Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)/Complutense Institute for International Studies (ICEI-UCM)

Visiting Fellow

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Duration of stay: 7–29 November 2024
Based at IOS

Ruth Ferrero-Turrión is a Professor of Political Science and European Studies at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and an Associate Researcher at the Complutense Institute for International Studies (ICEI-UCM). She specializes in migration, European Union policies, and Balkan studies, directing related programmes at UCM. She has published extensively in Spanish and English on these subjects. She has held research fellowships at institutions like Columbia University and the London School of Economics and has served as a political advisor for the Spanish Government. Since 1996, she has also served as an International Observer in countries across Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Prof. Ferrero-Turrión is also a consultant for international organizations and a regular contributor to media outlets such as El Periódico and Esglobal.

During her time in Regensburg, she will give a talk on Building Geopolitical Europe: Challenges and uncertainties on 13 November at 2:15 p.m. as part of the lecture series War.Peace.Security. She will also present on Approaching Southeastern Europe from Brussels: Migration policies as security and stability instruments for the EU on 21 November at 2:15 p.m. in the Graduate School and ScienceCampus research colloquium.