Members

Javier Arregui (BACES Director). He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Pompeu Fabra University with the profile of Political Science (European Politics). As a Professor, he has broad experience in teaching and researching on European Union politics, comparative politics and public policy. He has been awarded the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Governance three times (2016-2018, 2018-2021 and 2021-2024). 

He received his PhD in Political Sciences from the Interuniversity Center for Social Science, Theory and Mehtodology (ICS) at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). Among other appointments, he has been a Research Fellow at ICS (1999-2004) and researcher at Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) - Madrid (1998-1999).

Fernando Guirao (BACES Deputy Director). Jean Monnet professor of History at the Department of Economics and Business, Pompeu Fabra University. Guirao was awarded a first Jean Monnet Chair in History in 1995, which became permanent in 2002 and ad personam since 2013. He has broad experience in teaching European economic and integration history.

He holds a B.A. degree in Modern and Contemporary History from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1986) and a PhD in History and Civilization at the European University Institute (1993). Since 1996 he is a member of the European Union Liaison Committe of Historians, a groups of professors established in 1982 to disseminate the research on the history of postwar Europe. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of European Integration History, the only international scientific journal in the field of the history of European Integration. 

Yannis Karagiannis (Associate Professor). He is an associate professor at IBEI, where he teaches Advanced Research Methods (first and second semester), Game Theory (second semester) and International Political Economy (first semester). He holds a BA in international relations from Science Po Paris (cum laude), an MA from the London School of Economics and a PhD from the European University Institute of Florence (Best Inter-Disciplinary Thesis Award, 2006-2008).

His research focuses on European Union politics (history and institutions of European integration), political economy (the theory of incentives/conditionality; and the politics of antitrust policies), and nationalism (intellectuals and nationalism). He often contributes to current-affairs debates, including in newspapers, radio stations and TV stations.

Andrea Noferini (Adjunct Professor). Andrea Noferini is an Italian researcher living and working in Barcelona since 2003. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Universitá degli Studi di Firenze and a MA in Political Science from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He is a professor at the Department of Political Science at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and collaborates with the CEI, International Affairs, where he is responsible for the preparation to the diplomatic career in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2012, he has also been an affiliated professor at IBEI, where he teaches courses on the European Union and public policies.

His research interests focus on public policies, with a particular emphasis on multilevel governance in the context of EU policy-making and transnational governance. Some of his recent research analyses territorial cooperation (macro and euroregions), cohesion policy, development cooperation, international relations, sustainability and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. He has participated in several projects for different organisations such as the United Nations Development Programme, the European Commission, the Spanish Agency for Cooperation and Development, as well as public administrations at national, regional and local levels. 

Joan Miró Artigas (Assistant Professor UPF). Joan Miró is an Assistant Professor in EU Politics & Policy at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University. He received his PhD in Political Science from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in 2019. He had previously worked at Milan University and Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) as postdoctoral researcher. His research interests lie in European integration, particularly the socioeconomic governance of the EMU, social policy, and international political economy, particularly in relation to globalisation and state transformations.

Alina Felder-Stindt (Assistant Professor). Alina Felder-Stindt obtained her PhD from the University of Bamberg, Germany, and previously held a postdoctoral position at the School of Economics and Political Science at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Her research interests include (EU) public policy making and the mechanisms and effects of Europeanisation. Her research has appeared as a monograph with Routledge and as articles in Governance, Journal of European Integration, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, Politics & Governance and Regulation & Governance. 

Concepció Muñoz (European Documentation Center, Autonomous University of Barcelona). She has been an academic librarian since 1998, and since 2002 she is the responsible information expert of the UAB European Documentation Center. Concepció is highly specialized in individual consulting, the design of online informaive and interactive content as well as dissemination activities related to the European Union and its policies. At the same time, she gives conferences and participates in publications about European topics. She has worked as ad-hoc consultant in the AL-INVEST EU programme and she is also academic coordinator of the MOOC Online Course "European Union: History, Institutions and Policies" (in Spanish). 

Elena Prats (PhD Researcher). She is a qualified lawyer and a PhD candidate in Legal Philosophy at Uppsala University in cotutelle with the Law Faculty of Pompeu Fabra University. She is currently developing a theory to assess the legitimacy of citizenship-by-investment programs in the EU. A former visiting scholar at Max Planck Institute and the Tarello Institute for Legal Philosophy, Elena is the author of a few publications and the co-editor of two special issues at high-ranked journals.

​Marie-Thérèse Wilhelm (Postdoctoral Research Fellow). Marie-Thérèse Wilhelm is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Her research focuses on the implementation of European legislation, environmental policy, and multilevel governance. She earned her PhD in political science from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in 2024, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities, that examined subnational infringements of European environmental directives through a mixed-methods approach. Marie-Thérèse has also been a Visiting Research Fellow at Maastricht University and the University of Antwerp.

