Erick Padilla is a PhD student in Political Science at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the Universitat de València and completed a Master of Research in Political Science at the Universitat
Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Prior to his enrolment at UB, he served as a research assistant at the Barcelona Centre for European Studies at UPF. His primary areas of research focus on the intersection of technological change, political behaviour, and political elites.