Marta Galceran Vercher
Research Fellow
Marta Galceran is a Research Fellow with the Global Cities Programme at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs), and a part-time lecturer on International Relations at Pompeu Fabra University and CEI-International Affairs. She is a political scientist, holds a PhD in International Relations from UPF and a Master’s (awarded with special distinction) from the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on city diplomacy, urban alliances and global governance, particularly in the field of digital transitions and technological humanism. She has authored several policy papers, academic articles, and other publications on these topics. She also leads the research at the Global Observatory of Urban Artificial Intelligence (GOUAI), within the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights. Before joining CIDOB she held the position of Program Coordinator of the Smart City Expo World Congress and senior consultant at Anteverti, where she advised local governments and international organizations (i.e., UN-Habitat, IADB, European Commission) on internationalization and urban innovation policies.
