Fernando Casal Bértoa is an Associate Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham.

He is co-director of REPRESENT: Research Centre for the Study of Parties and Democracy as well as member of the OSCE/ODIHR „Core Group of Political Party Experts“, International IDEA collaborator and Venice Commission expert. His work has been published in many well-known and recognized scientific journals (Journal of Politics, European Journal of Political Research, Sociological Methods and Research, etc.).

He was awarded the 2017 Gordon Smith and Vincent Wright Memorial Prize, the 2017 AECPA Prize for the Best Article and the 2018 Vice-Chancellor Medal of the University of Nottingham for “exceptional achievements”.