Ignasi Pérez, PhD

Dr. Ignasi Pérez has been the ACM-IAU Barcelona Center Director since 2016 and ACM Spain Director since 2021. He holds a degree in Sociology from University of Barcelona and a PhD in Political Science from UB with European honors from University of Florence (Italy). He is also a member of GRAPA (Group of Research and Analysis of Public and Comparative Public Administration) since 2012. His areas of research are Comparative Politics, Political Sociology, Political Economy and Cultural Anthropology. He has taught in Italy (Universitàdegli study di Firenze and University of Sassari) and in Spain for University of Barcelona, Universitat Abad Oliva, and European University. In the last 12 years he has taught for different Study Abroad programs such as IES Abroad, CEA Study Abroad and Barcelona International College. He is fluent in Spanish, Catalan, English and Italian.