Vice-Dean for Research Pedro Manuel Amaya Pingo also attended the event, as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Psychology Julio Lorenzo Figueroa Gonzales, who gave a biographical sketch of the Professor. The General Secretary of the university, Enrique Iván Vega, read the Honoris Causa resolution and presented Professor Peiró Silla with the certificate and a souvenir.

José María Peíro (born in Torrent, 1950) chaired the Red Europea de Catedráticos de Psicología de las Organizaciones (ENOP: European Network of Full Professors of Organisational Psychology) and the International Association of Applied Psychology, as well as the European Federation of Work and Organizational Psychology. He led several research projects funded by the Spanish National Commission of Science and Technology, the European Union Research Framework Programme and Climate KIC of the European Institute of Technology.

Peiró has researched on topics such as work stress and occupational health, organisational climate and culture, socialisation of young people in organisation, labour market insertion of young people, and well-being and performance at work.

He holds a degree and a doctorate in philosophy and literature (Universitat de València 1975), and a degree in psychology (Complutense University of Madrid, 1976).

He has written several books on topics related to work and organisations. He was Principal of the Faculty of Psychology of the Universitat de València (1993-1999), Head of the Department of Psychobiology and Social Psychology of the UV (2002-2003), Head of the Department of Basic Psychology, Methodology, Psychobiology and Social Psychology of the UV (1986-1993) and Head of the Department of General Psychology (1983-1986).

In 2017, he received the Honoris Causa Doctorate from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, and in June of this year he received it from the University of Almería.