LAURA CHAQUÉS BONAFONT
Associate professor of Political Science
University of Barcelona
Research fellow
Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals IBEI
Professional address: Avinguda Diagonal, 690; 08034 Barcelona
Phone: 93 402 1924; Fax: 93 402 1294
[email protected]
http://www.ub.edu/spanishpolicyagendas
Education
Ph D. 1999. The University of Barcelona, Political Economy
MA. 1997. The New School for Social Research, New York. Political Science
BA. 1992. The University of Barcelona, Economy.
Full time academic appointments
2003-Associate professor (Professora Titular), Departament de Dret
Constitucional i Ciència Política, Universitat de Barcelona
1999-2002- Assistant Professor (Professora Titular interina), Departament de Dret
Constitucional i Ciència Política, Universitat de Barcelona
1994-1998- Lecturer (Professora ajudant), Departament de Dret Constitucional i
Ciència Política, Universitat de Barcelona.
Current research projects
Spanish Policy Agendas Project. http://www.ub.edu/spanishpolicyagendas
This project is aimed to explain the evolution of the Spanish political agenda for
the last decades in a comparative perspective. One of the main goals of the
project is the construction of datasets for the quantitative and qualitative
analysis of the interrelation between the media agenda, public opinion and
the political agenda. This project is a part of the comparative policy agendas
project www.comparativeagendas.org first developed in the US by Brian
Jones and Frank R. Baumgartner and also developed in Denmark, Belgium,
France, Canada, United Kingdom, Scotland, the Netherlands, Italy,
Switzerland, Israel, Australia, Hong Kong and the State of Pennsylvania.
Morality Politics in a comparative perspective. This project is aimed to the
analysis of five issues (abortion, assisted reproduction techniques, embryo
research, euthanasia, and same-sex marriages) in Denmark, United Kingdom,
United States, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Spain. The general project is
directed by C. Green-Pedersen (Aarhus University, Denmark), and in Spain,
it is directed by Laura Chaqués Bonafont.
Europeanization of law making activities. This project is aimed to the analysis of
the impact of the EU over parliamentary activities in France, the Netherlands,
Germany, Austria, Italy, Luxemburg, Finland and Spain. Convenors are Olivier
Costa, S. Brouard and T. Köning.
Comparative research on interest groups in Europe. Long-term research project
on interest groups, and civil society; a network of scholars from Europe and
the United States is developing different grant proposals and other activities
(standing group on interest groups ECPR) related to these issues.
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Competitive grants awarded
European Science Foundation, European Collaborative Research Projects in the
Social Sciences (EUROCORES), Title: The Politics of attention: West European
Politics in Times of Change: the case of Spain, Principal investigator: Laura
Chaqués Bonafont, from 2008 to 2011. Financed by the:
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (SEJ-2007-30760-E/SOCI) Acciones
complementarias (evaluation from the Ministry of Education 95/100) from
15/09/2008 to 15/12/2009. Total net amount: 87.200 euros
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (CSO-2009-09397), Title: Agenda politica y
medios de comunicacion en España Principal investigator: Laura Chaqués
Bonafont, from 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2013. (evaluation from the Ministry
of Education: A). Total net amount: 105.800 euros.
Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR), SGR 536, Grup
de Recerca Emergent reconegut i finançat per la Generaitat de Catalunya,
Principal investigator: Laura Chaqués Bonafont, From 2009 to 2014. Total
net amount: 32.200 Euros
Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation, Moality politics in a
comparative perspective, IP of the general project: Prof. C. GreenPedersen (Aarhus University, Denmark), IP in Spain: Laura Chaqués
Bonafont, from 01/10/2008 to 01/10/2011.
Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics (Generalitat de Catalunya). Programa de beques
per a la recerca sobre les autonomies polítiques territorials, Title of the
project: Descentralització política i dinàmica de l'agenda a Espanya 19782008. IP: Laura Chaqués Bonaont, July-August 2009. Total amount: 3.400
euros
Publications
Journal articles (peer-review)
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura, A. M. Palau (2011): “Comparing law-Making Activities in
a Quasi-federal System of Government. The Case of Spain” in Comparative
political Studies, (forthcoming)
Mortensen, PB, C. Green Pedersen, G. Breeman, L. Chaqués, W. Jennings, P. John, A.
