Academic and outreach activities

As a professor and researcher of a public university, I participate in many other academic activities, as well as in outreach activities for a larger audience. In this section you will find a selection of them.

1. Service to the profession

1A. Scientific and advisor committees

2024: member of Organizing Committee of the 2024 ECPR-EURA: Summer School on Local Government and Politics “Beyond boundaries: old and new challenges in Local Government”. Universitat de Barcelona, 2-5 July 2024

2022-to present: member of Expert Group Meeting on Metropolitan Solutions (United Nations, UN-Habitat)

2021: member of Organizing Committee of 5th Anual Conference of International Public Policy Association (IPPA). Universitat Pompeu Fabra-IBEI, 5-9 July 2021

2021-to present: member of Academic Network URBAN Red

2019-to present: international member of Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (McGill University)

2019-2022: member of Advisory Committee of the Barcelona Metropolitan Strategic Plan

2021-2022: member of Advisory Committee of the City of Barcelona Working Group on the Municipal Charter (Group 5 on the metropolitan dimension)

2018-to present: member of Evaluation Academic Committee of the Smart City Expo World Congress

2018-2023: member of Academic Committee of CIDOB Global Cities Program

2017-to present: member of Academic Committee of Metropolis Institute (UAB)

2016-2019: member of European network of metropolitan governance experts “Metropolitan and Planning”, coordinated by the German Academy of Urban Planning (ARL).

1B. Editorial Boards

I am a member of the editorial team of the following journals:
Papers, Revista de Sociologia
Sociologie et Sociétés
Ciudad y territorio. Estudios territoriales

2. Outreach activities

2A. Public talks

2024: ECPR-EURA: Summer School on Local Government and Politics “Beyond boundaries: old and new challenges in Local Government ”. Moderator of round table on international networks

2024: University of Barcelona: Professor Miquel Caminal’s Tribute Seminar. Moderator of round table about political parties in Catalonia.

2024: CIDOB: Seminar on Urban Recovery Watch. The role of metropolitan areas in the context of urban recovery funds.

2024: Colegio de Jalisco (México), Laboratorio de Estudios Metropolitanos (LEMet), Seminar on Metropolitan Studies: Current debates on Metropolitan Governance.

2023: Senado de Argentina, International seminar “Towards the institutionalisation of Metropolitan Areas in Argentina”: Challenges of Metropolitan Governance

2023: Presentation of the New Plan of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (PDUM): Thoughts about legitimacy

2023: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, The metropolitan debate in Spain: Explaining the Spanish anomaly

2023: 3rd Summer School (Baix Llobregat): Debating territorial organization

2023: Institut d’Estudis Catalans: Métropolis sin Gobierno. La anomalía española en Europa

2023: German Academy of Urban Planning, Which policies are appropriate for the European city today?, a Conference on a French-German Cooperation

2022: MetroSolutions, International Conference: Legitimacy and Democratic Governance

2022: Metropolitan Prospects for a Better Urban Future – Ideas, Inhabitants, Institutions: Polity, politics and policies in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona