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Roldán Jimeno Aranguren holds a second-cycle degree in Law from the UNED, a second-cycle degree in History from the University of Navarre, with Extraordinary Prize and Third National Completion of Degree Prize, a PhD in History from the University of Navarre, a PhD in Philosophy and Educational Sciences from the University of the Basque Country, and a PhD in Law from the University of Deusto. He is currently Full Professor of the History of Law at the Public University of Navarre.

At the UPNA, he has held the positions of Head of the Students under the Vice-rector of Students, Employment and Entrepreneurship, secretary of I-Communitas-Institute for Advanced Social Research and secretary of the Department of Public Law.

Before teaching at the UPNA, he taught at the University of Navarre (1996-2001) and the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (2001-2003). He has completed numerous research stays at academic centres in the United States, Italy, France and Ireland.

The author of some twenty books, he has had more than a hundred articles and contributions to co-authored books published. His most recent publications include the books "Matrimonio y otras uniones afines en el Derecho histórico navarro (siglos VIII-XVIII)" (Marriage and other similar unions in historical Navarrese Law (8th-16th centuries)) (Dykinson, 2015), "El régimen económico matrimonial en el Derecho navarro (1839-2015)" (The matrimonial property regime in Navarrese Law (1839-2015)) (Aranzadi, 2015), "Miguel Javier Urmeneta (1915-1988). Segunda República, Franquismo y Transición" (Miguel Javier Urmeneta (1915-1988). Second Republic, Francoism and Transition) (Pamiela, 2015), "Los Fueros de Navarra" (The Charter of Navarre) (Official State Gazette State Agency, 2016), and "Amnesties, pardons and transitional justice: Spain’s Pact of Forgetting" (Routledge, 2018).

He is also directing the Complete works of José María Jimeno Jurío, of which more than 50 volumes have been published.

He is the editor of the journal "Príncipe de Viana", published by the Government of Navarre, and secretary of "Iura Vasconiae. Revista de Derecho histórico y Autonómico de Vasconia" (Journal of Historical and Autonomous Law of Vasconia). He is a member of the Navarrese Civil Law Advisory Council and a member of the Navarrese Cultural Council.

María González de Audícana Amenábar es ingeniera agrónoma (1996) y doctora ingeniera agrónoma (2002) por la Universidad Pública de Navarra, donde actualmente es profesora titular en el área de Ingeniería Agroforestal del Departamento de Ingeniería.

María González de Audícana Amenábar is an Agricultural Engineer (1996) and holds a PhD in Agricultural Engineering (2002) from Public University of Navarre, where she is currently a tenured professor in the Agroforestry Engineering area of the Department of Engineering. 

Her research focuses on the development of image processing algorithms for data captured by remote sensing sensors and their application in the agricultural and forestry sectors. She is a member of the THERRAE research group and the research institute IS-FOOD, having participated in 22 competitive R&D projects, including 2 European projects (one as Main Researcher) and 9 national projects (3 as Main Researcher), as well as 14 transfer contracts with companies and public organisations. She is co-author of more than thirty scientific publications in indexed international journals and, as a result of this work, has received awards from the Spanish Association of Remote Sensing and the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.

She has taught subjects in the fields of Cartography, Surveying, Construction, Remote Sensing, and Geographic Information Systems on bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programmes. She has been awarded four quinquennia and three excellent teaching evaluations. In addition, she has participated in various teaching innovation projects and is co-author of several papers presented at national and international conferences related to the adaptation of qualifications and teaching methodologies to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

In terms of management duties, she served as secretary of the Department of Rural Projects and Engineering (2008-2015) and director of the Academic Planning Area (2015-2019), in addition to being part of the Academic Commissions for various undergraduate and master’s degrees at the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering and Biosciences (ETSIAB). Since June 2019, she has held the position of Deputy Secretary General of the University, and since October 2021, she has been the Deputy Director of Research Institute IS-FOOD.