Palau, A. Timmermans (2011), “Comparing Governmental Agendas. Executive
Speeches in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Denmark”, Comparative
Political Studies (Special Issue) (forthcoming)
Jennings, W., S. Bevan, A. Timmermans, G. Breeman, S. Brouard, L. Chaqués, C. GreenPedersen, P. John, PB Mortensen, A. Palau (2011): “Effects of the Core functions
of Government on the Diversity of Executive Agendas”, Comparative Political
Studies (Special Issue) (forthcoming)
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura, A. M. Palau (2010) “Are Spanish Policy makers
responding to citizens?” West European Politics, (forthcoming)
Chaqués Bonafont, L., A. M. Palau (2009) "The Dynamics of Policy Change: A
Comparative Analysis of the Food Safety and Pharmaceutical Policy in
Spain", Journal of Public Policy, 29:1, pp. 103-126
Princen, S., S. Brouard, L. Chaques, C. Green-Pedersen, W. Jennings, P. John, L.
Muñoz (2009): “Les Dynamiques d’Agendas Multiniveaux dans la Politique
Environnmentale de l’Union Européenne”, Revue International de Politique
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Comparée, 16:3, pp. 485-502.
G. Breeman, L. Chaques, C. Green-Pedersen, W. Jennings, P.B. Mortensen, A. Palau,
A. Timmermans (2009) "Comparer les Agendas Gouvernementaux: Les
Discours du Trone aux Pays-Bas, au Royaume-Uni, au Danemark et en
Espagne”, Revue International de Politique Comparée, 16:3, pp. 405-421
J. Wilkerson, F.R. Baumgartner, S. Brouard, L. Chaqués, C. Green-Pedersen, E.
Grossman, B. Jones, A. Timmermans, S. Walgrave (2009): "The comparative
Agendas Project : Principles, Contents and Challenges", Revue International
de Politique Comparée, 16:3, pp. 365-379.
S. Brouard, J. Wilkerson, F.R. Baumgartner, A. Timmermans, S. Bevan, G. Breeman,
C. Breunig, L. Chaqués, C. Green-Pedersen, Will Jennings, P. John, B. D. Jones,
D. Lowery (2009): Comparer les Productions Législatives: Enjeux et
Methodes, Revue International de Politique Comparée, 16:3, pp. 381-404.
S. Brouard, L. Chaqués, C. Green-Pedersen, A. Timmermans (2009): Comparer les
agendes politiques: une nouvelle voie pur la politique comparée, Revue
International de Politique Comparée, 16:3, pp. 361-364.
Chaqués Bonafont, Laura (2009): “Nuevo paradigma, nuevo contexto institucional:
el caso de la política farmacéutica”, Gestión y Análisis de políticas públicas,
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Chaqués Bonafont, L., A. M. Palau, L. Muñoz, J. D. Wilkerson (2008). "Comparing
Governmental Agendas: Evolution of the Prioritization of Issues in the USA
and Spain", IBEI Working Papers, Available at SSRN.
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura (2001): “Policy networks y política farmacéutica” Revista
Española de Ciencia Política, número 4, volumen 1.
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura (2000): “Continuidad y Cambio en la organización de
intereses en la industria farmacéutica”, Gestión y análisis de políticas
públicas, número 17-18, pp. 55-69.
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura (1999): “Europeización de la política farmacéutica”,
Gestión y análisis de políticas públicas, número 13-14, pp. 145-161.
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura (1998): "Globalization and spanish pharmaceuticals
policy" (1998), South European Society and Politics, volumen 3, número 1,
pp. 44-64.
Books
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura, I.Delgado, A. Palau, C Pauner, R Serra, B. Tomás, M.
Velasco. (2011) Alcanzando el Equilibrio, El acceso y la presencia de las
mujeres en los legislativos. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanc.
