Political Theory Research Group

GRTP Research Projects

2016-2017 Adam Holesch: Project Coordinator , Borders, sovereignty and self-determination in contemporary Europe, project by the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI); the Centre on Constitutional Change (CCC) (Edinburgh and Aberdeen); and the Centre for Global Governance Studies (Leuven), project financed by Diplocat.

2016-2017 Ferran Requejo: Investigador principal, Rendició de comptes quan les coses funcionen: l’efecte de la ideología, la información i la deliberació ( Generalitat de Catalunya)

2016-2017: Camil Ungureanu - Member Advisory Board, Researching Arab Mediterranean Youth: Towards a New Social Contract: SAHWA project, funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement n° 613174 (http://www.sahwa.eu/SAHWA-PROJECT/SAHWA-Consortium/Team-and-Partners/(anchor)/advisory/#advisory)

2016-2017: Camil Ungureanu - Full Member “Guidelines for a juridical and political interpretation of religious exemptions and accommodations in the Catalan context” (project financed by the Generalitat de Catalunya, 2015RELIG00015). Coordinator: Daniel Gamper (Autonomous University of Barcelona).

2016. Joan Vergés Gifra. Project Coordinator. Positive secularism in Catalonia: its reasonability and limits. (project financed by the Generalitat de Catalunya, RELIG00016)

2016-2019. Joan Vergés Gifra. Full member. Justice and democracy: towards a new model of solidarity. (project financed by the  Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Ref.: FFI2015-64858-P. Coordinator: Àngel Puyol).

2014-2015 Ivan Serrano: Researcher, Els arguments de la secessió en el discurs polític contemporani a Escòcia i Catalunya (funding from the Institut d’Estudis de l’Autogovern)

2013-2015: Camil Ungureanu - Project Coordinator “Habermas’ postsecularism and Islam” (project financed by the MICINN, CSO2012-39311).

2012-2015: Camil Ungureanu - Collaborator “Political and democratic culture and new forms of citizen participation” (Project financed by Recercaixa). Coordinator: Jose-Lluis Marti.

2010-2013 Ferran Requejo: Director of the Spanish Group (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Responding to Complex Diversity in Europe and Canada (RECODE), European Science Foundation, Research Networking Programm (08-RNP-079), Multinational Research Project

2009-2012 Adam Holesch: Project Member, Religious Pluralism and Political Decentralization in Europe: towards a post-secular model? A normative and comparative analysis“. This project was financed by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (CSO2009-13143-CPOL).

2009-2012 Lluís Pérez: Collaborator, Religious Pluralism and Political Decentralization in Europe: towards a post-secular model?. A normative and comparative analysis, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (CSO2009-13143-CPOL)

2009-2012 Ferran Requejo: Director, Religious Pluralism and Political Decentralization in Europe: towards a post-secular model?. A normative and comparative analysis, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (CSO2009-13143-CPOL)

2009-2012: Camil Ungureanu - Full Member “Religious pluralism and political decentralization in Europe: towards a postsecular model? A normative and comparative analysis, (project sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Education, MICINN, CSO2009-22011). Coordinator: Ferran Requejo

2010-2011: Camil Ungureanu - Collaborator “Frontiers. The Political Theory of the Borders: Policy-making and movement of persons in the Euro-Mediterranean space” (financed by MICINN, CSO2008-02181/CPOL 2009-2012). Coordinator: Ricard Zapata.

Democracy, public reason and Islam in Europe: limits and perspectives of Jürgen Habermas' political theory

Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) - CSO2012-39311
Director: Camil Ungureanu
Period: 2013-2015

Responding to Complex Diversity in Europe and Canada (RECODE)

European Science Foundation. Research Networking Programm (08-RNP-079).
Multinational Research Project. Director of the Spanish Group (Universitat Pompeu Fabra): Ferran Requejo
Period: 2009-2012

 

Religious Pluralism and Political Decentralization in Europe: towards a post-secular model?. A normative and comparative analysis

Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (CSO2009-13143-CPOL)
Research Group in Political Theory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Director: Ferran Requejo
Period: 2009-2012
 

Foreign Policy of sub-state Entities

Patronat CatalunyaMon-Government of Catalonia (Vice-presidency)
Period: 2009
 

Devolution and Asymmetry in Regional and Federal European States

Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (SEJ2006-12118)
Research Group in Political Theory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. 
Director: Ferran Requejo
Period: 2006-2009
 

Processes of Resymmetrization in Decentralised States

Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics (DOG4530 15DES2006)
Research Group in Political Theory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Director: Ferran Requejo
Period: 2006-2008
 

