Eduardo Nolla


Eduardo Nolla is the Academic Director of Fundación Ortega y Gasset-Gregorio Marañón. He’s also the Director of Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset, a graduate school associated to Universidad Complutense de Madrid and offering master degrees and PhDs. in social sciences, humanities and international relations.

He was Dean of Universidad Camilo José Cela from 2013 to 2015.

From 1994 to 2013 he was Professor of Political Theory at Universidad San Pablo-CEU.

He also held the following managerial and academic positions in Universidad San Pablo-CEU: Vice-rector of Coordination, Vice-rector of Organization, Vice-rector of Administration and Vice-rector of Graduate Studies

From 1992 to 1994, he was one of the founders and directors of Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, professor of political theory and chairman of the history department.

From 1981 to 1985, he was a Postdoctoral Fulbright Scholar at Yale University and from 1985 to 1992 he lectured in Political Theory at the same university.

Eduardo Nolla’s fields of research are democratic thought and political theory. He is a well-known world expert on Alexis de Tocqueville having prepared the first critical edition of Democracy in America including previously unpublished manuscripts.

Professor Nolla has received several Spanish and foreign honors. He is a chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres of the French Republic and member of the Commission Tocqueville.

He holds B.A.s and M.A.s degrees in Political Science and in Sociology, and a Ph.D. in Political Theory. He’s also studied Philosophy.