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura (2004): Redes de políticas públicas (2004) Madrid:
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura (2002): Estructura y Política farmacéutica (2002):
Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura (in process) La dinámica de la agenda política en España.
The goal of this book is to explain how and why new issues get into the
political agenda, and also to explain the interrelation between the political
agenda, the public agenda and the media (elaboration in process;
publication 2012)
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Book Chapters
Chaqués Bonafont Laura, Anna m. Palau and Luz Muñoz (2012): Why mandate
responsiveness is declining in Spain? book edited by Stefaan Wlagrave and
G. Green-Pedersen, forthcoming (Chicago University Press)
Chaqués Bonafont, Laura, A. M. Palau (2011) “Problemas públicos, prioridades
políticas y preferencias ciudadanas en España. Un análisis desde la
perspectiva de la Agenda”, in I.Delgado, M. Velasco, Laura Chaqués, Anna
Palau, C Pauner, R Serra, B. Tomás. Alcanzando el Equilibrio, El acceso y la
presencia de las mujeres en los legislativos. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanc.
Chaqués Bonafont, Laura (2011): “Morality Issues in Spain”, In Green Pedersen, C.
(eds): Morality issues in a comparative perspective, book to be published by
Palgrave (accepted).
Palau, A. M., L. Chaqués Bonafont (2011) “Europeanization of legislative activity in
Spain” in O. Costa, S. Brouard, and T. Köning(eds.),
Chaqués Bonafont, Laura (2009): “Los nuevos actores globales de la política
farmacéutica”, en L.Girona, J.Rovira, N.Homedes (eds.) Medicamentos. Entre
la Salud y el Mercado, Barcelona: Icaria
Chaqués Bonafont, Laura (2008) "Fragmentación, judicialización, e
internacionalización de la organización de intereses en el sector
farmacéutico", en Xavier Seuba (ed.) Salud Pública y Patentes
Farmacéuticas. Cuestiones de Economía, Política y Derecho, Barcelona: J.M.
Bosch Editor
Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura y A M Palau (2006): Gobernanza, en Caminal, M. (ed.)
Manual de Ciencia Política, Madrid: Tecnos
Conference Papers
Council of European Studies, Barcelona (2011). Panel Chair Issue salience,
institutional factors and agenda setting with E. Grossman Presentation of
the following papers: Electoral promises and political responses in a
multilevel system of governance: the case of Spain (with Anna M. Palau
Roqué, and Luz M. Muñoz Márquez) and Morality issues on the Spanish
media system.
ECPR, general conference, Reykjavik (2011) (forthcoming)
MPSA, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago (United States), 22-25th
April, 2010. Workshop: Policy Agendas in Europe and North America.
Authors: Laura Chaqués and Anna Palau, Title: Explaining issue competition
in Spain: a comparison of law production at the nacional and sub-national
level from 1980 to 2008, Chair: Frank Baumgartner (University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill); discussant: Brian Jones (University of Austin Texas)
IPSA, Luxemburg 18-20 March, 2010. Title: The Europeanization of Lawmaking
Activity In Spain (1986-2007) Authors: Anna Palau and Laura Chaqués,
Panel name: European, National and Regional Parliaments and EU Lawmaking, co-Chairs: Patrick Dumont, Philippe Poirier and Wilfried Swenden
ECPR, Joint Sessions, Munster (Germany), 22-27 March, 2010. Title: Regulating
Morality Issues in Spain. Author: Laura Chaqués, Workshop: The Dynamics
of Morality Politics and Policy across Space and Time” directors F. Varone
(Université de Genève) and I. Engeli (European University Institute)
AECPA, IX, Málaga (Spain) 23rd - 25th September 2009.
Title: "Representación
Política e Instituciones en España", authors: Laura Chaqués, Anna Palau.
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Workshop: Continuidad y cambio en los parlamentos en el siglo XXI:
transformaciones y dinámica institucional desde la perspectiva multinivel,
panel chair: I. Delgado and M. González.
ECPR fifth General Conference, Postdam (Germany) 10th - 12th September
2009.
