Andrea C. Bianculli
Associate Professor
Master's in International Relations Coordinator
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Biography
Andrea C. Bianculli is an Associate Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI).
Previously, she was an assistant Professor and Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación Fellow at IBEI, and held a Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Research College 'The Transformative Power of Europe', Freie Universität Berlin. She was also a researcher at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales/FLACSO-Argentina.
Her research focuses on the interactions between governance, regulation, and development, from a comparative, regional and multilevel perspective, with a particular focus on Latin America and Europe.
Andrea is the author of Negotiating Trade Liberalization in Argentina and Chile: When Policy Creates Politics (Routledge 2017) and co-editor of Regional Organizations and Social Policy in Europe and Latin America: A Space for Social Citizenship? (with Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, Palgrave 2016) and of Accountability and Regulatory Governance. Audiences, Controls and Responsibilities in the Politics of Regulation (with Xavier Fernández-i-Marín and Jacint Jordana, Palgrave 2015). She has also published in Administration & Society, Global Public Health, Global Social Policy, Journal of European Social Policy, Politics and Governance, and Regulation & Governance, among other academic journals.
She is currently leading the project 'Rethinking the Fundamentals of Regions and Interregionalism: The European Union and Latin America through the Lenses of Regional Regulatory Governance (Reg-EULAC)’.
Background and education
- (2010) PhD in Political and Social Sciences (Summa Cum Laude), Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- (2006) Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).
- (2004) M.A. in International Relations, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO-Argentina).
- (1993) B.A. (Licenciatura) in Sociology (Degree Awarded with Honours), Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Awards
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2015. Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación Fellowship, IBEI
- 2012. Postdoctoral Fellowship, Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) ‘The Transformative Power of Europe,’ Otto Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2011. Special Mention, Juan Linz Prize 2010-2011 for the Best Doctoral Dissertation in Political Science granted by the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales
Professional memberships & affiliations
Courses
Research
Research interests
- Regionalism and regional governance
- International Political Economy of Development
- Trade Politics
- Regulatory governance
- Latin America
IBEI Research Clusters
Research projects
- Rethinking the fundamentals of regions and interregionalism: The European Union and Latin America through the lenses of regional regulatory governance (Reg-EULAC) (Coordinator | Researcher)
- Understanding Latin American Challenges in the 21st Century (LAC-EU) (Coordinator | Researcher | Contact person)
Selected publications
- 2023.Interregionalism, Trade and Standardization: The Long Road to the EU-MERCOSUR Trade Agreement and the Uncertainties Ahead.In:
Duina, Francesco and Crina Viju-Miljusevic (Eds)
.Standardizing the World: EU Trade Policy and the Road to Convergence.Oxford:Oxford University Press,pp: 171-194.Link - 2023.Auge y declive del regionalismo latinoamericano.In:
Barragán, Mélany and Salvador Martí i Puig (Coord.)
.América Latina. Democracias frágiles y conflictividad.Valencia:Tirant Humanidades,pp: 361-384.Link - 2022.Regional and Interregional Relations Between EU and South America. Weathering the COVID-19 Storm?.In:
Deciancio, Melisa and Cintia Quiliconi (Eds)
.Regional and International Cooperation in South America After COVID: Challenges and Opportunities Post-pandemic.New York and London:Routledge,pp: 63-79.Link - 2022.Regionalism and regional organisations: exploring the dynamics of institutional formation and change in Latin America.Journal of International Relations and Development,Link
- 2022.Institutional overlap and access to medicines in MERCOSUR and UNASUR (2008–2018). Cooperation before the collapse?.Global Public Health,Link
- 2021.Demandas lingüísticas y conflicto político en España.Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales. Mº de la Presidencia.Link
- 2021.Regulatory cooperation and international relations.Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies.Oxford University Press.Link
- 2021.Regionalismo e integración regional en América Latina. El Mercosur: ¿un «nuevo» espacio para la regulación social?.Fundación Carolina,Documento de Trabajo N.º 42Link
- 2020.The IPE of global social policy governance.In:
Ernesto Vivares (editor)
.The Routledge Handbook to Global Political Economy. Conversations and Inquiries.Routledge.Link - 2020.Politicization and Regional Integration in Latin America: Implications for EU–MERCOSUR Negotiations?.Politics and Governance,Volume 8, Issue 1:254–265Link
- 2020.Spain and Latin America: from a special relation to detachment?.In:
Diego Muro and Ignacio Lago (editors)
.The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics.Oxford University Press.Link