Umut Aydin is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She holds a Master’s degree from McGill University, Canada and a PhD from University of Washington, Seattle. She was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (2007-2008), and a George C. Lamb Regulatory Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University (2015). Her previous research focused on European Union’s state aid and competition policies, and her current research focuses on competition law and policy in developing and emerging economies, with special focus on Turkey, Mexico and Chile. She has authored several articles in peer-reviewed journals in political science, economics and law.