Professor of political and social philosophy, «Ikerbasque» Researcher at the University of the Basque Country and Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (www.globernance.org). Robert Schuman Visiting Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, former Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Paris 1 – Sorbonne, he was appointed Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics in 2014. He was awarded the Miguel de Unamuno Essay Prize, the National Literature Prize in the Essay category in 2003, the Espasa Essay Prize and the Euskadi Essay Prize. He also received the Humanities, Culture, Arts and Social Sciences Prize from the Basque Studies Society/Eusko Ikaskuntza in 2008. In 2013, he was awarded the Príncipe de Viana Culture Prize. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts, based in Salzburg, and the Academy of Latinity. He has published a significant number of books, some of which have been translated into English, French, Italian, German, Euskera, Portuguese and Chinese (forthcoming). Recent publications in English include: «Rethinking the Future of Politics» (Peter Lang, Bern 2010); «The Future and its Enemies» (Stanford University Press, 2012); «The Democracy of Knowledge» (Continuum/Bloomsbury, New York, 2013); «A World for Everyone and Anyone» (Columbia University Press, 2013), (Ed. with Javier Solana); and «Humanity at Risk. The Need for Global Governance» (Continuum/Bloomsbury, New York, 2012).