Joan Barceló

Joan Barceló is an assistant professor of political science at New York University in Abu Dhabi. His current projects focus on the micro-level causes and consequences of conflict. He is interested in a variety of topics, including conflict, terrorism, political identities, historical legacies, and political behavior.

Prior to starting at NYUAD, he obtained a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis’ Political Science Department in 2019. He obtained an MA. in Comparative Politics from New York University as a recipient of La Caixa Graduate Fellowship. He also holds a B.A. in political science from Universitat de Barcelona and an MSc from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Moreover, he interned at the United Nations – ESCAP in Bangkok in 2013 and stayed as a graduate researcher at NYU Shanghai in 2014.

Research Areas: Conflict; Terrorism; Political behavior

Courses Taught

• BUSOR-UH 4000 Capstone Seminar
• ECON-UH 4020 Capstone Seminar
• PEACE-UH 1011 Foundations of Peace: Economic and Political Perspectives
• POLSC-UH 3512 Civil Wars and International Intervention
• POLSC-UH 4000 Capstone Seminar
• POLSC-UH 4001 Capstone Project
• SRPP-UH 4000 Capstone Seminar

Education

• Washington University in St. Louis Ph.D. in Political Science, 2019
• University of Mannheim, Germany Visiting PhD student, Spring 2018
• University of Oxford, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK Visiting Junior Scholar, Fall 2017
• New York University M.A., Politics (Comparative Politics), 2014
• Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain M.Sc., Research in Political Science, 2012
• Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain B.A., Political Science, 2010 (summa cum laude & 2010 National Award)