MARIA ADORACION CASTRO JOVER
- Knowledge area
- State Ecclesiastical Law
- Department
- Centre
- Faculty of Law
- Electronic mail
- adoracion.castro@ehu.eus
Degree in Law (1976), doctorate in Law (1986), extraordinary doctorate prize (1987) at the University of Valladolid. Full Professor (1992) at the UPV/EHU. Department Director (1991-1992; 1995-2002; 2006-2010; 2014-2019); member of the Research Commission (2006-2009). OCSE member in Italy by Decree Direttoriale n. 236 of 11 February 2013, to take part in the Commissione per l'Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale nel Settore Concorsuale 12/C2-DIRITTO ECCLESIASTICO E CANONICO (2013-2015). Appointed by the Ministry of Justice as a member of the Advisory Commission on Religious Liberty as a person of recognized competence (2019-2022).
She has directed 5 doctoral theses, two of them with a prize (Extraordinary Doctorate Prize and Research Prize in Bioethics from the Grifols i Lucas Foundation). Invited as Visiting Professor by the Faculty of Law of the University of Bologna (Italy)(2012).
She has been Principal Investigator (IP) in 7 projects (4 I+D (2006-2009; 2010-2012; 2014-2016; 2017-2019) and 3 UPV/EHU); she has been IP of 2 consolidated research groups of the University System of the Basque Country, (2007-2009 and 2010-2013); has participates in 2 (2013-2015; 2019-2021).
Author of 80 publications. She has 5 sexennia of recognized by the CNAI. Her lines of research are: Freedom of conscience and conscientious objection, places of worship, secularism, religious minorities, management of religious diversity, law and interculturality.