Profesora de Ciencia Política en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid e Investigadora Adscrita al Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI), PhD

Ruth Ferrero-Turrión es Profesora de Ciencia Política y Estudios Europeos en la UCM e Investigadora Adscrita en el Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales en la Universidad Complutense (ICEI-UCM) donde dirige los Diplomas Migraciones y Relaciones Internacionales y Las políticas de inmigración y asilo de la UE. Forma parte del Grupo de Investigación Complutense GEMI de Migraciones Internacionales, del grupo Aplicación del Derecho Internacional (APLIDERINT) y del grupo Política y Gobierno de la UE (UAM). Ha sido Premio Europeo de Investigación Carlos V 2019 por la Fundación Europea e Iberoamericana de Yuste y Non-Visegrad Fellow de V4 Think Tank Platform en 2018.

Además de sus tareas como profesora, desarrolla su trabajo profesional como consultora con instituciones y organizaciones como FIIAP, European Training Foundation, Migration Policy Group, Migration Policy Institute, Instrategies, y OIM entre otros.

Ha sido Research Fellow en la Universidad de Columbia (2001-2003), en London School of Economics (2000), Babes-Bolyai University (1999), Hungarian Institute of International Relations (1996) y Open Society Foundation de Sofia (1997), Senior Fellow del Institute of International Relations (IIR) de Praga (2018), Research Fellow en la Universidad de Leipzig (2022) y Visiting Fellow en Leibniz ScienceCampus de la Universidad de Regensburg. También ha sido Profesora Visitante en las Universidades de Ruhr Universität-Bochum (2015), Universidade de Coimbra (2018), Uniwersytet Warszawski (2019), Universitá Degli Studi Firenze (2022) y Science Po Toulousse (2025).

Ha trabajado en labores de asesoría política en el marco de la Administración General del Estado, en el Gabinete del Ministro de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales (2004-2006) y en el Gabinete del Presidente del Gobierno (2006-2011). En ambos puestos desempeñó funciones relacionadas con políticas migratorias y políticas europeas sectoriales.

Colabora como analista de política internacional y europea en prensa escrita (Público, Infolibre, El País), radio (RNE y Cadena Ser) y televisión (RTVE, La Sexta, DW, Aljazeera) y en think tanks nacionales (Real Instituto Elcano, Fundación Alternativas) e internacionales (Migration Policy Institute, Institute of International Relations Prague).

Forma parte del Consejo Editorial de la Revista Política Exterior y de Papeles de Europa.

Contacto: rferrero@cps.ucm.es // @RFT2

Professor of Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid and Associate Researcher at the Complutense Institute for International Studies (ICEI), PhD

Ruth Ferrero-Turrión is a Professor of Political Science and European Studies at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and an Affiliated Researcher at the Complutense Institute of International Studies (ICEI-UCM), where she directs the Diplomas in Migration and International Relations and in EU Immigration and Asylum Policies. She is a member of the Complutense Research Group GEMI on International Migration, the Application of International Law group (APLIDERINT), and the EU Politics and Government group (Autonomous University of Madrid). She received the 2019 Carlos V European Research Award from the European and Ibero-American Foundation of Yuste and was a Non-Visegrad Fellow of the V4 Think Tank Platform in 2018.

In addition to her teaching duties, she works as a consultant for institutions and organizations such as FIIAP, the European Training Foundation, the Migration Policy Group, the Migration Policy Institute, Instrategies, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), among others.

She has been a Research Fellow at Columbia University (2001-2003), the London School of Economics (2000), Babes-Bolyai University (1999), the Hungarian Institute of International Relations (1996), and the Open Society Foundation in Sofia (1997); a Senior Fellow at the Institute of International Relations (IIR) in Prague (2018); a Research Fellow at the University of Leipzig (2022); and a Visiting Fellow at the Leibniz Science Campus of the University of Regensburg. She has also been a Visiting Professor at Ruhr University Bochum (2015), the University of Coimbra (2018), the University of Warsaw (2019), the University of Florence (2022), and Sciences Po Toulouse (2025).

She has worked as a political advisor within the Spanish General State Administration, in the Office of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (2004-2006) and in the Office of the Prime Minister (2006-2011). In both positions, she carried out functions related to migration policies and sectoral European policies.

She contributes as an international and European policy analyst to print media (Público, Infolibre, El País), radio (RNE and Cadena Ser), and television (RTVE, La Sexta, DW, Al Jazeera), as well as to national (Elcano Royal Institute, Fundación Alternativas, Fundación Avanza) and international (Migration Policy Institute, Institute of International Relations Prague) think tanks.

She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Foreign Policy Magazine and Papeles de Europa.

Contact: rferrero@cps.ucm.es // @RFT2