Jose Javier Olivas Osuna is the Principal Investigator of the Interdisciplinary Comparative Project on Populism and Secessionism (ICPPS) at the National Distance Education University (UNED) in Madrid, and Research Associate at LSE IDEAS. He has also done public policy consulting work for the EU and other international organisation. He holds PhD in Government (LSE), an MSc in Public Policy and Administration (LSE). He previously completed University degrees in Economics and Business (ETEA, University of Córdoba), Market Research (ETEA) and European Studies (EDHEC, Lille). José Javier coordinated the research project “Debating Brexit impact at local level: a mixed methods comparative study” and has recently published articles about Brexit and populism on European Journal of Political Research, Governance and Politics and Society. His research interests also include public policy, borders, responses to COVID19 and civil-military relations. Email: jjolivas@poli.uned.es / j.j.olivas-osuna@lse.ac.uk. Twitter: @josejolivas