João Espada

Director, Institute for Political Studies, Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal

João Espada is the Director and Founder of the Institute for Political Studies at the Catholic University of Portugal, where he is Professor of Political Studies. Prof. Espada is the Editor of the quarterly journal Nova Cidadania. From January 2011 until July 2014, he held the European Parliament Chair at the College of Europe. João Espada was a political adviser to the Portuguese President and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.