Andrew Bertoli is an assistant professor at IE University in Spain. His research examines how sports shape society and politics. He studies how international sports impact relations between countries, whether sports promote racial and gender equality, and the role that sports play in building social connections within communities.
Professor Bertoli received a Ph.D. in political science from UC Berkeley in 2016, where he also earned an M.A. in statistics. Prior to graduate school, he attended the University of Notre Dame, where he studied political science and Arabic. He also held postdoctoral fellowships at Dartmouth (2017-2018) and the University of Southern California (2016-2017).