Political economy, development, evidence

Economist studying conflict, media, and credible evidence.

I am a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the University of Ottawa and the Institute for Replication. My work studies conflict, information, demobilization, research reproducibility, and the practical use of AI in social science.

PhD Economics, University of Western Australia
I4R Replication games and meta-research
COL Conflict, media, and development work
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Current focus Applied political economy, reproducibility, and AI-assisted research evaluation.
Core field Political economy of conflict
Methods Quasi-experimental evidence

Questions where institutions, information, and violence meet.

The work combines applied microeconomics with political economy, behavioral mechanisms, and reproducibility checks.

Conflict and demobilization

How armed actors respond to information, identity, and emotional cues.

Media and agenda setting

When public attention changes political incentives and strategic behavior.

Credible evidence

Replication, robustness, and research workflows that make results easier to trust.

Applied AI

Using AI as a measurable research partner rather than a black-box productivity claim.

Representative papers and projects on how media, identity, institutions, and reproducibility shape social-science claims.

A research profile built around evidence production.

My academic work centers on political economy and development, with a particular focus on conflict, media, crime, and institutions in Colombia. At the Institute for Replication, I help coordinate replication games and contribute to meta-research on how social science evidence is checked, reproduced, and improved.

I also work across applied data science and behavioral economics, including research and analytical work for policy-facing and private-sector settings.

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