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.