Eva Ribera

Eva was Programme Manager at TEPSA until April 2026. In this role, she led the coordination of TEPSAโ€™s Secretariat team, including Project Managers and Communications staff, ensuring smooth organisation and financial management across the association. In close cooperation with partners, Eva oversaw the overall development of TEPSAโ€™s activities and initiatives, including multiple EU-funded projects, the provision of external expertise to the European Parliament, and TEPSAโ€™s biannual Pre-Presidency Conferences.

Eva holds an MA in International Relations (Security, Peace and Conflicts) from the Free University of Brussels and a BA in Social Sciences from Bordeaux Montaigne University. Her academic research specialises in transitional justice, gender-just peace, and collective action. Prior to joining TEPSA in 2021, she gained experience interning at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union on rule of law and fundamental rights issues, and has a background in academic research and EU public affairs for the corporate sector.

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Democracy Cracks: A podcast about trust, polarisation and the future of democracy

Eva Ribera
Democracy Cracks is a six-episode podcast mini-series exploring the cracks in our democratic systems, from weakening trust to widening social divides, through storytelling, re...

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Democracy Cracks

Democracy has many crises, but one core problem: trust

Mathilde Chignesse, Eva Ribera
2025 did not offer much democratic optimism. From growing pressures on democratic norms in the United States to brutal repression in Iran, a genocide in Gaza, Russiaโ€™s continu...

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Editorial

Humanitarian assistance to persons with disabilities

Eva Ribera, Irene Rusconi, Anaรฏs Heurton

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Strengthening the democracy clause in EU agreements and instruments: Exploring election conditionality

Eva Ribera, Samuel Dempsey

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