Biography
Stella Villarmea is Professor of Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid. She is currently doing research on the Philosophy of Birth, i.e., on how our notions of childbirth reflect our view of the human being. She has worked in epistemology, philosophy of feminism, and metaphilosophy. She is interested in conceptual innovation, the moral and political justification of our beliefs, and the relationship between knowledge and emancipatory action.
As a Marie S. Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford, she conducted the research project "Controversies in Childbirth: from Epistemology to Practices (VOICE's)", funded by the European Commission. She received the Special Distinction of Excellence for her 20 year-teaching career at the University of Alcalá.