IVN MEDINA IBORRA

IVÁN MEDINA IBORRA
([email protected])
PhD Candidate in Political Science
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain
Academic CV - English version
[December 2010]
Contact details:
Postal address:
Departamento de Ciencia Política y Derecho Público
Facultad de Ciencia Política y Sociología
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Edifici B, Campus UAB
08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès)
Office: B3-113
Phone number: +34 93-3513448
Education:
I hold a degree in Political Science and Public Administration (2006) from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. I
am currently a Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Political Science and Public Law, Autonomous University of
Barcelona (UAB).
Research:
Research interests:
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Business and Politics (Employers associations, Patterns of interest intermediation).
Territorial Politics (Regionalism, Multi-level governance, Regionalist dynamics).
Interest groups (Religious interest groups, Think tanks, Collective Action Theory).
Network Analysis, Elite Methods and Qualitative Methodology applied to Political Science.
Research projects:
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“Grup de Recerca sobre Elits i Partits Polítics (GREP)”. Leading researcher: Dr. Montse Baras. Departament
d’Innovació, Universitats i Empreses, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ref. 2009 SGR 1290
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“Las organizaciones empresariales y los intereses regionales: un estudio comparativo de seis regiones
europeas”. Leading researcher: Prof. Joaquim M. Molins. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Gobierno de
España. Ref. CSO2009-13647, 2010-2012
Teaching:
Teaching assistant in the following subjects:
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2010-2011: “Spanish Politics”; “Public Management and Policy Analysis”
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2009-2010: “Interest Groups and Social Movements”; “Spanish Politics”
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2008-2009: “Interest Groups and Social Movements”; “Political Behaviour”; “Political Science”; “Spanish Politics”
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2007- 2008: “Interest Groups and Social Movements”; “Public Administration”
Grants and Funding:
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Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (2007-2011). Department of Political Science and Public Law. Autonomous University
of Barcelona
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2009 Mobility Fund for Research Visits. Autonomous University of Barcelona (Research Stay at the University of
Granada)
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2010 Mobility Fund for Research Visits. Autonomous University of Barcelona (Research Stay at the University of
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom)
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2010 Mobility Fund for Research Visits. Doctoral Program in Political Science, Autonomous University of
Barcelona (Research Stay at the University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom)
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ECPR Mobility Fund for Attending the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops. University of Munster.
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Doctoral Program in Political Science (UAB) for Attending the European Sociological Association Mid-Term
Conference. University of Parma.
Conference papers:
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Medina, I. and D.S.A. Guttormsen (2010) “Who Thinks for Me? Think Tanks’ Visibility and Activity in
Contemporary Britain”. PSA Graduate Network Conference, University of Oxford, December 2010
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Medina, I. and J.P. Plaza (2010) “Las elites económicas y las organizaciones empresariales andaluzas en
perspectiva comparada”, Taller: “Elites en Andalucía en el Siglo XXI”, Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Sevilla,
November 2010
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Peña-Ramos, J.A. and I. Medina (2010) “Being Muslim in Spain: the determinants of the influence capacity of
Muslim Religious Interest Groups”, 3rd ECPR Graduate Conference, Dublin City University (Irland), August 2010
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Nonell, R.; I. Medina and J.M. Molins (2010) “Social pacts as an instrument for the institutionalization of social
actors in Spain. The case of employers associations”, European Sociological Association. RN 17 Industrial
relations, Labour Market Institutions and Employment; ISA RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and
Self-Management, University of Parma (Italy), April 2010
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Molins, J.; I. Medina; J.P. Plaza and R. Nonell (2010) “BIAs differentiation and the representation of business
interests: a study on member circulation among Business associations in Catalonia”, ECPR 2010 Joint Sessions
of Workshops (Network Governance and the Governance of Networks: Social Network Analysis in Political
Science), University of Münster (Germany), March 2010
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Medina, I. (2009) “¿Las organizaciones empresariales impulsan o bloquean la regionalización del Estado?”, IX
Congreso de la Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración, Universidad de Málaga,
September 2009
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Medina, I. (2008) “Rethinking the role of Business Associations in the current region-building process: the
Catalan case”, 2nd ECPR Graduate Conference, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), August 2008
Academic seminars:
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Doctoral Research Seminar, Department of Political Science and Public Law, Autonomous University of
Barcelona, March 2011. Presentation: Medina, I. (2011) “Las organizaciones empresariales de ámbito regional
en Europa” (March 2011)
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VII Seminario de Doctorandos de la AECPA, Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración,
Universidad Complutense, Madrid. 8 - 9 July 2010
Publications:
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Molins, J.M. and I. Medina (2011) “Intereses económicos y gobernanza regional: ¿podemos hablar de élites
económicas regionales?”, in A. Sevilla (ed.) Las élites en la Andalucía del s. XXI. Sevilla: Centro de Estudios
Andaluces (forthcoming)
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Medina, I. and J.P. Plaza (2011) “Las élites económicas y las organizaciones empresariales andaluzas en
perspectiva comparada”, in A. Sevilla (ed.) Las élites en la Andalucía del s. XXI. Sevilla: Centro de Estudios
Andaluces (forthcoming)
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Nonell, R. I. Medina, J. Molins (2011) “Social pacts and the institutionalisation of social actors in Spain. The
case of employers associations”, in Baglioni, M. and B. Brandl (eds) Changing Labour Relations between Path
Dependency and Global Trends. Peter Lang (forthcoming)
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Peña-Ramos, J.A. and I.Medina (2011) “Interpreting Muslim Religious Interest Groups in Spain: frames,
organisation, and influence”, U.S. – China Public Administration (forthcoming)
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Medina, I. (2010) Los actores económicos y la dimensión regional. La Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona y
Foment del Treball Nacional (1997-2007). RECERCAT – Publicació de memòries de Doctorat
http://hdl.handle.net/2072/46633
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Molins, J.M.; R. Nonell; C. Güell y Medina, I. (2010) “Business associations facing regionalism”. Pôle Sud.
Revue de science politique de l'Europe méridionale. (CEPEL) (Forthcoming -accepted)
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Medina, I. (2009) “Cómo medir la influencia de los grupos de interés. (Propuestas desde el pluralismo, el
elitismo y el nuevo institucionalismo)”, Barcelona: Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials (ICPS) – Working
Paper 279
Research visits:
Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración
September 2009 – November 2009
Num. of weeks: 8
Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Departamento de Derecho Constitucional, Ciencia Política y de la Administración
December 2009 – March 2010
Num. of weeks: 12
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kigndom
Institute of Governance
September 2010 – December 2010
Num. of weeks: 14
University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
Department of Philosophy, Politics and International Relations
January 2011 – March 2011
Num. of weeks: 9
Membership in professional associations:
Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración, Spain, www.aecpa.es
Political Studies Association, United Kigndom, http://www.psa.ac.uk/