Patxi Juaristi
Francisco Juaristi Larrinaga, known as Patxi Juaristi, is a Basque sociologist, linguist, writer and university professor, current vice-rector of the University of the Basque Country.
He is currently a full professor at the University of the Basque Country and director of the Gabriel Aresti Chair of Basque Studies at the University of the Basque Country. He is a corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language since 2013.
He previously held the position of Director of Universities of the Basque Government between 2005 and 2009.
Biography and career
Patxi Juaristi was born in Markina-Xemein, Basque Country, on 13 April 1967. He studied a licentiate degree in sociology and political science in the University of Deusto. Later he obtained a doctorate in sociology at the University of Deusto in 1995, with the thesis "Ondasunekiko harremanak Justo Mokoroaren Repertorio de locuciones del habla popular vasca esaera bilduman", directed by the Basque sociologist Francisco Garmendia Agirrezabalaga.Since 1993, he has been a university teacher of sociology and political science at the University of the Basque Country. Since 1999, he has been a full professor of political science and administration at the University of the Basque Country.
As a professor and researcher, his lines of research have focused mainly on the field of Basque culture, the Basque language, linguistics and the Spanish Civil War. In 2002, he received the Mikel Zarate essay prize awarded by the Royal Academy of the Basque Language for the book Euskal Herria globalizazioaren aurrean: XXI mendean eragina izango duten zenbait eragileren azterketa. As a researcher he is a member of Euskobarómetro, the electoral analysis group of the University of the Basque Country.
From 2009 to 2016, he was a member of the Ethics Committee for Research with Human Beings of the University of the Basque Country. He was also a member of the Board of the Basque Association of Sociology and Political Science.
In 2013, he was named corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language for his study and research of the Basque language. As an academic, he belongs to the "Jagon" section of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language. He is also a member of the Basque Studies Society.
In 2017, he was appointed vice-rector of the University of the Basque Country, with Nekane Balluerka as rector of the university. He was also appointed member of the Advisory Committee for the Basque Language by the Basque Government, along with other members such as Juanjo Álvarez and Koikili Lertxundi.
In 2023, the University of the Basque Country created the Gabriel Aresti Chair of Basque Studies, with Juaristi being its director. He is also part of the team of the UNESCO Chair of Human Rights and Public Powers at the University of the Basque Country.