| Since September two new visiting researchers have joined IBEI.
Francisco J. Granados
Francisco J. Granados is a senior researcher “Ramón y Cajal” at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals. He earned his Ph.D. in 2005 at the University of Minnesota, since when he has been a professor at SMU (Dallas). His work has been published by Social Forces and Cambridge University Press. His paper “Intertwined Cultural and Relational Environments of Organizations” won the Ronald Burt Award of the American Sociological Association. He has presented numerous papers at conferences organized by the American Sociological Association, the International Sociological Association, the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, and the European Group of Organizational Studies. Over the years he has received numerous grants and fellowships in Spain and the United States, including the National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grant. He has also been a senior researcher at CIIMU (Barcelona). His current work focuses on the globalization of industries and economic activities.
 Anna Herranz
Anna Herranz is a researcher Juan de la Cierva (Ministry of Science and Innovation). She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and European Integration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2009). She holds a BA in Political Science and a Masters in International Relations from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her research areas are the external policies of the European Union, EU enlargement and neighborhood policy, the parliamentary dimension of foreign policy and security, and the legitimacy of institutions and norms. She has worked as a researcher in various projects of the 5th, 6th and 7th Framework Program of the European Commission and in projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation within different national plans. She was a visiting researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Berlin) and at the Department of Political Science of the University of Copenhagen.
Anna Herranz has edited two volumes on the parliamentary dimension of the foreign policy of the European Union and is co-author of several articles. |