Title: “Issue Competition and Parliamentary Democracy in Spain".
Authors: Laura Chaqués, Anna Palau. Section Title: Comparing Origins and
Effects of Political Institutions, Panel Title: Comparing Hypes, Friction, and
Responsive Government, Panel Chair: G. Breeman and A. Timmermans.
ECPR Joint Sessions, Lisbon (Portugal), 15th - 19th April 2009
Presentation of
the paper: "Political representation and institutions in Spain", authors: Anna
Palau and Laura Chaqués, at the workshop: Institutional Design of
Parliamentary Rules and Party Politics, Panel chair: Zdenka Mansfeldova
and Wolfgang Müller.
ECPR Joint Sessions, Rennes (France), 11th - 16th April 2008
Presentation of
the paper "The Comparative legislative agenda, studying Parliaments by their
outputs", authors: Silvayn Brouard, Frank Baumgartner, Laura Chaqués,
Arco Timmermans Christopher Green-Pedersen, Stefaan Walgrave and John
Wilkerson, at the workshop: Comparing Legislatures Worldwide: Roles,
Functions and Performance in Old and New Democracies. Panel Chair:
Natalia Ajenjo and Mariana Llanos.
ECPR General Conference, Pisa (Italy), 6-8 September 2007, Workshop:
Attention Cycles in Regulatory Policy, Dr. Arco Timmermans, University of
Twente. Paper: How the Spanish executive chooses and prioritizes policy
issues (with Anna M. Palau and Luz Muñoz)
ECPR, Frontiers of Regulation, Bath (Great Britain), 7-8 September 2006,
Paper: “Delegation to Independent Agencies: a comparative analysis
between the food safety and pharmaceutical sector in Britain and Spain”
(with Anna Palau)
ECPR, Joint Sessions, Nicosia (Chipre), April 2006, workshop: the Comparative
Dynamics of Problem Framing: How Science and Power Speak to each
Other, Directors: Arco Timmermans and Cristoffer Green-Pedersen, paper
presented: “The dynamics of policy change: a comparative analysis of the
food safety and pharmaceutical policy in Spain” (with Anna Palau).
AECPA, VII Congreso, Madrid, (Spain) 21-23 setember 2005. Paper: Agencias
reguladoras independientes: la autorización y registro de medicamentos.
IPSA, XVIII world congress, Quebec (Canada) 1-5 de august 2000. Paper:
“State-business relations in the pharmaceutical sector”.
AECPA, IV Congreso, Granada (Spain), 1-2nd October, 1999. Paper: “Política
farmacéutica en España”.
ECPR, Joint Sessions, Berna (Switzerland), 27-4 de March de 1997. Paper: “The
impact of globalization upon the Spanish pharmaceutical industry”.
Worshop: The State and the Globalization Process.
Organization of Meetings
Comparative Policy Agendas Second Annual Meeting, June 19th – 22nd of 2008,
Barcelona (Spain). Organization of this second general meeting of the
Comparative Policy Agenda Project in Barcelona, which had several goals:
discussion of methodological aspects related to the development of
datasets, presentation of papers and definition of future goals and
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strategies of the Comparative Policy Agendas project.
Morality Politics Project. Barcelona, 28th November 2009. Organization of this
third meeting of the project: Morality politics in comparative perspective
funded by the Danish Social Science Research Council, and directed by Prof.
Green-Pedersen.
Delors’ Myth Meeting. Barcelona, 22nd January 2010. Organization of this third
meeting of the Delors project aimed to present and discuss book chapters.
European Policy Agendas Group Meeting, 23rd January, 2010. Meeting chaired
by S. Princen and sponsored by the Montesquieu Institute (The Hague).
Organization of this meeting aimed to discuss methodological aspects about
the analysis of the EU political agenda.
Comparing Policy Agendas in Europe and North America. ECPR ad hoc
research meeting, 9-10 February 2007, CEVIPOF Science-Po, Paris.
