Carlos
Bravo-Laguna

Dr. Carlos Bravo-Laguna is an Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellow in the Federmann School of Public Policy and Government at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the supervision of Prof. David Levi-Faur.

His research interests cover public policy and crisis management and the evolution of regulatory oversight across the OECD.

In particular, his primary area of research examines crisis networks with a focus on their performance during transboundary incidents. Carlos aims to link structural characteristics of crisis networks to policy outcomes by determining which conditions affect their ability to produce rapid and effective emergency reactions. He thus hopes to contribute to the definition of crisis networks and shed light on how network theory explains crisis management. Carlos is also looking to assess factors that impact the role and weight of EU actors in the governance of external crisis responses.

Carlos has a BA in translation and interpreting from the University of Granada and an MA in international relations from the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI). He completed his PhD in political and social sciences at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, exploring the role and weight of the EU in the management of external transboundary crises, and was subsequently a visiting research fellow at University of Konstanz, University of Tübingen and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served as an events officer in the UACES Graduate Forum and is part of the coordination team of the UACES Research Network, RELATE (European Studies in a Relational Universe). His research has been published in various journals, including the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Integration, Environmental Sciences Europe, and the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. In his free time, Carlos likes running and hiking with friends. While he considers himself quite sociable, Carlos also enjoys spending quality time at home, reading books, watching films, cooking, or playing computer games.