2025-06-242025-06-242025Martín Gutiérrez, Á., García González, A.J. y López Maldonado, D. (2025). Retirement Process in University Professors: Motivations and Challenges for the Future. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 16 (2), 197-224.1309-9108https://hdl.handle.net/11441/174623The retirement is a longitudinal process. From this point of view, it is important to consider the context in which university lecturers are immersed: the needs they present, their work history, how they envisage their future in the short and medium terms, and the proposals they consider enriching their profession’s performance and subsequent retirement process. This study aimed to identify the psychosocial aspects of university lecturer retirement. The sample consisted of 279 teachers from the University of Seville, Spain (165 males and 114 females). Their ages ranged from 30 to 61 years. They belong to different areas and belong to different professional categories. The research methodology was then mixed. The instruments used were a questionnaire and open interview. The results showed that more than half of the university teachers had not previously thought of retiring professionally. However, the reasons that would lead them to retire were the workload and conditions generated after the implementation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). They were not motivated, satisfied, or enthusiastic about their functions (teaching, research, and management). In conclusion, the future projection of these teaching staff members after retirement is based on their resumption of life projects (hobbies, family, and friends). However, they wanted to continue teaching, form relationships with students, and conduct research at their universityapplication/pdf27 p.engRetirementUniversity professorTeachingResearchMotivationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess