Just Castillo Iglesias (Lleida, Spain, 1983).

Just Castillo Iglesias is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Politics of the Ocean University of China and Lecturer of East-Asian Politics at the Open University of Catalonia. His academic background bridges between International Relations and a double specialization in area studies: Europe and East Asia. In 2014, he was awarded a Ph.D. in International Public Policy by Osaka University (Japan) with a dissertation on the EU’s political and security relations with China and Japan. During his PhD studies, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing (2012-13). He also holds a Master’s degree in East Asian International Relations by the Open University of Catalonia (2009), a Master’s degree in EU International Politics by the University of Maastricht (2007), and a BA in Political Science by the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona (2005).Prior to coming to Asia, he was a Junior Researcher at the European Institute of Public Administration–EIPA in the Netherlands (2007-2009) and in Spain (2010).