Ricard Zapata

Ricard Zapata is Full Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona-Spain), Director of GRITIM-UPF (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Immigration) and of the Master in Migration Studies. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the European Network IMISCOE and Chair of the External Affairs Committee. He is the current Coordinator of EuroMedMig (Euro-Mediterranean Research Network on Migration). He is a member of editorial boards of several academic journals, and his lines of research deal with contemporary issues of liberal democracy in contexts of diversity, specifically the relationship between democracy, citizenship and immigration approaches.