Earlier in May 2020, BACES opeened a competitive position for the attribution of a Pre-Phd scholarship. 

In June 2020, the winner of said bursary has been the UPF PhD student Alessandra Zanetti. As of this month, Alessandra is officially joining the BACES research team through the position of Research Assistant on the topics of European Integration. 

Alessandra has been enrolled in the UPF PhD programme in History since 2019. Previously, she also acquired a BA in Modern Literature and an MA in History and Oriental Studies at the University of Bologna. She also performed a research visit at the King's College in London (2018) while performing academic research for her MA Dissertation. 

Her main line of research develops around a historical perspective over Eurosceptical feelings in the United Kingdom, their development in the late 1980s and the consequences that these had in Brexit. Her studies also focus on an alternative interpretation of the role of Margaret Thatcher in European Integration. 

We therefore welcome Alessandra into the team and hope she will be a valuable asset for the future to come!