Carlos A. Pérez defended his PhD thesis on October 17^th, 2016. During his exposition titled "The narcotics agencies in the United States and the transnational construction of the war on drugs in Mexico (1938 – 1978)”, Pérez Ricart presented the results of his work and inserted them into the IRTG´s research agenda as well.

Pérez Ricart received a qualification scholarship by the IRTG in 2011, and a full scholarship between 2012 and 2014. Besides his active participation as a PhD student in Berlin, he realised several research trips to Mexico-City, New York and Washington D.C. At the moment he prepares his postdoctoral qualification with the title: “In search of a little history of Mexico´s 20^th century anti drug policy: the construction of an international space?”