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Laura Feliu is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She leads, together with Ferran Izquierdo, the research project : "HAR2016-77876-P Transnational Dynamics and Actors in the MENA Region", financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. She has extensively worked and published on international human rights promotion, on international relations of the WANA region, and on Spanish foreign policy. Her latest publications in English include : Izquierdo, F., Etherington, J. and Feliu, L. (eds) Political Islam in a Time of Revolt. London: Palgrave (with a chapter written together with Rachid Aarab: « Political Islam in Libya. Transformation on the way to elitisation ») ; «Transnational advocacy networks (TANs) and human rights activism». In: Richard Gillespie and F. Volpi (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Mediterranean Politics. London: Routledge, 2017; and jointly with Mª Angustias Parejo Fernández: "The Western Sahara members of the Moroccan Parliament. Parliamentary Diplomacy and identity Perceptions", in Ojeda, Veguilla and Fernández-Molina. Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara's Protracted Decolonization. London: Palgrave, 2016.

Ferran Izquierdo-Brichs isTenured lecturer on International Relations at Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research is focused on the Sociology of power and the Arab world. He has published numerous articles on these issues, and recently the books:

Izquierdo Brichs, F., J. Etherington, L. Feliu (eds.) (2017). Political Islam in a time of revolt. London: Palgrave / Macmillan / Springer.

Izquierdo Brichs, F. y J. Etherington (2017). Poder global. Una mirada desde la Sociología del Poder. Barcelona: Bellaterra.

Ferran Izquierdo Brichs (ed.) El islam político en el Mediterráneo. Radiografía de una evolución., Barcelona, Cidob/Bellaterra, 2013.