Research lines

      ▪ Critical Theory & Political Theory
      ▪ Varieties of Populism & Religious Studies (with a focus on Eastern & Southern Europe)
      ▪ Critical Political Theory & the Arts (film and literature)

Current grants and projects

  • 2023-2026 Principal Investigator (with Miguel de Beistegui) Pathologies of Capitalist Societies and the Rise of Authoritarianism: A Philosophical-Literary Approach to Ustopias (2023-2026), funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 
  • & FEDER, UE (Proyecto PID2022-142130NB-I00). [Research Project]
  • 2025-2026 Research Partner, REDES: Red de estudios sobre la diversidad religiosa (Leader: Maria del Mar Griera Llonch, UAB) [Research & Networking Project]
  • 2025-2026: Research Partner, Democratic Citizenship in Post-Truth Societies, EUTOPIA (Leader: Ciprian Mihali). 
  • 2024-2026 Researcher, PNRR grant "Doing Environmental (In)justice: A Theory in Praxis - Eco Just" (project ID: 760077/23.05.2023), led by Irina Velicu. [Research Project] 
  • 2024-2025 Principal Investigator “AI for Democratic Education”, PlaClick, Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Teaching & Research Project] 

Past grants and projects

  • 2016-2017: Advisory Board Member for Researching Arab Mediterranean Youth: Towards a New Social Contract (SAHWA project), funded by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 (Grant agreement n° 613174). Coordinator: Elena Sanchez.
  • 2016-2017: Research Member for Guidelines for a Juridical and Political Interpretation of Religious Exemptions and Accommodations in the Catalan Context, financed by the Generalitat de Catalunya, 2015RELIG00015. Principal Investigator: Daniel Gamper.
  • 2013-2015: Project Coordinator for Habermas’ Postsecularism and Islam, financed by the MICINN, CSO2012-39311.
  • 2013-2014: Researcher in Political and Democratic Culture and New Forms of Citizen Participation, financed by Recercaixa. Principal Investigator: J.L. Marti.
  • 2009-2012: Full Member for Religious Pluralism and Political Decentralization in Europe: Towards a Postsecular Model? A Normative and Comparative Analysis, sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Education, MICINN, CSO2009-22011. Coordinator: Ferran Requejo.
  • 2007: External Collaborator for REFGOV, Reflexive Governance in the Public Interest, financed by the European Union, The 6th European Framework Programme for Research and Development, OND1313132. Coordinator: Christian Joerges.
  • 2006: External Collaborator for Citizenship and Democratic Legitimacy in the EU (CIDEL), contract number HPSE-CT-2002-0013, sponsored by the European Commission. Coordinator: Christian Joerges.