Carlos X. Lastra-Anadon

Carlos X. Lastra-Anadon is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre on US Politics (CUSP) at UCL and an an Assistant Professor at the IE School of Global and Public Affairs. His work is concerned with understanding what sustains and enhances robust human capital formation, especially in the US, and the role that the political process plays in facilitating or impeding its development. Lastra-Anadon completed his PhD in Government and Social Policy at Harvard University and previously was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University.

Expertise

• US public policy
• Politics of education
• Human capital and skill formation
• Political economy