Francisco Javier
Herrero Hernández

He holds Licentiate degrees in Theology and Philosophy from the Pontifical University of Salamanca (UPSA), with the End-of-Degree Award (2000). He was a research fellow (2000–2004) and earned a PhD in Philosophy with the Extraordinary Doctoral Award (2006). He is Tenured Professor of Philosophy of Religion at UPSA and, since 2013, Associate Professor in the Department of Legal History at the University of Salamanca (USAL). 1. Scientific contributions, relevance and leadership He has developed an independent research agenda on the rationality and public presence of religious phenomena, with >40 publications (2 books, 6 critical editions/translations, 16 chapters, 18 articles). Key contributions include From Husserl to Levinas (2006); the translation and critical edition Jean Héring: Phenomenology and Religious Philosophy (2019); and the edited volume Phaenomenologica Hispanica II (2024) and the 2019 special issue of Aporía: International Journal for Philosophical Investigations, consolidating a Hispanic research space in phenomenology of religion. He has been PI of several pre-competitive projects and an invited speaker at many conferences. He holds a first CNEAI “sexenio” (2009–2017) and currently leads as PI DOREPH (“Religious Documentality and the Public Sphere”). His work is supported by extended research stays (Hochschule für Philosophie, Freiburg, Feb–Jul 2008; Munich, 2009; Husserl Archives, Paris, Jan–Jul 2017; Rome, 2019 and 2021; Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, Jan–Jul 2022). 2. Societal contributions, knowledge transfer and outreach His research brings philosophical-religious reflection to concrete public problems. Articles such as “Transcendence and Post-secularity: The Question of God in Contemporary Society” (2016) and “Technocracy and Post-secularity: Toward a Humanism of the Other Man” (2017) link theory with socio-cultural debate. He has promoted stable initiatives for dialogue among academia, the Church and civil society (Yuste Dialogues; Forum on Humanism, Science and Faith). He is strongly committed to open science: his publications are available open-access through repositories and public platforms. 3. Contributions to training, supervision and evaluation He has supervised 10 doctoral dissertations (2 ongoing) and >100 TFG/TFM and licentiate dissertations; his teaching has received very favourable DOCENTIA evaluations. He served as Dean (2013–2016) and Vice-Dean (2010–2013) of the Faculty of Philosophy (UPSA), Director of the MA in Human and Social Sciences (2015), and Director of the Fernando Rielo Chair (2011–2015). He has been a member of the Extraordinary Domingo de Soto Chair (USAL) since 2013 and designed and directs the DECA programme “Religion and its Pedagogy” (15 editions), recognised as a Teaching Innovation Project (USAL, ID2019/073). In quality assurance, he served (2013–2018) as expert advisor to AVEPRO, chairing external evaluation committees in Rome, and serving on editorial boards and scientific committees in philosophy and theology. He directed the philosophy textbook series Sapientia Rerum (BAC) (2012–2016).