Jordi Vaquer

Jordi Vaquer is the Secretary General of Metropolis, the international association of major metropolises, that includes amongst its 140 members city ad metropolitan authorities from all continents. Previous to that, he worked at the Open Society Foundations - OSF, a global philanthropical organization working on human rights, civil liberties and democratic practice, and he was the director of CIDOB, the Barcelona Center for International Affairs, one of Southern Europe's leading international relations think tanks. Dr. Vaquer often offers commentary on international affairs in media and public events. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and he has been teaching part-time at IBEI, the Barcelona Institute for International Studies, since 2009.