Begoña Román Maestre

Begoña Román Maestre (Petrer, 1965) is a Spanish philosopher, university professor, and researcher.

Early life and education Begoña Román was born in the town of Petrer, Province of Alicante. She received her PhD in philosophy from the University of Barcelona in 1993 with a thesis entitled under the direction of Artur Juncosa Carbonell.

Career and research She was a professor at Ramon Llull University and director of the Chair of Ethics at the same university (1996–2007). Beginning in 2021, she became a professor at the University of Barcelona. She has supervised seventeen doctoral theses.

Roman Maestre is a member of the consolidated research group (Aporía: Contemporary Philosophy, Ethics and Politics). Her area of specialization is ethics applied to professional and organizational environments, where she teaches at the university and provides training in institutions. She chairs the Ethics Committee of the (Social Services of Catalonia) and is a member of the (Bioethics Committee of Catalonia).

In addition to some fifty articles in specialized journals, some of her more current publications include (Herder, 2016) and, together with Francisco Esteban, (UOC, 2016). She has coordinated , (Prohom Edicions, 2006), (Prohom Edicions, 2005) and (Prohom Edicions, 2003).

Books Román, B. (2016). Ética de los Servicios Sociales. Ed. Herder. ISBN 978-84-254-3787-8 Esteban, F & Román, B. (2106): ¿Quo vadis, Universidad?. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, ISBN 978-84-911-6390-9

Book chapters Román, B. (2021). Violencia obstétrica: reflexiones desde la ética, A VVAA, Hot topics en ginecología y obstetricia, (pp. 25 – 31). Ediciones Permanyer. ISBN 978-84-18673-49-8. Román, B. (2021). Adolescencias: una mirada desde la ética, A Cruz, D; Mollejo, E; González, F (Coords.). Adolescencias. Nuevos retos nuevas transiciones (pp. 57–60). Asociación Española de Neuropsiquiatría Estudios. 64. ISBN 978-84-95287-49-6 Román, B. (2021). Una pedagogía de la bioética pedagógica. A Terribas, N. & Busquets, E. Pedagogía de la bioètica (pp. 21–30). Lectio Ediciones. ISBN 978-84-16918-94-2. Román, B (2018). El reconocimiento mutuo: por una ética de los servicios sociales A García-Marza, V; Martínez, E; y Lozano J.F (coords) Ética y política. Homenaje a Adela Cortina (pp. 383–294. )Tecnos. ISBN 978-84-309-7404-7