Ivan Cerrillo is Assistant Professor and PhD candidate in the program Political and Social Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, under the supervision of Prof. Jacint Jordana. He holds a Master in Public Administration (UPF-UB- UAB) from the Escola d’Administració Pública de Catalunya. He has also been an exchange student at University of Turku (Finland) and an analyst trainee at Ivàlua (Catalan Institute of Public Policy Evaluation). At IBEI he is research assistant for the project "Regional social regulation in Latin America: A new agenda for development? Prospects and challenges" (SOCIAL-REG) coordinated by Andrea C. Bianculli. His academic interests cover mainly the study of public policies, administration and government in comparative perspective.