About me

I am a PhD Candidate at the Department of Comparative Politics in the University of Bergen, and part-time Lecturer in Political Science at Universidad Hemisferios. Previously, I was a scholarship recipient at FLACSO Ecuador, and a Master’s student at University of Barcelona. I also have worked as Research Assistant in several projects related to political economy and democracy studies (mostly empirical).

My research broadly focuses on the intersection between politics and economics. I am particularly interested in surveying how institutions emerge across societies, what are the implications of different institutional designs and how their effects are measured. My Ph.D. project analyzes the separate and joint consequences of three components of democracy, namely constraints on the executive, public contestation, and participation. I also explore how the interaction between these institutions may help us to further understand regime evolution across space and time. Empirically, my research plans to produce unpublished valuable data on key institutional and economic factors dating back to the 18th century. As methods, I use panel data analysis, sequencing analysis, and instruments. This combined strategy would not only produce stronger inferences but to provide insights into the use of instruments to explore the impact of political institutions. My research will thus contribute by shedding light on the study of the causal effect of institutional variations that take place within broader designs such as democracy and dictatorship.

You can find my Curriculum Vitae here.