Convenors: Sylvain Brouard, Science-Po, Paris (hosting institution); Laura
Chaqués Bonafont, University of Barcelona; Arco Timmermans, University
of Twente. In this research meeting three topics were addressed: the
content of comparative project and the theoretical issues; the empirical
design and the methodological issues; the organization of the international
cooperation.
Participation in Workshops and other meetings
Comparative Policy Agendas fourth Annual Meeting, June 18th - 20th of 2010,
Seattle, United States. Participation in this fourth general meeting of the
comparative Policy Agendas organized by the University of Washington.
Presentation of the paper: explaining the executive agenda in Spain.
Authors: Laura Chaqués, Anna Palau and Luz Muñoz.
Political Parties and Comparative Policy Agendas: an ESF Workshop on
Political Parties and their Positions, and Policy Agendas, 20-21st May
2010, Manchester.
Delors’ Myth Meeting in Manheim, 7th May, 2010. Presentation of final chapters
of the Delors Myth book and discussion about future goals and strategies to
be taken by the group.
Comparative Policy Agendas Third Annual Meeting, June 18th - 20th of 2009,
The Hague (The Netherlands). Participation in this second general meeting
of Policy Agendas Project organized by The Netherlands team. Presentation
of the paper: "Institutional friction and political representation in Spain".
Authors: Laura Chaqués, Anna Palau.
Media and Party Manifesto Coding Workshop, December 18th – 19th of 2008,
Genève (Switzerland). Participation in this workshop aimed to go further in
the definition of the methodological aspects about the development of
media datasets, which is one of the goals of the Comparative Agendas
Research Group. Participant: Laura Chaqués
Morality Project, December 4th – 5th of 2008, Aarhus (Denmark). Participation in
this workshop aimed to define the goals and strategies to be taken for the
development of the project. Participant: Laura Chaqués and Anna Palau
Delors’ Myth Workshop, November 13th – 14th of 2008, Bordeaux (France).
Participation in this workshop aimed to discuss the methodology for the
analysis of Europeanization of the agenda. Participant: Laura Chaqués and
Anna Palau
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Coding the Media Workshop, October 3rd of 2008, Antwerp (Belgium). The
workshop was aimed to discuss methodological aspects about the
development of media datasets, which is one of the goals of the
Comparative Agendas Research Group. Participant: Laura Chaqués
Comparative Policy Agendas First Annual Meeting, February 9th - 10th of 2007,
Paris (France). Convenors: Sylvain Brouard, Science-Po Paris (hosting
institution); Laura Chaqués Bonafont, University of Barcelona; Arco
Timmermans, University of Twente. Participant: Laura Chaqués and Luz
Muñoz.
Doctoral students advised:
Anna Palau Roqué (University of Barcelona), Food safety policy in Spain.
Qualification: Excelente Cum Laude
Luz Muñoz (University of Barcelona) NGOs as Agenda Setters (work in process)
Mariel Julio (Univesity of Barcelona) Environmental policy at the national and
subnational level in Spain (work in process).
Ferran Davesa (University of Barcelona) Issue framing and the media: the case of
terrorism in Spain (work in process)
Participation in other competitive research projects and competitive grants:
Ajut a la Recerca per a professors/es investigadors/es visitants a Catalunya 2010
(PIV-DGR) de 25.255€. Institution: Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i
de Recerca (AGAUR). Visiting professor (January-July 2012): Frank R.
Baumgartner, Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political
Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Ajut pel finançament d’activitats internacionals Facultat de Dret-BKC, Universitat
de Barcelona (2.134,39€), Visiting scholar: Amber E. Boydstun, Instructor
of Political Science at the University of California at Davis (April-May 2011).
Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia: Homogeneity and polarization. Public opinion
and political decisions in Spain]. Project number: SEJ2006-13152/CPOL. This
is a I+D competitive project financed by the Ministerio de Educacion y
Ciencia, directed by Prof. Jordi Capo (Political Science Department of the
University of Barcelona) from 2006 to 2009.
Ajut del Programa Nacional de Movilidad de Recursos Humanos de Investigación.
