Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués is Associate Professor at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals and member of the Observatory of European Foreign Policy (Spain). She holds a PhD in International Relations from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. She is principal investigator for VISIONS (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities). She also participates in the national project EU-NormCom (Ministry of Economy and Competiveness, MINECO, Spain) as well as EU-funded Global India (Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network), EUN-NET (Jean Monnet Network) and NORTIA (Jean Monnet Network).