Bergalli Roberto : curriculum vitae

Roberto Bergalli has been the Head of the Criminology and Criminal Policy Studies of the Universitat of Barcelona. Coordinator of the specialty in "Sociología Jurídico-Penal" of the Doctorate in Law of the Universitat of Barcelona. Director of the European Masters "Penal System and Social Problems" in the Department of Penal Right and Penal Sciences of the Universitat of Barcelona. Co-Director of European MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Co-Director of the International Master "Penal Systems Compared and Social Problems" in the Independent University of Mexico (UAM-Azcapotzalco) and Independent University of Hidalgo.

Doctor in Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires and the University of Salamanca-Spain (1971).

Doctor in Sozialwissenschaften by the Universität zu Köln (1974).

Doctor in Law, faculty of Law, University of Salamanca (1978)

Diploma in the Institute of Criminology - University of Cambridge. (United Kingdom, 1967).

Diploma in the Scuola di Perfezionamento in Diritto Penale-Istituto di Criminología Università degli Studi di Roma (Italy, 1969).

Scholarship holder of Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung in the Kriminologisches Forschungsstelle of the Universität zu Köln (Federal Rep. of Germany, 1974-1976, 1977-1978)), where soon he received a Assistentestelle and successively a Gästprofessur.

Judge at the Criminal Court of Buenos Aires from 1963 to 1966

At the present time he is Professor Titular of the Departament de Dret Penal i Ciencies Pénals - Facultat de Dret of the Universitat of Barcelona (UB) (Spain) and, also, like CAP d’Estudis in Criminologia i Política Criminal (UB).

As from 2000, he is coordinator of the Ph. D. Programme in Law, Special Field on Sociology of Criminal Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences-University of Barcelona (Spain), and also Studies Director on Criminology and Criminal Policy, Law Faculty-University of Barcelona (Spain).

He was Scientific Director of the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (ILSL)-(Oñati- Guipúzcoa, 1993-1995).

Also, he has been visiting Professor in different Universities, among others, the Universities of Zulia, Merida, Central (Venezuela); Externado, National, Libre (Colombia); Autónoma, National Autónoma of Mexico (Mexico); Rosario, Santa Fe, Cordoba, Buenos Aires (Argentina); Padova, Bologna, Milano and Rome (Italy); Frankfurt a. M., Saarland, Berlin (Germany); Cambridge, Oxford and Cardiff (United Kingdom).

He has published 205 collaborations in European and American magazines specialized in legal sociology and political sociology, criminology and penal law.

As author or Coordinator has published 23 books; among his recent works they stand out: Control Social punitivo. Sistema penal y sus instancias de aplicación (Policía, Jurisdicción y Cárcel) (Coord y Co- autor, Barcelona 1996). Soberanía: Un principio que se derrumba. Principios metodológicos y jurídico-políticos. (Coord. y co-autor, Barcelona 1997). Social Control and Political Order (Co-editor y co-autor, London-Thousand Oaks-New Delhi, 1997). Derecho y Sociedad (Co-editor y Co-autor Valencia, 1998). Hacia una cultura de la jurisdicción. Ideología de Jueces y Fiscales (Argentina, Colombia, España e Italia ). (Buenos Aires, 1999). Sistema Penal y Problemas Sociales (Coordinador y co-autor, Valencia 2003).

Director of the Collection Sociedad-Estado (Barcelona: PPU).

He belongs to the publishing and/or consultative Councils of diverse periodic publications, as for example: Dei delitti e delle pene (Director Alessandro Baratta, edit. Abele) o Theoretical Criminology (Editors Lynn Chancer y Tonny Jefferson, Sage Publications)..