Oscar Alvaro-Montes de Oca

Oscar Alvaro-Montes de Oca

Teaching/Research Assistant, Ph.D. student

Pronouns
He/Him
College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department
Global Studies
Office
Dugan Hall, Room 205 T

Expertise

Student advisor at the Emerging Scholars Program.

Research Interests

Transnational organized crime and pacification processes in drug-related violence contexts.

Education

  • B.A.: Political Sociology, University of the State of Mexico (UAEMex)
  • Certificate: Social Research Methods, University of Quilmes, Argentina
  • M.A.: International Studies, emphasis in Critical Security Analysis, Central European University, Austria
  • Expert: International Relations, Central European University, Hungary 

Selected Awards and Honors

  • JIMA award (2012)
  • Guadalupe Hank Rhon grant (2013)
  • Gente con valor award by the Government of the State of Mexico (2015)
  • George Soros Foundation grant (2019)

Selected Publications

  • The Nested Security Model of Conflict in the War on Drugs in North-Central America (MA thesis, CEU-2020)
  • Protestas sociales y violencia de género (casos de Colombia y México) (Iberoamerican Journal, 2021)
  • The migration dilemma, Securitization of the Mexican south border and spillover of migration conflict (Global South course, CEU-2019)
  • La ciencia política sirve para algo? Una reseña crítica del Libro, Populism: A political science manifiesto, (Revista Convergencia, 2022)

Research Currently in Progress

  • ¿Existe la pax narca? La influencia de Genaro García Luna en los índices de violencia
    en territorios controlados por el crimen organizado de 2000 a 2012.