Publications

2023 "The Human Costs of the War on Drugs. Attitudes towards Militarization of Security in Mexico" Comparative Political Studies [online first] (with Davide Morisi)

[OSF Pre-print here]

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Media coverage:

- "Hugs, not Gunshots": How can ALMO convince Mexicans of a new approach to security. Political Violence @ a Glance October 18, 2018

- "Abrazos, no balazos": ¿Cómo puede AMLO conseguir apoyo popular para un cambio en la política de seguridad mexicana? Oraculus. February 12, 2019

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2022 "Violent or Non-violent Action? Civilian Resistance and Tactical Choice in Colombia and Mozambique" Political Geography [online first] (with Corinna Jentzsch)

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2021 “Refusing to Cooperate with Armed Groups. Civilian Agency and Civilian Noncooperation in Armed Conflicts” International Studies Review, 23(3): 887-913

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2021 “Civilian Contention in Civil War. How Ideational Factors Shape Civilian Collective Responses to Armed Groups?” Comparative Political Studies, 54(10): 1849-1884 

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2020 “Who Shot the Bullets? Violence, Perpetrator Identity and Attitudes Towards Peace” Latin American Politics and Society 62(4): 24 - 49 (with G. Kreiman)

[Replication material: Harvard Dataverse]

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2019  “Risks and Opportunities of Direct Democracy. The Effect of Information in Colombia’s Peace Referendum.” Politics and Governance 7(2): 242 – 267 (with D. Morisi)

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2017 “Civil Resistance in Armed Conflict: Leveraging Nonviolent Action to Navigate War, Oppose Violence and Confront Oppression.” Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 12(3): 1 – 9 (with M. Hallward & C. Mouly)

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2017 “PKK Violence against Civilians. Beyond the Individual, Understanding Collective Targeting.” Terrorism & Political Violence, 32(1): 77 – 99  (with F. O’Connor)

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2017 “Voicing Outrage Unevenly. Democratic Dissatisfaction and Differential Participation in the 15-M Protest Campaign.” Mobilization, 22(2): 201 – 222 (with M. Portos)

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2014 “Bringing the New Wars Debate Back on Track: Building on Critiques, Identifying Opportunities, and Moving Forward.” Global Policy Journal, 5(4): 415 – 424. (with J. Lauzurika)

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2014 “Transcending the Inter-Intra Divide: A Theoretical Inquiry into CivilWar and its Repercussions on International Crises. The Colombia-Venezuela Case.” Revista Aldea Mundo, 38(2): 9 – 24. (with N. Jenne)

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2012 “Midiendo la violencia contra los trabajadores sindicalizados en Colombia.” Controversia, No. 197. (with C. Sánchez and J. D. González)

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2010 “Población infantil y violencia armada.” Revista Forénsis, 355 – 367. (with K. Aguirre and S. Millan).

[Revise and Resubmit] "The Political Legacies of Wartime Resistance: How Local Communities in Italy Keep Anti-fascist Sentiments Alive" Comparative Political Studies (with Simone Cremaschi)

[Revise and Resubmit]  “Aligning Interviewing with Process Tracing” Sociological Research and Methods (with Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos)

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[Revise and Resubmit] "Does it Matter that an Ally is Democratic? Public Diplomacy and Attitudes Toward International Actors in Times of Crisis" European Political Science Review (with Fabrizio Coticchia, Marco Di Giulio, Andrea Ruggeri)

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[Under Review] "Risky Business: International Support for Civilian Self-Protection" (with Emily Paddon Rhoads and Jennifer Welsh)

Monograph

2023 "Vigilantism as Civilian Protective Agency. The case of autodefensas in Mexico" in Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings: A Comparative Perspective (edited by Jana Krause, Juan Masullo, Emily Paddon and Jennifer Welsh) Oxford: Oxford University Press (with Moshe Ben Hamo) 

2023 "What is Civilian Protective Agency. A Research Agenda" in Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings: A Comparative Perspective (edited by Jana Krause, Juan Masullo, Emily Paddon and Jennifer Welsh) Oxford: Oxford University Press (with Jana Krause and Emily Paddon)

2021 "Mobilizing to Counter Post-accord Security Challenges: The Case of the “Humanitarian Accord Now” in Chocó" in Confronting Peace. Local Peacebuilding in Wake of a National Peace Agreement (edited by S.H. Allen, L.E. Hancock, C. Mitchell, and C. Mouly) New York: Springer (pp. 81 -- 109) (with A.I. Rodríguez and N. Rosen)

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2019 “Do Non-state Armed Groups Influence each other in Attack Timing and Frequency? Generating, Analyzing and Comparing Empirical Data and Simulation” in Computational Conflict Research (edited by E. Deutschmann; E. Lorenz; J. Nardin; L.G., Natalini; A.F.X. Wilhelm) New York: Springer (pp. 167 – 182) (with S. Cremaschi, B. Kirdermir, A. Pah, N. Payette and R. Yarlagadda)

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2019 “Alternative Forms of Civilian Noncooperation with Armed Groups: The Case of Samaniego in Colombia” in Civil Resistance and Violent Conflict in Latin America. Mobilizing for Rights (edited by C. Mouly and E. Hernandez) New York: Palgrave (pp. 111 – 136) (with C. Mouly and M. B. Garrido) [Translated into Spanish]

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2018 “Innovative Youth Reactions in the Face of Local Violence: Noncooperation as a Source of Legitimacy” in Local Peace-Building and Legitimacy (edited by C. Mitchell and L. Hancock) New York: Routledge (pp. 63 – 83)

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2017 “Making sense of La Salida: Challenging left-wing control in Venezuela” in Riding the Wave (edited by D. della Porta) Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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2011 “Introducción” in Guatemala en la encrucijada. Panorama de una violencia transformada (edited by J. Restrepo and A. Tobón) Bogotá: Editorial Panamericana, (with J. Restrepo and A. Tobón)

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2011 “La violencia en Guatemala: factores multicausales” Guatemala en la encrucijada. Panorama de una violencia transformada (edited by J. Restrepo and A. Tobón) Bogotá: Editorial Panamericana