Francisco Beltrán

Dr. Francisco Beltrán is a Lecturer in Political Science at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. He has held visiting roles including Visiting Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on comparative immigration policies, the political economy of European welfare states, and liberal political theory. He authored the book European Social Models (2009) and has published extensively on social policy, multiculturalism, and immigrant integration. During his tenure at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, he conducted comparative research on how socioeconomic models interact with cultural conflicts in integration processes across Western Europe and North America.

His academic journey includes teaching at the Department of Government, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, reflecting his deep engagement with governance structures and policy analysis. While no specific grants or advising details are provided in the text, his work emphasizes transnational and comparative approaches to understanding modern societal challenges.