Analysis of Direct Democracy in the International Sphere

Government of the Basque Country (Presidency)
Research Group in Political Theory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Directors: Ferran Requejo - Jaume López
Period: 2007- 2008
 

Analysis of the Future Ruling of the Spanish Constitutional Court  regarding the Catalan Statute of 2006

Government of Catalonia
Period: February - June 2008. Ferran Requejo - Raimon Carrasco - Carles Bonet

The Reform of International institutions

"Ubuntu" Foundation -Miguel Servet (Paris) - Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) - CIDOB (Barcelona)
Director UPF: Ferran Requejo
Period: 2004-2005
  

Immigration in Plurinational democracies

Trias Fargas Foundation
Period: 2004-2005
Research Group in Political Theory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Associate director: Ferran Requejo (Director: Ricard Zapata)
 

Catalan Convention on the Future of the European Union

Parliament of Catalonia - Patronat Pro-Europa
Director of the Committee of Experts: Ferran Requejo
Period: March 2002- April 2003
 

Programme of Research Infrastructures

Government of Catalonia
Period: 2002
Director: Ferran Requejo
 

Integration Policies for Immigrants

Government of Catalonia
Research Group in Political Theory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Period: 2002-2003
Directors: Ferran Requejo - Ricard Zapata
 

"Thematic Network" on Federalism and Globalization

Government of Catalonia
Research Group in Political Theory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Period: 2001-2002
Director: Ferran Requejo

(With the participation of political science research groups from: Universidad Autònoma de Madrid, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Universidad de Santiago, Universidad de Barcelona, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Esade, Universidad Pompeu Fabra.)
 

Think-Tanks in Catalonia

Government of Catalonia
Period: September 1998 - September 1999
Director: Ferran Requejo
 

Decentralization Processes in Latin America

Catalan Government - University of Chile
Period: 1998
Director: Ferran Requejo

"Thematic Network" on "Governance in Plurinational societies"

Government of Catalonia
Periods: 1996-1998; 1999-2000
Director: Ferran Requejo.
 

Legitimation in Autonomous Communities

Spanish Ministery of Education and Science (CICYT)
Period: 1996-1998
Director: Ferran Requejo.
(With the participation of Research Groups of the Universities of the Basque Country and Santiago de Compostela)
 

Programme on Political Science Research Infraestructure

Government of Catalonia
Period: 1996
Director: Ferran Requejo
 

Political Decentralization and Governance in Latin-America

European Comission. Alfa Project
Research Group in Political Theory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Period: 1996-1997
(With the participation of  the Instituto de estudios internacionales-Universidad de Chile, Univ de Los Andes-CEDER (Colombia); Univ de Sao Paulo (Brasil), Univ Centroamericana (Nicaragua), Univ degli Studi di Bolonia (Italia), Univ Paris 3 Sorbone Nouvelle, Institut für Iberoamerika Kunde, Hamburg (Alemania), Univ degli Studi di Torino (Italia), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)
 

German Länder and Spanish Autonomous Communities in the process of European unity

Spanish Minstry of Education and Science - Johann Wolfgang Goethe - Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Integrated action 101 B)
Periods: 1995 and 1996 (renewed)
Spanish director : Ferran Requejo
German director: Hans-Jürgen Puhle
Participation and Representation in the Spanish Political System. Indexs of Liberalism and Democracy in the elections of 1993 (general and regional).
 

Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (CiCYT)

Period: 1994-1997
Director :  Ferran Requejo
(With the participaton of the Political Theory Researcg Group of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
 

Governance and changes of democratic sovereignty. The political legitimacy  of the legislative decisions of the Parliaments of Catalonia, Basque Country and Galicia (1988-1993)

Government of Catalonia
Period: 1994 
Director: Ferran Requejo
  

Research on the Consells Comarcals de Catalunya. Economic, political and Social features

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Catalan Federation of City Councils
Period: 1992.
Director: Josep Mir
(Director of the Political features: Ferran Requejo)
  

Political legitimation of legislative decisions (1988-1992)

Jaume Bofill Foundation
Period: January-December 1992.
Director: Ferran Requejo
 

Political legitimation in contemporary states. Political Actors and Institutions

Universidad Pompeu Fabra,
Period: May 1992 - May1993
Diector: Rosa Virós
 

Rationality and Political Ethics. A Habermasian Reconstruction of a classic socialism : E. Berstein (PhD work)

University of Catalonia, June 1986           
Mark: CUM LAUDE by unanimity
Nicolas Pérez Serrano Prize. Honors
(Grant received from the Jaume Bofill Foundation, 1983-1984)