Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva's Department of Political Science and International Relations, where I am also affiliated with the Unequal Democracies research project. I received my PhD in Politics from New York University in 2022.
My research interests lie at the intersection of comparative politics, political economy and political behavior. In my dissertation I combine these approaches to study how different forms of inequality affect citizens' expectations and behaviors towards the state. With a regional focus on Latin America, my research combines survey and natural experiments in an effort to make well-identified, causal claims. Substantively, it explores questions ranging from tax fairness to institutional design in weak democracies to the effects of recognizing indigenous citizens.
'Compensatory Theory Drives Perceptions of Fairness in Taxation: Cross-Country Experimental Evidence' (R&R BJPS)
'Recognizing Indigenous Citizens: The Effects of Prior Consultations in Peru' (Working Draft)
'The Wrong Kind of Learning: Explaining Subnational Recall Diffusion' (Working Draft)
'Public Resources and Accountability: Experimental Evidence' (with Taiwo Ahmed, Aksel Sundström and Sverker Jagers)
'Business Migration in the Shadow of Politicization: The Case of Switzerland' (with Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Sandra Lavenez and Philipp Lutz)
Books and Book Chapters
Populismo Radical en el Perú: La Invención del Etnocacerismo [Radical Populism in Peru: The Invention of Etnocacerismo] (2022). Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
'Crecimiento y exclusión: la calidad de la democracia en el Peru' [Growth and Exclusion: Democratic Quality in Peru] (2013) with Aldo Panfichi. In Movimientos e instituciones y la calidad de la democracia: análisis de casos en América Latina y la Unión Europea, G. Alberti and J. Villena (coords.). Barcelona: Octaedro.
'Desconfianza y control: ONG y política en el Perú' [Mistrust and Control: NGOs and Politics in Peru] (2010) with Aldo Panfichi. In Usos, abusos y desafíos de la sociedad civil en América Latina, B. Sorj (comp.). Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI.
'Régimen político y desarrollo de la ciencia política en el Perú (1964-2007)' [Political Regime and Development of Political Science in Peru (1964-2007)] (2009) with Aldo Panfichi. In La Ciencia Política en el Perú de Hoy, A. Panfichi (ed.). Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.