Session #2 - Off The Record: Segovia Student Lecture Series

Oscar Martinez Tapia

Professor

IE University

Dr. Martínez-Tapia received both his BA and PhD from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Political Science with an emphasis on political parties in comparative perspective. He also gained his MA in International Relations from the University of Manchester (U.K.) and has been visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Democracy in the University of California, Irvine and at Harvard University’s Dept. of Government & Suffolk University Boston. Outside academia, he served as communication advisor to the Vicepresident of Spain from 2005 to 2007 with mainly speechwriting responsibilities. His most recent book, Los problemas no resueltos de la democracia. Centro y periferia en España (Madrid: Arrebato Libros, 2016), prologued by Arend Lijphart, analyses the political strategies of nationalist parties in Basque Country and Catalonia from and elite behavior’s perspective, using Manifesto Research Group content analysis data. An updated English edition of the book is expected to be published in the Fall of 2027. He has recently been appointed Academic Director of the Bachelor in Political Science at IE University. He is a happy husband and devoted father of two (Máxima & Lolo). Interested in gardening, cooking, travelling, animals and Vespa bikes.

Madhhur Jain

Bachelor in Economics and International Relations - IE University

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Madhhur Jain is an Economics and International Relations student at IE University, a Forbes Next Leader, and a published researcher in international finance. Having represented Team India at the World Schools Debating Championships and worked with the Office of the Prime Minister of India, he is drawn to questions that challenge conventional thinking and bridge seemingly distant worlds. At this talk, he would turn to literature from various backgrounds as a meeting ground for cultures, histories, and identities, unraveling the threads that bind diverse narratives together. His central question is deceptively simple, yet profoundly universal: what is right and what is wrong according to the new normal perspectives of life.

Barnabás Nagy

Bachelor in Politics, Philosophy, Law and Economics - IE University

Barnabás Nagy is a Hungarian youth advocate, currently studying Politics, Philosophy, Law and Economics at IE University. As the founder of the Budapest Student Parliament, and former Student President of Budapest, he represented over 100,000 students and advocated for democratization within the school system, and enhancing the education of Hungary. At IE University, he serves as an Events Officer of the Public Speaking Club, President of PPLE Society Segovia and Head of the Segovia Department, Academics Department and Chief of Staff in Student Government. A FLEX alumnus and Raoul Wallenberg Young Courage Award recipient, he is passionate about empowering young people and strengthening student representation.