Javier Arregui
Associate Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Biography
Prof. Dr. Javier Arregui is an Associate Professor of Political Science (“Profesor Titular”) at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. As a Professor, he has broad experience in teaching and researching on European Union politics, comparative politics and public policy. He has been awarded the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Governance three times (2016-2018, 2018-2021 and 2021-2024).
He received his PhD in Political Sciences from the Interuniversity Center for Social Science, Theory and Mehtodology (ICS) at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). Among other appointments, he has been a Research Fellow at ICS (1999-2004) and researcher at Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) - Madrid (1998-1999).
His main research areas are the political process and the policy-making that take place in the EU, as well as the analysis of European public policies designed and approved in Brussels and their implementation in Member States.
Background and education
- (2004) PhD, University of Groningen, Political Science
- (1999) MA, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Análisis de Datos
- (1997) MA, University of Essex, Political Behavior
- (1994) BA, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Ciencias Políticas y Sociología
Awards
- 2017. VI Research Prize "Catalunya-Europa Siglo XXI" from the Catalunya-Europa Foundation
- 2008. Award for the best research paper (2008) from the Asociación Española de Ciencia Política (AECP)
Research
Research interests
- Comparative politics
- EU governance
- Public Policy
- Decision-making and implementation processes
Research projects
El impacto de las capacidades formales e informales en el proceso de toma de decisiones. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Principal investigator: Javier Arregui. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2025
Jean Monnet Center of Excellence BACES, Barcelona Center for European Studies. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Principal investigator: Javier Arregui. European Commission. 01/12/2022 - 01/12/2025. Link
Jean Monnet Chair in European Governance. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Principal investigator: Javier Arregui. European Commission. 16/11/2021 - 16/11/2024. Link
Selected publications
- 2023.Still a “spectator”? Capabilities of the Spanish REPER and Spain’s influence in the Council of the EU.Revista Española de Ciencia Política,1(61):13-35Link
- 2022.Intergovernmental cooperation networks, national policy positions and partisan ideologies: longitudinal evidence from the Council of the European Union.Journal of European Public Policy,29(1):78-96. Q1Link
- 2022.A new dataset on legislative decision-making in the European Union: the DEU III dataset.Journal of European Public Policy,29(1):12-22. Q1Link
- 2022.Do Member States’ permanent representations matter for their bargaining success? Evidence from the EU Council of Ministers.Journal of European Public Policy,29(1):97-116. Q1Link
- 2022.The impact of national democratic representation on decision-making in the European Union.Journal of European Public Policy,29(1):1-11. Q1Link
- 2022.The Europeanization of Spanish Public Policies (1986-2022): New Patterns of Governance?.In:
Javier Arregui (editor)
.Europeanization of Public Policies in Spain – Opportunities and Challenges (forthcoming).McGraw Hill Interamericana de España. - 2022.The Europeanization of Regional Policies.In:
Javier Arregui (editor)
.Europeanization of Public Policies in Spain – Opportunities and Challenges (forthcoming).McGraw Hill Interamericana de España. - 2022.The Europeanization of LGBT+ and Equality Policies in Spain.In:
Javier Arregui (editor)
.Europeanization of Public Policies in Spain – Opportunities and Challenges (forthcoming).McGraw Hill Interamericana de España. - 2022.Spain in the European Union and the European Union in Spain: Europeanization and Domestic Policy Change in Public Policies (1986-2021).In:
Javier Arregui (editor)
.Europeanization of Public Policies in Spain – Opportunities and Challenges (forthcoming).McGraw Hill Interamericana de España. - 2021.European Union Foreign Investment Policy in Asia and India.In:
Rajendra K. Jain (Ed.)
.India, Europe and Asia: Convergence and Divergence.Palgrave Macmillan,pp: 75-100.Link