Adrià Rivera Escartin
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, OILDOWN project
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Adrià Rivera has a PhD in Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He was a Predoctoral Fellow FPU at IBEI.
He obtained a predoctoral contract from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FPU). His fields of interest are European external action, in particular regarding the southern neighbourhood, and human rights and democratisation. He holds a Bachelor in Political Science from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and a MA in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action from Sciences Po Paris.
Background and education
- (2018-2023) PhD in Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- (2015-2017) MA in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, Sciences Po Paris
- (2013-2014) Erasmus, Sciences Po Paris
- (2011-2015) BA in Political Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Awards
- 2021. Manuel Castillo Award, Universitat de València.
- 2015. Extraordinary end of studies award, Political Science and Administration, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Research
Research interests
- EU foreign policy
- Human Rights and democratization
IBEI Research Clusters
Research projects
Selected publications
- 2023.Elite polarization and democratic backsliding in Tunisia: tracing agency-driven mechanisms.Democratization,DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2284873Link
- 2022.Harraga and Europe: The emotional geographies of undocumented migrants in Tunisian filmmaking.Political Geography,Volume 94, April 2022, 102580Link
- 2021.Tunisia’s democratisation process: when ‘consensus democracy’ undermines democratic consolidation.Third World Quarterly,DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2021.2015315Link
- 2020.La efectividad de las sanciones, ¿un problema de comunicación?.Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals,Special issue: International sanctions: The “other” effectsLink
- 2020.Supporting the Tunisian transition? Analysing (in)consistencies in EU democracy assistance with a tripartite nexus model.Democratization,27:8:1376-1393Link
- 2020.Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?.Journal of European Public Policy,DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2020.1712459Link