Nuria Franco Guillen  is a postdoctoral researcher at the department of International Politics, at Aberystwyth University. She has previously worked at Griffith University (Brisbane) and Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) where she obtained her PhD in Political and Social Sciences. Her primary field of research is territorial politics, particularly the intersection between stateless nationalism and immigration,  and immigrant integration policy at both regional and intergovernmental levels. Her current research revolves around secession and its framing dynamics, and she has particular expertise in the cases of Scotland, Catalonia, Corsica and Quebec.