Carlos Xabel Lastra-Anadón

Biography

Carlos X. Lastra-Anadón is an assistant professor and research director of the Center for the Governance of Change at IE University. Previously, Lastra-Anadón was a postdoctoral research fellow at The Europe Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford. His research interests lie at the intersection of political economy and policy with a focus on education policy, as well as health and education and environmental policies. Part of his work has been concerned with understanding what sustains and enhances robust human capital formation and the role that the political process may play in facilitating or impeding its development in different contexts.

During his time at the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies (CES), Lastra-Anadón will study how government action can mitigate the negative economic and political effects of automation and globalization. His goal is to study this question theoretically and empirically by analyzing the impact European Union investments have made in different countries via social and cohesion funds.

Lastra-Anadón completed his Ph.D. in government and social policy at Harvard University, a Master in Public Policy (MPP) from Harvard Kennedy School, and a MMathPhil in mathematics and philosophy  from University of Oxford.

This information is accurate for the time period that the visiting scholar is affiliated with CES.

Affiliations

• Assistant Professor and Research Director, Center for the Governance of Change, IE University
• Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University