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Alberto Sanchez Lozano
In an act held this Friday, Garrido acknowledged that "it is a great pride as a teacher to receive this recognition from the Ministry of Defense because of the work I do in favor of the dissemination and awareness of peace, security and defense in my classes".
The Ministry of Defense awards the Cross of Aeronautical Merit to people who work for the dissemination and knowledge of the role played by aspects such as defense and security in today's society, after decades of a great transformation of both concepts. The professor believes that "this is also a recognition and thanks to the URJC for its work in transmitting knowledge on defense and security in the degrees it offers and in the Francisco Villamartín Chair, of which I am director".
This is the second military decoration that Vicente Garrido receives as a civilian. "Normally, the Ministry of Defense only awards a decoration to a civilian, but in this case they wanted to make an exception for me because of my work at the university in favor of disseminating the security and defense of a country like Spain," he said. Garrido explained.
The first medal was the Naval Merit Cross, which was awarded to the professor in 2007, thanks to his important contribution to the debate on the state of security in Spain that existed at that time.
Permanent seminar underway
The Francisco Villamartín Chair, through the URJC, maintains a collaboration agreement with the Ministry of Defense, through which it organizes various activities such as conferences on different topics (cybersecurity, military health, defense...), research projects, and a permanent seminar that started this past Tuesday, October 22, with the intervention of Jaime de Rabago and Santiago Ramón González to talk about economy and defense industry.
The next session of the permanent seminar of the Francisco Villamartín Chair, entitled 'Security and Defense Perspectives in a changing world', will take place next Wednesday, October 30, from 19:21 p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. in the Hall of Degrees of the Departmental Building of the Campus of Madrid, in Vicalvaro.
Carlos Torres and Fernando Borredá will take part in this seminar talk, who will talk about the danger that weapons of mass destruction and chemical weapons pose to today's societies, coordinated by Professor Vicente Garrido, director of this chair.
The permanent seminar 'Security and Defense Perspectives in a world in transformation' consists of seven sessions, in which different aspects of the conception of security and defense that are being built with the changes that occur in today's world will be addressed .
Topics such as intelligence, strategic communication in security, cybersecurity, health and defence, the sociology of defense and current terrorist threats will be the focus of the forthcoming presentations at this seminar, which will award 2 academic recognition credits to URJC students who participate. In addition, those who carry out a final project on any of the topics addressed and have attended all the sessions will receive recognition from the Higher Center for National Defense Studies (CESEDEN) and from the university.
