Nuria Franco-Guillén is a postdoctoral researcher at the department of International Politics, at Aberystwyth University. She has previously worked at Griffith University (Brisbane) and Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) where she obtained her PhD in Political and Social Sciences. Her primary field of research is territorial politics, particularly the intersection between stateless nationalism and immigration, immigrant integration policy at both regional and intergovernmental level and deliberative democracy. Her current research revolves around secession and its framing dynamics, and she has particular expertise in the cases of Scotland, Catalonia, Corsica and Quebec. She has been visiting fellow at the University of Edinburgh and the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Recent publications:

Rubio Carbonero G. and Franco Guillén, N. (2021) When in parliamentary debate there is no debate: Argumentation strategies during Catalonia’s 2017 referendum, Journal of Language and Politics

Elias, A. and Franco-Guillen, N. (2021) Justifying Secession: Resolving Grievances or a Means to a Better Future? Politics and Governance.

Parkinson, J. Franco-Guillén, N. DeLaile, S. (2021) Did Australia Listen to Indigenous People on Constitutional Recognition? A big data analysis. Australian Journal of Political Science.