Events

Women who helped shape the destiny of two worlds

María Dolores Higueras Rodríguez, Susana del Río Villar and Patricia Gabaldón Quiñones

The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising a dialogue on 23 October 2024 at 7 p.m. entitled "Women who contributed to forging the destiny of two worlds" with the participation of María Dolores Higueras Rodríguez, Susana del Río Villar y Patricia Gabaldón Quiñones.

María Dolores Higueras Rodríguez is an Americanist historian, pioneer of underwater archaeology and writer, who was technical director of the Spanish Naval Museum, among other relevant positions. She is a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of History and in 1988 received the Cross of Naval Merit. She has been a member of the Royal Board of Trustees of the Naval Museum of Madrid and Patron of the Alvargonzález Foundation, as well as an "Honorary Member" of the Spanish Geographical Society. As an Americanist, she has written more than 80 books and articles on the Spanish history of navigation from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Her studies and chronicles on the first circumnavigation of the world, Elcano and Magellan and her intense work on the Malaspina Scientific Expedition have been published by scientific institutions such as the Spanish Geographical Society, the Professional Association of Museologists of Spain, the Spanish Association of Friends of Archaeology, the Journal of Naval History and other scientific and professional institutions, which has made her a reference person in the field.

Susana del Río VillarDoctor Cum Laude PhD unanimously in Political Science and Sociology; Extraordinary Doctorate Award in Social and Legal Sciences. Member of the Club of Rome. Academician of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vice-President, Salzburg, Director of the Academic Group: Uniting Europe; Expert for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament since 2004. Lecturer in the EU Master's programme of the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies. Lecturer in European integration at the Diplomatic School. Member of the Committee of Independent Experts of the European Commission on Citizens and governance and Democracy in a supranational context. Author of numerous articles and four books on the European Union, the most recent one: Twelve European Women. Building the European Union, published in May 2024. Director of the Integral European Union Programme at Deusto Business School. Director of Es Unión Europea and Upgrading Europe. Director of Institutional Relations of Citizens Pro Europe. Columnist for El Correo. Director of Working Group: Convention on the Future of Europe and director of the Cycle of Sessions Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the Cycle of Sessions EU Talks. Challenges of the European legislature 2024-2029 of Fide. Academic Advisor of Fide. Ambassador of Peace, recognition by the Women's World Peace Association, WLP, EU.

Patricia Gabaldón Quiñones D. in Economics from the University of Alcala, she is currently Professor of Economics at IE Business School, and Academic Director of the Economics Degree at IE University. An Excellence Fellow at the Rafael del Pino Foundation, she was also president of its Fellows Association and a member of its board of directors. Professor Gabaldón's research combines sociology and economics to understand gender and diversity issues in the decision-making of economic agents and the growth of countries. This research has been published in numerous prestigious journals, such as Harvard Business Review, Long Range Planning, or Journal of Business Ethics, while she has also collaborated with multilateral institutions and various media outlets.

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