2026 Invited Speakers
Dr. Prof. Delfín Ortega-Sánchez
University of Burgos, Spain
Biography: Prof. Dr. Delfín Ortega-Sánchez is Full Professor of Didactics of Social Sciences at the University of Burgos. He holds three doctoral degrees, PhD in Didactics of Social Sciences (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), PhD in Education (University of Burgos), and PhD in the History of the Americas (University of Extremadura), each awarded with an Extraordinary Doctoral Award. His research focuses on education for democratic citizenship, the curricular inclusion and didactic treatment of controversial issues and social problems, literary education, equality, transdisciplinarity, and the pedagogical use of educational technology.
Currently, he serves as Vice-Rector for Institutional Relations, Culture, and Social Projection at the University of Burgos, and as Director of the Chair in Human Rights and Democratic Culture - Auschwitz Birkenau National Institute, the only one worldwide in direct collaboration with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. In recognition of his impact, he was distinguished among the world’s top ten Social Sciences researchers in the USERN 2022 World Prize.