Francisco Javier Martinez Contreras

Francisco Javier Martinez Contreras serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Deusto, Bilbao campus, concurrently leading the Centre for Applied Ethics. He instructs undergraduate courses including Ethical Challenges in the Global World and Civic and Professional Ethics, alongside the Master’s course Ethics of Globalisation within the Master’s in Ethics for Social Construction program.

His academic foundation comprises:

• BA in Philosophy and Religious Science from the University of Deusto
• PhD in Philosophy from the University of Deusto

His research critically engages ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics within contemporary frameworks, emphasizing global ethical dilemmas and professional conduct. Work explores intersections between aesthetic theory and moral philosophy, applied to modern societal challenges through publications on political and contemporary philosophy.

Scientific recognition:

• No awards documented

Advisory activities and research funding remain unspecified in available records. International engagements include Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at Berlin’s Institut M.-D. Chenu Espaces, visiting lectureship at Mexico’s TEC Monterrey, and guest researcher positions at Portugal’s University of Coimbra and Germany’s Freie Universität Berlin within the Ethics Applied to Social Reality research team at Deusto’s Centre for Applied Ethics.