Likewise, Javier de Cendra, dean of the UFV School of Law, Business, and Government, explains that “the creation of the Institute for the Global Common Good represents an ambitious commitment by the School of Law, Business, and Government to become a key player in multidisciplinary reflection on the epochal shift we are experiencing—evidenced by issues such as the technological revolution, the emergence of a new world order, the demographic crisis, and the migration crisis, in generating proposals that contribute to the common good at the local and global levels, and in training leaders dedicated to service. The Institute will work closely with other UFV institutes and with many academic and institutional partners across all fields to promote significant social impact. It will benefit all UFV students, and in particular those in the Faculty, enriching their undergraduate and graduate programs. I thank Ignacio Cosidó for agreeing to assume the presidency and welcome Professor Matthias Nebel as the Institute’s new director. I am confident that the Institute will play an important role in shaping more humane societies.”
The Institute is chaired by Ignacio Cosidó and directed by Matthias Nebel, a theologian and specialist in the Church’s social teaching and development issues.
Nebel is a professor of Social Ethics and the Church’s Social Teaching at Francisco de Vitoria University and has an extensive international academic background. He has taught at the Institut Catholique de Paris, the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, and the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, and served as a Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute at the University of Cambridge. For five years, he directed the Caritas in Veritate Foundation, a research foundation affiliated with the Holy See’s Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
For Nebel, “the Institute aims to be a place where rigour translates into concrete proposals and processes for social transformation. Thinking about the common good today requires intellectual depth, but also the ability to engage with the specific challenges of our time.”