- Member of the research group, “Paganos, judíos y cristianos en la Antigüedad” (“Pagans, Jews and Christians in Antiquity”)

- Researcher of the Peace and Conflict Research Institute, University of Granada

Research Lines

- History of Christianity, of the Church and of Religions in Antiquity

- Late Antiquity

- Women builders of Peace and Ecofeminism

Research Projects

- Freedom and religious Intolerance. The Christian experience of Late Roman Spain (Libertad e Intolerancia religiosa. La experiencia cristiana de la Hispania tardoantigua Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. BHA2003-08652). From 12-12-2003 to 11-12-2006.

- Cultural Diversity and Religious Uniformity in Late Antiquity. The Genealogy of Christian Intolerance (Diversidad cultural y uniformidad religiosa en la Antigüedad tardía. La genealogía de la intolerancia cristiana Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. HUM2006-11240-C02-02). From 01-10-2006 to 30-09-2009.

- Prosopografia di Archeologia Cristiana (Istituto romano della Società di Görres), 2007-2010.

- Peace and Conflicts in the Andalusian and Iberoamerican Universities. Debates and coincidences (Paz y Conflictos en las universidades andaluzas e iberoamericanas. Debates y coincidencias (Junta de Andalucía). February 2007 to January 2009.

- Conflict and Co-existence in Ancient Christianity: Conceptual Strategies and Rhetoric Debate (Junta de Andalucía). Desde febrero 2007 hasta enero 2009.

- The Culture of Peace in Andalusia. Experiences and Challenges (La Cultura de Paz en la sociedad andaluza. Experiencias y desafíos Junta de Andalucía, P07-HUM-02629). From 01-03-2008 to 28-02-2012.

- Cultural Diversity, Peace, and Conflict Resolution in Early Christianity (Diversidad cultural, paz y resolución de conflictos en el cristianismo antiguo (HAR2009-12679-CO2-01); Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología), January 2010-December 2012.

- The Church as a System in Late Antiquity (La Iglesia como sistema de dominación en la Antigüedad Tardía (HAR2012-31234); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad), February 2013-January 2016.

- Religious, social and cultural freedom, co-existence and integration: Christian proposals from Late Antiquity (Libertad, convivencia e integración religiosa, social y cultural: propuestas desde el cristianismo tardoantiguo Plan propio, Universidad de Granada, March 2014- ), as main researcher.

Estancias en centros de investigación

- Istituto Patristico Augustinianum, Roma (Italia) (May- July 2002).

- Academic Visitor, Classic Center, University of Oxford (United Kingdom) (June-August 2003).

- Oriental Institute, University of Oxford (November 2004-August 2007, June-August 2008, July-August 2011 and July-August 2013).

- Fellow, Real Colegio Complutense en Harvard, Cambridge, MA (June-August 2009).

- Centro Interdisciplinare Scienze per la Pace della Università di Pisa, Italia, Programme “Youth Leaders”, Culture of Peace and Susteneability (January and June 2010).

- Academic Visitor en el Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies of the University of Oxford (July-August 2010.