Convocatoria 2007, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Visiting professor:
John D. Wilkerson, Associate Professor of the University of Washington,
Director of the Center for American Politics and Public Policy, University of
Washington (September 2007-february 2008).
Escola d’Administració Pública de Catalunya (Generalitat de Catalunya),
Delegation to Independent Agencies: a comparative analysis between the
food safety and pharmaceutical sector in Britain and Spain” (with Anna
Palau) 2006. Project title: Total amount: 6.000 Euros
Wold Bank: Analysis of the identification, description and analysis of the major
institutional players in the international pharmaceutical market (juneaugust 2002). Short project financed by the World Bank. Directed by Prof.
Joan Rovira and Laura Chaqués
The internationalization of the Spanish firms (1995) Directed by Prof. Mauro
Guillen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT) and Prof. Manuel
Campa (Stern, New York University).
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Research on Employment Prospects in the Textil and Clothing Sector II (1993),
directed by Prof. Mª Teresa Costa and Prof. Elena Giráldez. Financed by the
European Union
Postdoctoral research abroad
Center for American Politics and Public Policy, University of Washington,
Seattle (United States). July-August 2009. Financed by the Institut
d'Estudis Autonòmics (Generalitat de Catalunya). Programa de beques per a
la recerca sobre les autonomies polítiques territorials, Title of the project:
Descentralització política i dinàmica de l'agenda a Espanya (visitor
professor)
Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University, Cambridge, Boston (United
States) August 2005. Issue: Seminar on Sociological & Political Research,
Postdoctoral research fellow.
World Bank, Washington DC, (United States), July-August 2000. Project about
the analysis of the identification, description and analysis of the major
institutional players in the international pharmaceutical market (juneaugust 2002). Short project financed by the World Bank. Directed by Prof.
Joan Rovira and Laura Chaqués.
Salzburg Seminar and Fulbright Commission, Salzburg, (Austria). June 2000.
Issue: participation in the research seminar The Entrepreneurial City.
Postdoctoral research fellow.
Pre-doctoral research stays abroad
New School for Social Research, New York (United States), 1995-1996, MA in
Political Science. MA advisors: Prof. Charles Tilly y Prof. David Plotke, MA
student
International Cultural Center East and Central Europe Program, New School
for Social Research, Cracow (Poland), July 1995, Courses: Democracy and
Diversity Problems of Democratic Politics Today (D. Plotke) and Institution
Building in Post-Comunist Societies (C. Offe), Ph.D. Student. MA student
London School of Economics and Political Science, London (Great Britain),
July 1993. Course: States and Firms in the World Economy, Ph.D. Student
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (United States) July-August 1991.
Courses on: Survey Research Techniques and Survey Data, BA student.
University of California, Berkeley, (United States) July-August 1990. Course:
Business and Public Policy, BA Student
Research Interest and fields of teaching
Public policy processes, Spanish political system, agenda-setting, interest groups,
comparative public policy, governance, Morality politics, media agenda,
pharmaceutical policy, policy networks, advocacy coalitions and issue
framing.
Academic positions at the University of Barcelona:
Director of the Phd on Political Science (2004-2009); Coordinadora del programa
de postgrau en Ciència Política (1999-2004); Membre de la Junta de la
Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques de la Universitat de Barcelona (20052009); Membre de la Comisió per a l’elaboració del nou grau d’Economia (
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2008-2009); Membre de la Comissió per a l’elaboració del nou grau de
Gestió Pública, (2008-2009); Membre de la Comissió de Recerca de la
Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques (2005-2009); Secretaria del
Departament de Dret Constitucional i Ciència Política (2008-2009)
Main teaching activities:
Undergraduate courses: Public policy, public administration, Spanish political
system, Sociology of the organizations, Political Science, Governance.
Post-graduate courses in the following programmes: MA on International relations,
IBEI (Barcelona) MA on Advanced public management (University of
Barcelona), MA on Màster Universitari en Aigua. Anàlisis interdisciplinaria i
gestió sostenible (University of Barcelona), Màster Universitari en Anàlisi
Política i Assessoria Institucional (University of Barcelona),
January 2011
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