Francesc Vendrell
Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Schools
- Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Links
Biography
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Expertise
Regions
- East Asia
- Europe
- Latin America
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
Topics
- Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
- Human Rights and Democracy
- International Law
Languages
- Catalan
- French
- Spanish
Background and Education
Mediator-in-Residence, UN Department of Political Affairs, 2014-15; Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE, London since 2011; Chair of the Board of the Afghanistan Analysts Network since 2010; and Senior Adviser, Inter-Mediate, London since 2012. Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan (2002-2008); Personal Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Special Mission for Afghanistan (2000-2002). In a diplomatic career spanning forty years, thirty-four with the UN and over six with the EU, has been involved in mediating a variety of conflicts; EU special representative for Afghanistan; UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, East Timor, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Central America; has served as director of the Asia and Pacific Division at the UN Department of Political Affairs and as director for Europe and Americas in the Office of the UN Secretary-General; previously an appointed diplomat-in-residence and visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University; a lecturer of Constitutional Law at the University of Papua New Guinea, director of studies at the Hague Academy of International Law and adjunct professor at Yale University and Rutgers University; Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; holds the Order of Wazir Akhbar Khan of Afghanistan; Honorary Degree, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona (2015); MA, University of Cambridge; LLB, King''s College London; Bachelor in law, Barcelona University.
Publications : Author of a series of articles on Mediation and on Afghanistan.
Videos
Afghanistan: Opportunity in Crisis - Francesc Vendrell
Read about executive education
Other experts
Anjali Adukia
About Anjali Adukia Anjali Adukia is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. In her work, she is interested in understanding how to reduce inequalities such that children from historically disadvantaged backgrounds have equal opportunities to fully deve...
Nicola Horner
I have a chartered accountancy (ICAEW) and professional training background, which inspires my practice-led approach to teaching. I adopt active learning strategies wherever conducive, for example through extensive use of UWE Bristol's Audit Simulation in the Auditing module. I currently teach o...
Looking for an expert?
Contact us and we'll find the best option for you.