Staff

Dr. Carlos Cavallé is Dean Emeritus of IESE Business School, Professor in its department of general management, and President of the Social Trends Institute.

Fiona McCarthy is STI's Project Manager. Ms. McCarthy obtained her B.A. in Spanish from King’s College, University of London. Since completing her degree, she has gained professional experience in translation and proofreading, music teaching, administration and event organization. At King’s she was a choral scholar in the college chapel choir under the direction of David Trendell. She also sang for other amateur and professional groups during her time as a student, including St. Martin’s in the Fields, and continues to do so here in Spain. Fiona is married and has two children. She speaks Spanish and Catalan and has a good working knowledge of French and Portuguese. She is passionate about music, language learning, literature and history.

Christa Byker, who previously held Ms. McCarthy's post, will continue contributing to STI as a Research Fellow, working closely with Professor Ana Marta González, a member of STI's Board of Trustees, at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. Ms. Byker obtained her B.A. from the University of Virginia in Political Theory, with a minor in Latin. At Virginia she was a weekly columnist and editor for the daily student newspaper, The Cavalier Daily, a campus representative for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and a second soprano in one of Virginia’s many singing groups, Jubilate. She is passionate about language learning, especially Spanish and Russian, and literature.

Craig Iffland is a Research Fellow with the Social Trends Institute. He has worked with University of Navarra Professor Ana Marta González, and is now based at St Andrew's University in Scotland, where he works closely with Professor John Haldane. Mr. Iffland graduated with high honors from the University of Virginia with degrees in Political Philosophy, Public Policy, and Law, Religious Studies, and Bioethics. His senior thesis was entitled "Embryo Ethics: Justice, Science, and Morality". He was a 2007 recipient of the Patricia Hollingsworth prize from the Institute for Practical Ethics. His work has been published in The Political Studies Review, The George Mason Review, and The University of Pennsylvania Bioethics Journal.