I am a scholar in Political Science and International Studies, and researcher on North American Studies. I am currently a Guest Researcher at the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (CEPC) in Madrid, Spain. I have been previously a Vacation Visiting Research Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute, at the University of Oxford; an Academic Visitor at the North American Studies Programme at St Antony’s College, also at the University of Oxford; and a Postdoctoral Scholar and Visiting Fellow in Public Policy at the University of Southern California, United States.
I hold a PhD in Political Science and International Studies, and an MSc in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, and a BA in International Relations from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, in Mexico. As a researcher, I am particularly interested in the analysis of policy interdependence and political integration between Canada, Mexico, and the US resulting from the operation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), its side and parallel accords, and their corresponding institutions.
Experience
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2018–presentGuest Researcher, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales
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2016–2017Academic Visitor, University of Oxford
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2017–2017Vacation Visiting Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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2015–2016Postdoctoral Scholar and Visiting Fellow, University of Southern California
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2015–2015Teaching Associate, Oxford Brookes University
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2014–2015Teaching Associate, University of Birmingham
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2014–2015Teaching Associate, University of Birmingham
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2014–2015Associate Tutor, University of Leicester
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2010–2014Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Birmingham
Education
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2014University of Birmingham, PhD in Political Science and International Studies
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2008University of Birmingham, MSc in Urban and Regional Studies (Merit)
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2007Tecnológico de Monterrey, BA in International Relations
Publications
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2018Norteamérica, National Governments, Transnational Actors, and their Roles in the Creation of the North American Environmental Agreements and Institutions
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2017St Antony's International Review, The False Obsolescence of European Integration Theory in the Study of North American Integration
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2016Norteamérica, A Tailor-Made Legal Suit: The Actual Scope, Power, and Functioning of NAFTA’s Chapter 11 for the Settlement of Cross-Border Disputes
Professional Memberships
- European Political Research Consortium
- Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom
- Midwest Political Science Association, United States
- Political Studies Association, United Kingdom
- Warsaw, Poland
- Website
- @ifapel
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
