César Villanueva is Professor of International Relations and Public/Cultural Diplomacy at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. He obtained his PhD in Political Science from Linnaeus University in Sweden, with a specialization in diplomatic studies (2007). He also holds two Master’s degrees, one in International Public Policy from University of Washington, Seattle and a second in Fine Arts, from San Carlos Academy of Arts (ENAP-UNAM), in Mexico. He is a frequent lecturer on soft power, international images and cultural/public diplomacy at different Universities and Cultural Centers in the Americas and Europe. He is the author of four books on the field of soft power, public diplomacy and international images, and has also published dozens of articles in journals around the world. He is also, the co-editor of the Series Governance, Development and Social Inclusion in Latin America, under signature of Palgrave-MacMillan. He translated the famous Joseph Nye’s book Soft Power into Spanish (Poder Suave, la clave del éxito en la política internacional, Universidad Iberoamericana Press), and wrote the foreword for the Spanish speaking audiences (2016). César Villanueva has been Coordinator and Director of the Department of International Studies at Universidad Iberoamericana (2016-2020). He also coordinates activities for the research project on national stereotypes and images, using data science techniques. The Report on the Image of Mexico Abroad (2013-2018) is coming out on the Summer 2021 and his latest book, Sombreros, Frida and Boom: Alterities of Mexico and the Mexicans abroad, is also coming out for sale in the Fall 2021 (Universidad Iberoamericana press).
Contact information:

Mail address: Prol. Paseo de la Reforma 880
Col. Lomas de Santa Fe, Del. Álvaro Obregón
MEXICO D.F., C.P. 01219
Email: cesar.villanueva@ibero.mx