Fernando Fernandez-Monge is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)

His Ph.D. research studies the conceptual, political, and capacity underpinnings of alternative data governance models at the city level, with a particular focus on the case of Barcelona.
He has written several teaching cases, book chapters and academic and policy papers on public innovation, data governance, urban governance, and city leadership and management. His academic research has been published in Perspectives on Public Management and Governance and the International Migration Review, and his work has been published or featured in Apolitical, Governing, World Economic Forum, El Pais, and Agenda Publica, among others.