of Laws from the Complutense University of Madrid, awarded the Extraordinary Degree Prize and the Prize for Best Academic Record.
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Professor of Constitutional Law and Legal Practice at CUNEF University (affiliated with UCM) and at the Institute of Stock Market Studies (IEB), as well as Associate Professor at IE Law & Business School.
- Lawyer with 25 years of experience in national and international cases of high complexity, in both private and public law.
- Member of the Scientific Committee and of the Global Academy of Citizens pro Europe.
- Coordinator of the International Observatory for the Regulation of Public Sector Entities at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
- Member of the Organising Committees of the World Law Congresses held in Madrid (2019) and Cartagena de Indias (2021).
- Army Brand Ambassador (2020). Graduate of the XXXVII National Defence Course at the CESEDEN – Spanish Centre for National Defence Studies (2017).
- Author of numerous books, articles and scholarly chapters; speaker at conferences and research groups; frequent lecturer in academic and professional forums.
- Regular media contributor: press (ABC, El Imparcial), radio (Herrera and Mediodía on COPE), and television (Trece, Antena 3, Cuatro, TVE, Telemadrid).
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- His Majesty the King presented him with the XXXI FIES Journalism Award (2019) for the article “Five Years of an Exemplary Reign”, in a ceremony held at the Zarzuela Palace (2020).
