Josep Colomer

Josep M. Colomer is a scholar, professor, and author in political science and political economy. He was a professor at Georgetown University in Washington, where is now an Associate Researcher at its BMW Center for German and European Studies, and is an Associate Researcher at the Institute for Political and Social Studies of the Autonomous Unversity of Barcelona. His areas of expertise include democratization, political institutions, forms of government, electoral and voting systems, the European Union, United States politics, and global political institutions. Colomer is the author or editor of 26 books in six languages and about 200 academic articles and book chapters, as well as several hundred OpEd articles in newspapers of several countries. He was a founding member of the Spanish Political Science Association (AECPA), is a life member of the American Political Science Association (APSA), and an elected member of the Academia Europaea.