Óscar Fernández
Predoctoral Fellow, ENGAGE project, H2020
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Biography
Óscar Fernández is a PhD candidate in the program Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, under the supervision of Dr. Robert Kissack. He obtained a predoctoral contract from the H2020 research project ENGAGE (Envisioning a New Governance Architecture for a Global Europe). His fields of interest are the European Union's external action, global health governance, international security, and conflict management. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Pompeu Fabra University, a Master’s degree in Advanced European and International Studies from the Centre International de Formation Européenne, and a Master’s degree in Internationalization from the University of Barcelona. Prior to joining IBEI, he was senior researcher at the EsadeGeo Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics.
Background and education
- (2017) LSE-PKU Summer School: Chinese Foreign Policy, London School of Economics / Peking University
- (2016) Master's degree in Internationalization, Universitat de Barcelona
- (2013) Master's degree in Advanced European and International Studies, Centre International de Formation Européenne
- (2012) Bachelor's degree in Political and Administration Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Awards
- 2016. Extraordinary Award: Master's degree in Internationalization (Universitat de Barcelona). Link
Research
Research interests
- External action of the European Union
- Global health
- International Security
- Conflict management
IBEI Research Clusters
Selected publications
- 2024.The European Union’s securitisation of global health: was COVID-19 a Zeitenwende?.European Security,33:449–473Link
- 2024.The European Union's Global Health Actorness: A Research Agenda for a New Age of Pandemics.Journal of Common Market Studies,1-14Link
- 2023.The impact of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine on public perceptions of EU security and defence integration: a big data analysis.Journal of European Integration,45:3:463-485Link
- 2022.Unpacking National Parliamentary Perceptions of CSDP Operations, 2016-2021.ENGAGE Working Paper Series,8Link
- 2018.Financial Protection in Europe: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Mapping of Data Availability.Health Policy,122(5):493-508Link
- 2016.Más Allá de las Fronteras. Yugoslavia y sus Estados Sucesores: ¿El Escenario de Una Fractura Civilizatoria?.Universitat de Barcelona,Master's thesisLink
- 2015.Reforming the Spanish Senate: A Federalist Proposal.Institute of Federalism of the University of Fribourg, Working Paper Online,No. 1.Link