Ben Ansell is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. He has published articles on education policy in International Organization and World Politics. He received his PhD from Harvard University, where he was awarded the Senator Charles Sumner Dissertation Award. He has served as a member of the UK's Leitch Review of Skills, has worked on education policy for Her Majesty's Treasury, and has held visiting fellowships at the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE and the Max Weber Programme at the European University Institute.