I am the author of Bringing War Back In (Cambridge University Press, 2024), a multi-award-winning book on war and state formation in Latin America. My work has appeared in leading journals including the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, International Security, and International Studies Quarterly, among others.
At University College London, I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies Programme. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, held a postdoctoral position at the University of Konstanz, and remain affiliated with Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in my hometown of Buenos Aires. My work has been recognised with the ECPR Rising Star Award and the PEACE Emerging Scholar Award of the ISA.
J. David Greenstone Award
Best Book in History & Politics · APSA
Hedley Bull Award
Best Book in International Relations · ECPR
Luciano Tomassini Award
Best Book in International Relations of Latin America · LASA
Graham T. Allison Award
Best Book in Foreign Policy Analysis · ISA
Charles H. Levine Award (honorable mention)
Best Book in Public Administration · IPSA
"Hands down the best social science work I've read in some time."
Stathis Kalyvas · University of Oxford
"A modern-day comparative-historical masterpiece."
James Mahoney · Northwestern University
"A new and powerful explanation for how Latin America ended up like this"
James Robinson · University of Chicago
Nobel Prize in Economics (2024)