Antonina holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and is currently, a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her research focuses, on the one hand, on the effects of the diffusion of accountability policies in education, and on the other, on the link between the internationalization of higher education, skilled migration and student mobility. Her work has been published in international peer-reviewed journals such as American behavioural Scientist, Higher Education and International Journal of Educational Development. Dr. Levatino is trained in qualitative and quantitative methods and, in recent years, has designed and coordinated international surveys in different countries.