PovGov

OUR MISSION

Our research aims to provide solutions to poverty, lawlessness, and violence.

LATEST

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"Warriors and Vigilantes as Police Officers: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Body Cameras in Rio de Janeiro", Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing

The Latino Landscape in Oakland, California

"Institutionalized Police Brutality: Torture, the Militarization of Security and the Reform of Inquisitorial Justice in Mexico", (2020) American Political Science Review Vol 114, No.4.

"Killing in the Slums: The Problems of Social Order, Criminal Governance and Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro" (2020) American Political Science Review May: 114(2):552-72

Engaging, Empowering, and Enabling Youth to Lead Social Action in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: A Program Impact Evaluation

"Public Good Provision and Traditional Governance in Indigenous Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico", Comparative Political Studies

The Beheading of Criminal Organizations and the Dynamics of Violence in Mexico

Warriors and Vigilantes as Police Officers: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Body Cameras in Rio de Janeiro

Living in Fear: The Dynamics of Extortion in Mexico’s Drug War

OUR TEAM

Current members

Beatriz

Magaloni

Director

Kim Alexander

Juárez Jensen

Associate Director

Alberto

Díaz-Cayeros

Faculty Affiliate

Andrés

Uribe

Faculty Affiliate

Carlos

Schmidt-Padilla

Faculty Affiliate

Edgar

Franco-Vivanco

Faculty Affiliate

Miriam

Golden

Faculty Affiliate

Natan

Skigin

Faculty Affiliate

Sarah

Thompson

Faculty Affiliate

Chantal

Flores

Communications Manager

Olivia

Tom

Grant Writer

Maria Ignacia

Curiel

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Javier

Mejia Cubillos

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Gillian

Slee

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Hector

Fuentes

Visiting Scholar & Community Engagement Coordinator

Benjamin

Shenouda

H2A Program Manager

Madison A.

Dalton

Graduate Fellow

Emily

Russell

Graduate Fellow

Hanna

Folsz

Graduate Fellow

Esteban

Salmón

Graduate Fellow

Ameze

Belo-Osagie

Graduate Fellow

Miryea Lee

Sturdivant

Graduate Fellow

Camila

Blanes

Graduate Fellow

Natalie

Chaudhuri

Graduate Fellow

Chris

Dann

Graduate Fellow

Paloma

Gutierrez Macias

Master Student Affiliate

Lola

Amaya

Master Student Affiliate

Daniel

Astilla

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Liza

Goldberg

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Isabella

Montini

External Collaborator

Nicole

Canali de Castro

External Collaborator

Tara

Hein

External Collaborator

Vicente

Vargas

External Collaborator