Dr. Irarrázaval is a Geographer (University of Chile), Master of Political Science (University of Chile), and PhD in Human Geography (The University of Manchester). He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he is also an adjunct professor. Additionally, he is a researcher at the Center for Studies on Conflict and Social Cohesion (COES). At CIPR, he was a visiting student working with Eduardo Silva in the spring of 2013.