UniversidaddeCádiz

The new academic leaders bring extensive research experience in public administration and employment rights

The School of Law at the University of Cádiz has recently held elections to renew the leadership of the Department of Public Law and the Department of Labour and Social Security Law. Following the completion of the claims and appeals period, the process concluded with the definitive appointment of José María Pérez Mongió as Department Head of Public Law and Antonio Álvarez del Cuvillo as Department Head of Labour and Social Security Law.

Pérez Mongió, Full Professor, is affiliated with the Department of Public Law and also linked to the Instituto para el Desarrollo Social Sostenible. He completed his PhD at UCA with the 2005 doctoral thesis The Legal Framework for Companion Animals, supervised by professor José Ignacio Morillo-Velarde Pérez. The research was pioneering in the field, examining the administrative regulation of companion animals and anticipating contemporary debates around animal welfare and legal accountability.

A specialist in Administrative Law, Pérez Mongió has built a solid research career in areas connected to regulation, public governance and state administration. He has supervised PhD candidates, taken part in numerous research projects, and published widely across academic journals and scholarly books. His work spans studies on public administration performance, institutional transparency, administrative responsibility, and evolving models of citizenship-state relations.

Álvarez del Cuvillo, also Full Professor, leads his academic work from within the Department of Labour and Social Security Law and the equivalent legal discipline. He belongs to research group SEJ-501 Labour Rights Protection, and obtained his PhD in 2006 after defending the doctoral thesis Work Contract Developments in Small Enterprises, directed by professor Jesús Cruz Villalón.

His scientific output includes monographs, book chapters and highly specialized academic articles addressing workplace discrimination, affirmative action measures, the balance between constitutional rights and company organization, and the adaptation of working conditions to family needs. Among his most recent contributions is the 2024 study The Concept of Group Discrimination and its Practical Effectiveness in Labour Relations. His research activity also includes participation in national and regional projects focused on equality, discrimination and fundamental rights, as well as supervision of doctoral theses dealing with structural inequality, migration, and employment integration.

For the University of Cádiz, the appointments represent the incorporation of two established academic profiles into departmental governance, ensuring scientific continuity and strategic direction in areas that are central to understanding public institutions and employment rights in the present and future.