Diego Varela Pedreira

I am associate professor in the department of political science, international relations and European studies of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iasi, where I teach political economy and policy analysis. I studied economics in Spain, with an Erasmus semester in Finland and two months in Brazil with a grant from the Spanish agency for international co-operation. I did my graduate studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, from which I earned an MSc in European studies (with distinction) in 1998, and a PhD in government in 2002 under the supervision of Simon Hix. I did my whole graduate studies with scholarships from Fundación Caixagalicia, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, The British Council, and Fundación Ramón Areces, and was also a Robert Schuman scholar in the DG for Research of the European Parliament in Luxembourg.

I founded the EUROSCI Network in 2016, the same year in which I earned a Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Economy at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iasi. Prior to that, I had also set up and coordinated Universidade da Coruña's International Summer School (2014-2016), and founded and edited the European Journal of Government and Economics (2012-2016). I have also been a visiting professor at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest, and the Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. I am the author of two books, on The government of the EU (2007, in Spanish, and 2008, in Romanian), and Population policy (2016, in Romanian). I am married and have two sons. Besides my family, my interests lie in the field of international politics.

Companies

• Associate professor Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (2015)
• Adjunct professor Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava (2014)
• Adjunct professor Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative (SNSPA) (2014 — 2017)
• Senior international relations expert Universidad de A Coruna (2000 — 2016)
• Adjunct professor Gheorghe Asachi​ Technical University of Iași (2013 — 2015)
• Adjunct professor Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (2013 — 2015)
• Teaching and research assistant The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (1999 — 2000)
• Robert Schuman scholar European Parliament (1998 — 1998)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (1998 — 2002)
• Master of Science - MSc The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (1997 — 1998)
• Licentiate degree Universidad de A Coruna (1993 — 1997)
• Erasmus Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku (1995 — 1996)
• Erasmus Åbo Akademi (1995 — 1996)
• The University of Sheffield (1995 — 1995)