Josep Joan Moreso (Tortosa, Spain, 27 March 1959). Rector of Pompeu Fabra University (2005-2013) is Professor of Legal Philosophy since 1996. Graduated in Law from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1983) where he also completed his PhD (1988) -achieving high-class honours in both instances- he has held teaching posts at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1988-1995); the University of Girona (1996-2000) and the Pompeu Fabra University (2000-2005).

Before holding the post of Rector of Pompeu Fabra University, he was vice-rector of Faculty and of the European Higher Education Area. He was invested as doctor honoris causa of the Valparaíso University (Chile) on October 2010. Since 2013, he is the president of AQU Catalunya.

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Academic career and research

Moreso's primary area of investigation is legal theory, specialising in the structure and dynamics of legal systems and the contributions of deontic logic within this field. His currently research, focused on the study of the philosophical foundations of the constitution, has lead to the publication of Constitución. Modelo para armar (Marcial Pons, 2009).

He was Visiting Scholar at the University of Buenos Aires (1990), Balliol College, Oxford (1995) and the University of Genoa (2000). He has also been a Visiting Professor at several European universities; supervised numerous doctoral theses and was the chief investigator of a established research group with a long tradition in gaining competitive funding for projects.

At present, Moreso is a member of the Tampere Club, an international association dedicated to the study of the current problems facing world democracies. He is also editor of the academic journal Doxa as well as a member of the scientific committee of the academic journals Ragion Pratica (Italy) and Isonomía (Mexico).

Management positions

His interest and vocation for the public university has led to Dr. Moreso to hold several positions of institutional responsibility at all universities where he has worked, always in the field of academic management.

He served as Vice Dean of Academic Planning in the Faculty of Law at the UAB (1990-1992) and later as a representative of the Vice Rector for Academic Organization for the Third cycle in the same university (1993-1994). During his tenure at the University of Girona he was Vice Dean of Academic Planning of Private Law (1998-2000) and he also served as director of the Department of Private Law (1998-2000).

His introduction to the governing body of the UPF was as Vice Rector of Faculty and of the European Higher Education Area under the leadership of the then Rector Rosa Maria Virós (2001-2005), a position which afforded him a broad knowledge of the new standard European framework as well as the internal mechanics of the University.