Fernando Losada Fraga

Fernando Losada Fraga is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, with additional teaching responsibilities at the University of Eastern Finland since 2021. He served as Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland from 2017-2022. His academic journey includes a PhD in European Studies from Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), recognized as Spain's best Political Sciences/Sociology dissertation in 2009, complemented by studies at Université Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne and University of León.

His research examines constitutional dimensions of economic integration, focusing on:

• Constitutional theory of money and democratic potential
• Debt relations in EU legal/institutional development
• EU governance post-economic crisis
• Administrative law evolution and capital movement frameworks

Publication analysis reveals concentrated focus on monetary integration's constitutional implications, with recent works exploring solidarity mechanisms in debt governance and public discourse frameworks for currency policy.

Awarded:

• Best PhD Dissertation in Political Sciences/Sociology (Spanish Congress, 2009)

Leads significant research initiatives including:

• 'Constitutional Studies on Money' (2018-present) as participant
• 'The European Community of Debt' (2017-2022) as project manager
• 'Reconciling Europe with its Citizens' (2018-2022) as participant

Collaborates with Helsinki Centre for European Studies and international networks through visiting positions like International Institute for Sociology of Law (2024).