Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Torcal holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Ohio State University, a Ph.D. Political Science Universidad Auitónoma de Madrid, and a Master in International Relations from I.U. Ortega y Gasset. He is a Full Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political and Social Science at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and President of the ESS Spanish Committee. He is Director of the Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM) at the Pompeu Fabra University. Current President of the WAPOR Latinoamérica and co-editor of Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública. He also serves on the Editorial Board of many international journals such European Political Science Review and Southern European Society and Politics. He is co-author of an edited manuscript titled: Disaffected Citizens: Social Capital, Institutions and Politics, London, Routledge 2006; The Europeanization of National Polities? Citizenship and Support in a Post-Enlargement Union Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, and many others in Spanish. He has published in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Party Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, West European Politics, European Political Science Review, European Journal of Public Policy, and many others.

Renato Roberto Ribeiro is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of International Relations, University of São Paulo (USP - Brazil). He holds a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar - Brazil) and participates in a research internship at the University of Bologna (Italy). His areas of specialization include Brazilian political thought, Brazilian foreign policy, and Latin America’s Cold War. Renato is currently engaged in a research project on Brazil’s inter-American diplomacy during the early Cold War (1948-1960), focusing on economic development and cooperation. The research examines significant conferences and initiatives that laid the groundwork for the Alliance for Progress, including the Rio Economic Conference (1954), the Buenos Aires Economic Conference (1957), and the proposal for "Operation Pan America" (1958-1959), drawing on archival sources from multiple countries.

Roberto Moll Neto, originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, holds degrees in History and International Relations, a Master's in History, and a Ph.D. in International Relations. He is currently a professor at the Federal Fluminense University in Brazil. His research delves into the intersections of political activism in the United States and U.S.-Latin American relations. His current research explores the political militancy of Latino communities in the United States.