Javier Roiz

Who is Javier Roiz?

Javier Roiz is the founder of the journal Foro Interno. Anuario de Teoría Política, and "one of the most original thinkers in Europe today". He also founded a Permanent Research Seminar which, since 1992, has brought together important researchers and students of political theory.

Born in Madrid, he became Full Professor of Political Theory at the Universidad Complutense in 1995, where he still teaches. He has also held teaching and research positions at Princeton University, the Sigmund Freud Institut in Frankfurt, Wesleyan University, Saint Louis University, Universidad Central de Venezuela-CIPOST and Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Among his intellectual mentors are Harry Eckstein, Manfred Halpern, José A. Rodríguez Piedrabuena and Sheldon S. Wolin.

In the 1980s, he helped advance empirical political science in the Spanish language, with books such as Introducción a la Ciencia Política and Ciencia Política, hoy.