Directors and teaching staff

Honorary Coordinator 

Mr Fernando Perpiñá-Robert

Ambassador of Spain

Coordinator

Dr Jordi Quero

CEI International Affairs Professor.

Teaching staff

		Jordi Quero holds a PhD in Public International Law and International Relations (September 2020), and he is a professor at CEI International Affairs. He has worked as a researcher at CIDOB and as a professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals. He was a visiting researcher at the American University of Beirut. He has a Master in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and a Master in International Affairs from Columbia University. His research areas include the international relations of the Middle East and the Theory of International Relations. Executive Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Diplomacy and International Organizations.
JORDI QUERO		jordi.quero@ceibcn.com

		Ana García Juanatey holds a PhD in Public International Law and is a professor at CEI International Affairs. She has been a visiting researcher at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, 2015). She has worked at the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia and the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency and has done consulting work for the World Bank and Barcelona City Council, amongst others.
ANA G.JUANATEY		ana.garcia@ceibcn.com
		Andrea Noferini holds a Ph.D in Politics and Economics of Developing Countries, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, he is profesor of the CEI International Affairs. He is also adjunct professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. His research areas converge in the study of public policies and institutional reforms in Europe and Latin America. His studies deals with mechanisms for participation of regional and local administrations in EU policy-making, the evaluation of public policies, territorial cooperation, cohesion policy, institutional and administrative capacity building and decentralized cooperation.
ANDREA NOFERINI		andrea.noferini@ceibcn.com

Guest speakers

The teaching staff is also made up of other renowned university professors, as well as diplomats from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, current and former international civil servants, politicians, business leaders and other professionals working in the international area.

Ambassador Fernando Perpiñá-Robert

Ambassador of Spain. Career diplomat since 1965.

Knut Traisbach

Associate Professor of International Law (Adjunct) at the University of Barcelona. He also teaches human rights at ESADE Law School in Barcelona.

Miguel Ángel Elizalde

PhD in Public International Law. Academic consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank and collaborating teacher on World Intellectual Property Organization courses.

Ángel J. Rodrigo

Professor of Public International Law and International Relations, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

Miquel Gardeñes

Professor of Private International Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).

Concepción Escobar

Full professor of Public International Law, Spanish National Distance Education University (UNED), and former head of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation’s International Legal Office. 

Claudia Jiménez

Professor of Public International Law and International Relations, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).

José Manuel Sobrino

Full professor of Public International Law, director of the ‘Salvador Madariaga’ European Studies University Institute, and director of the ‘European Union Law and Institutions’ Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of A Coruña (UDC).

Caterina Garcia

Full professor of International Relations, coordinator of the Public International Law and International Relations Area, and vice-dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

Josep Ibáñez

Professor of International Relations, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

Pablo Pareja

Professor of International Relations, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

Sonia Güell

Part-time lecturer in International Law, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

Antonio Remiro

Full professor of Public International Law and International Relations, Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM).

Montserrat Pi

Professor of Public International Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).

Marta Ortega

Professor of Public International and European Law, University of Barcelona (UB).

Patricia García-Duran

Professor of International and European Economics, University of Barcelona (UB).

Esther Zapater

Professor of Public International Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).

José Luis Gómez del Prado

Former member of the United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries, and former senior official at theUN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Juan Tugores

Full professor of Economics, former dean of the Faculty of Economics (1993-1998), and former rector (2001-2005), University of Barcelona (UB).

Andreu Olesti

Full professor of Public International Law and European Law, University of Barcelona (UB).

Mar Campins

Professor of Public International Law, University of Barcelona (UB).

Rafael Arenas

Professor of Private International Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).

Jordi Bonet

Full professor of Public International Law, University of Barcelona (UB).

Carlos Górriz

Professor of Commercial Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).

Silvia Morgades

Lecturer in International Law, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

Isabel Pont

Full professor of Administrative Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).

Christopher Tulloch

Professor of Journalism and co-director of the Master in International Political Journalism, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

Jorge Malem

Full professor of Philosophy of Law, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

Andrés Raya

Associate professor, Ramon Llull University (URL), and academic director of the Executive Education Area, ESADE.

Antoni Pigrau

Full professor of Public International Law and International Relations, Rovira i Virgili University (URV).

Carme Solé

Coach and human resources strategic consultant.

Gilbert Bitti

Senior legal advisor at the International Criminal Court.

Karlos Pérez de Armiño

Professor of International Relations, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).

Kristian Herbolzheimer

Programme director, Conciliation Resources, a London-based NGO focused on support for peace-building activities.

Lluís González-Vaqué

Former advisor, European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Internal Market.

María Alcover

Legal adviser, Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL) in Geneva.

Martí Saballs

Deputy editor-in-chief, Diario Expansión. 

Thierry del Prado

Senior official, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Xavier Fernández Pons 

Professor of Public International Law, University of Barcelona (UB).

Jorge Cardona 

Professor of International Public Law, University of Valencia. 

Mariano Aznar

Professor of International Public Law and International Relations, University Jaume I, Castellón.

María del Rocío Bonilla 

Director of Studies of the Degree in Business Management, UAO. Professor of Economics at the University Abad Oliba-CEU.

Montse Tafalla

Degree in Law and Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature, University of Barcelona (UB).

Susana Barrios  

Bachelor of Economics and Diploma in Labor Relations. Master in Human Resources and People Management. Responsible for the CaixaBank Selection Direction.