I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). I contribute to the ERC project CitizenGap. I hold a PhD in Political Science from Tulane University (2023). I am also affiliated researcher at Center for Mining and Sustainability Studies (CEMS) at Universidad del Pacifico in Lima, Peru.

My research focuses on international and comparative political economy with a regional emphasis on Latin America. I have two main research agendas. The first asks how firms, states, and communities negotiate the terms of natural resource extraction. The second asks how states make their populations legible through birth registration and biometric ID policies.

My work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, including World Development, Studies in Comparative International Development, and State Politics & Policy Quarterly and Routledge. For a detailed look at my publications and working papers, click here.

Beyond academia, I have consulted for the United Nations Development Programme (PNUD) on projects related to the governance of the small-scale mining industry.