Research Chairs

One of the pioneers in Spain, it was founded by Fr. Javier Gafo in 1987 with the aim of shedding light on the moral problems raised by advances in the biomedical sciences.

It contributes to the development of Spanish society, providing rigorous analysis and knowledge on its major challenges, generating and strengthening a network of intra- and inter-institutional collaboration that articulates work spaces and activities characterised by multidisciplinarity and diversity of approaches.

Its mission is to contribute to improving the mental health of society and to take advantage of the opportunities offered by new digital technologies to improve people's quality of life and care.

Its aim is to attract women to STEM studies, as a social necessity that seeks to reduce the gender gap that currently exists and achieve a more egalitarian society.

Its mission is the creation and transfer of knowledge through research in sustainable energy models, which is instrumented through the completion of doctoral theses and the direction of master's theses.

Its primary objective is to promote research and the training of people in those relevant issues which, on the basis of scientific and technological development, affect the different moral and religious traditions of mankind.

Its objectives are to formalise and maintain a strategic alliance in the creation and transfer of innovative knowledge between the University and Iberdrola, in those fields of energy that are of strategic interest to Iberdrola.

With the collaboration of companies in the energy sector and social agents, the Chair was created, making it a privileged environment from which to give coherence to studies, legislative proposals, training and dissemination actions that contribute to the mitigation and ideally the eradication of this problem in our country.

It was born in 2003 from the growing concern, within the University, for the energy problem, aiming to serve as a meeting point between companies and institutions for debate and reflection on the problem of energy sources.

The Chair, in collaboration with a group of relevant industrial and technological companies, is a privileged environment from which to give coherence to the studies, training and dissemination actions that facilitate the digital transformation of Spanish industry.

It aims to analyse the opportunities for decarbonisation in the industrial sector, proposing solutions based on technological neutrality.

Its aim is to help Endesa, in particular, and the energy sector, in general, to take advantage of the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence by generating knowledge and disseminating it to society.

It was created with the aim of studying the role of hydrogen in the process of decarbonisation of the Spanish economy and to draw up proposals for the development of business models and the necessary regulation.

The Chair's mission is to contribute to better mobility management by analysing and proposing policy design and contributing to the creation of solutions aimed at achieving more sustainable and smarter mobility.

It is a forum for reflection and research on issues related to Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship; a meeting point for academics and professionals interested in promoting ethical leadership in organisations.

It was founded in 2009 with the aim of bringing together the tradition of humanist leadership within the Society of Jesus with the most recent contributions on leadership, in which the ethical concern of its ends and means are always present.

It has the dual objective of, firstly, serving as a meeting point for companies, academic institutions and other organisations and, secondly, facilitating debate and reflection on the future of Latin American and Caribbean countries.

It was created with the aim of helping Spanish society to know and understand impact investment and corporate philanthropy and its metrics from an academic point of view.

It aims to promote research on regulations, jurisprudence and practice relating to minors, as well as training and in-depth study of the different situations affecting children and adolescents.

The Chair promotes research in corporate law and examines the best ways to update Spanish corporate law in the European and global context of legal and economic operators.

It is dedicated to the debate, study and reflection on the current regulatory framework of business taxation, trying to contribute to its improvement by proposing consistent and effective solutions, through the participation of all the actors involved.

It was created with the aim of proposing formulas to improve and clarify the regulatory framework of economic markets. Specifically, it seeks to promote the study of markets and their regulation from a multidisciplinary approach.

It was created with the aim of promoting study, research and debate on the relationship between new information technologies and law from a multidisciplinary approach.

It aims to create a broad and dynamic network of knowledge and research on the opportunities presented by increasing longevity.

It was created with the aim of becoming a forum for study, research and debate on the relations between these two social sciences and the impact that the interaction between them has on markets and competition between companies and states.

It was created with the aim of researching and promoting the quality of life and well-being of people with intellectual disabilities, as well as their families, from a multi-professional, innovative and critical perspective, committed to society.

It seeks the sustainable and integral development of families in society as a whole, and wants to be a tool to promote knowledge, innovations and advocacy, following the path of deepening and universality opened by the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia and the Church's pastoral care for families.

Refugees and forced migrants are one of the groups that best represent the gaps and opportunities of the new global scenario. The project is born with the idea of knowing and responding to this reality, from its academic specificity, and in permanent contact with the social agents that work in this field.

In conjunction with the AON Foundation, the Chair was created, constituting a privileged environment from which to give coherence to studies and research, training and dissemination activities in this area.