I am an Associate Professor and the Director of the Security Studies Programme in the Department of Political Science at University College London.

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​I work on state building and international conflict with a focus on Latin America. I am the author of Bringing War Back In (Cambridge University Press, 2024). My research has also appeared in leading journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, and Security Studies, among others.

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​I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, was a Postdoc at the University of Konstanz, and am a Research Associate at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.