Nicolas Bicchi (PhD Researcher). Nicolas Bicchi is a PhD student in the department of political & social sciences of the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, under the supervision of Prof. Javier Arregui. His main research areas are legislative bargaining and elite behaviour in the European Union’s institutions and the effect of automation on the European political landscape. He holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Leeds and a Research Master’s in International Relations from the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI).

​Joan Ricart Angulo (Research Assistant) In May 2025, Joan joined BACES as a research assistant. He is an European Doctor in Political Science, a degree he obtained from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He has conducted pre-doctoral research both in The Netherlands (at the KITLV in Leiden) and in Indonesia (at the Gadjah Mada University).  His thesis focused on party institutionalization in multi-level contexts, such as the Republic of Indonesia. Joan is an Adjunct Professor in the Political and Social Sciences Department at the UPF, where he has taught "European Politics" and "Experiencing the EU: a Simulation of Council Negotiations and Decision-making" for several years. He is also the coordinator and editor of Los Sistemas Políticos de España e Indonesia. Una perspectiva comparada (2016).

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Nil Barutel (PhD Researcher). Nil is currently a PhD candidate at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Javier arregui and Dr. Nicolás Barbieri (UIC). As part of his industrial PhD scholarship, he works as a policy-maker and cultural manager at ICUB, the Department of Culture of Barcelona City Council. His research focuses on the relationship between cultural policies and social cohesion, analysing different policy approaches from various European cities. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music (Erasmus Hogschool Brussel, Belgium) and a Master in Public and Social Policy (UPF in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University). He previously worked as a research assistant at JHU-UPF Policy Centre and as a manager and consultant for Generalitat de Catalunya, Liceu Opera House or Jaume Bofill Foundation. He has also given seminars at the Master’s in Public Policy, Mundus MAPP (IBEI) and Master in Social and Public Policy (UPF-JHU).

Lorenzo Díez-Picazo is a Research Assistant at BACES. He holds an MA in Transnational Governance  from the European University Institute, and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the Alliance 4 Universities (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra). Lorenzo brings his experience in international governance settings, having worked for the OECD and the European Investment Bank. His interests lie on how European institutions advance new economic policy objectives—competitiveness, sustainability, and security—and on the constraints they encounter in doing so.

Veit Winkler is a Research Assistant at BACES, holding a Master of Research in Political Science and a Master in Current Democracies from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra as well as a BA in Social Sciences from the University of Augsburg. Veit contributes with his academic knowledge and his practical experience in both local and national politics, having worked for a German member of parliament. His research interests lie in the organization of European political parties and modern welfare state policymaking. 

Alberto López (Research Assistant). Alberto holds a MRes in Political Science from the School of Research at Sciences Po Paris, a MA in Democracy and Governance from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the Alliance 4 Universities (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra). Prior to joining BACES, Alberto worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at UAM, and in three European Union’s Horizon research projects. Alberto’s main research interests lie within the field of comparative political economy, with a particular focus on the politics of inequality, political representation, institutions, and the political economy of redistribution and taxation. His master's thesis at Sciences Po Paris examines the relationship between economic inequality, political inequality, and policy responsiveness in OECD countries since the 1980s, under the supervision of Prof. Bruno Palier (Sciences Po Paris) and Prof. Elvire Guillaud (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).

Augustin Huteau (PhD Researcher). Augustin has joined UPF as a PhD student in Economic History in 2022. He holds a BSc in Economics and Political Science from the University of Montreal (Canada, 2019). He obtained a Master’s degree in International Economics from the University of Barcelona in 2020, and a Master of Research in Economic History from the University of Paris I : Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2021. 

He has studied in France, Canada, Argentina, Italy and Spain. His research interests include Economic History, Political Economy, Industrial Economics, and European Integration, with a special focus on industrial policies. He has worked for the Prime Minister of Canada during his studies at the University of Montreal.

Luis Maurin (BA Student): Luis is a 3rd year student of the BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF). As a member of JEF Spain, he currently works as an organizer for the project "yourdigitalrights.eu", an initiative spreading awareness on digital rights in the E.U.. His interests include European integration, constitutional affairs and digital rights. He is also a recent member of the EU Society at UPF.

Sebastián Moreno Barreneche (External Research Associate) is Associate Professor of Culture and Society at Universidad ORT Uruguay. He earned his PhD in Social Sciences from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (Germany), with a doctoral dissertation focused on populist discourse. His research draws on sociocultural semiotics to examine discursive and cultural practices in the political domain, with particular attention to the construction of collective identities (especially national and supranational) and to political phenomena in which meaning, sense-making and signification play a central role. In addition to his academic work, he has served in professional roles at the European Commission, NATO and the United Nations. Since 2026, he is External Research Associate at the Barcelona Centre for European Studies (BACES) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, focusing on discourse, identities, narratives and culture of Europe and the European Union.