Conferences

• “Towards a New Relationship Between the Public and Private Sectors: Cooperation Based on Clear Rules for Inclusive Prosperity” at The Future of Mexican Capitalism: How to Transform an Extractive Economy? Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Fundar. Dec 19, 2020 (Mexico City, MX).
• Two Years of López Obrador's government in Mexico: Advances or Setbacks?” at El Financiero Virtual Meet Point. Dec 3, 2020 (Mexico City, MX).
• “How to Safeguard the Balance of the Republic?” at II International Meeting of Government and Civil Society: Federalist Counterweights and Democratic Controls, Transversal, University of Guadalajara and the International Book Fair. Nov 29, 2020 (Mexico City, MX).
• "Corruption & Inequality in Mexico" at Civic Council. Oct 26, 2020 (Nuevo León, MX); Humanities Week, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. Oct 14, 2020 (Monterrey, MX); Institute of Transparency, Public Information and Protection of Personal Data of the State of Jalisco. Oct 13, 2020 (Jalisco, MX); International Seminar on Citizen Participation and Oversight”, Superior Audit of the Federation and Oxfam. Sep 4, 2020 (Mexico City).
• “Adaptable Societies and the New Realities of Cities” at CoRe Urban Forum: Adaptable Societies, CoRe Cities Livable and Friendly A.C. Oct 23, 2020 (Mexico City, MX).
• "Mexico's Main Political and Economic Challenges" at The Biodiversity Fund Annual meeting 2020. Oct 7, 2020 (Mexico City, MX).
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Mexico in Face of the Pandemic" at DECASA. Oct 2, 2020 (Puebla, MX).
• "How has COVID-19 Transformed the Anti-corruption Policies in Mexico?" at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. Sep 30, 2020 (New York, NY).
• "Growing the Middle Class Worldwide" at Young Global Leader Summit Action Lab on Social and Economic Justice, World Economic Forum. Aug 8-9, 2020 (Geneva, CH).
• "Organization, Mobilization and Change in Contemporary Mexico" at Dialogues for Mexico. Jul 22, 2020 (Mexico City, MX).
• "Post-COVID19 Fiscal Federalism: Lessons from the Fiscal Compact in a Context of Economic and Health Crisis" at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Oxfam. July 16, 2020 (Mexico City, MX).
• "Defense of the Mexican Economy and Health Protection Against COVID-19" at Center for US-Mexico Studies, University of California San Diego. Jul 10, 2020 (San Diego, CA).
• "Mexico's Subnational Challenges" at Employers' Confederation of the Mexican Republic. Jun 8, 2020 (Estado de México, MX); Jun 19, 2020 (Aguascalientes, MX); July 8, 2020 (Chihuahua, MX).
• "Socioeconomic Factors Influencing COVID-19 Mortality Rates in Mexico: A preliminary Analysis" at Merck & Co. Mexico. July 3, 2020 (Kenilworth, NJ).
• "Gender Inequality and Corruption in Mexico" at Institute of Transparency, Public Information and Protection of Personal Data of the State of Jalisco. Mar 4, 2020 (Jalisco, MX).
• "Political Innovation in Mexico: New Narratives, New Practices" at The Mexico Conference 2020, Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School. Jan 31, 2020 (Cambridge, MA).
• Book presentation of "Together we made history" by Tatiana Cloutheir at Guadalajara International Book Fair.  Dec 5, 2019 (Guadalajara, MX).
• “What is the fourth transformation?” at Wal-Mart Mexico. Sep 5, 2019 (Mexico City, MX).
• “Why is México not rich?” at Third Plenary Meeting, Parliamentary Group Social Meeting (PES). Aug 23, 2019 (Puebla, MX).
• "Mexico's Challenges Under a Left Government" at University of Southern California (USC, invited by Pamela Starr). May 30, 2019 (Mexico City, MX).
• “Mexico’s Security Challenge” at Harvard University Mexican Association (HUMA) and the Mexican Caucus, Harvard Kennedy School. Apr 26, 2019 (Cambridge, MA).
• “A Conversation about Security and Corruption” at HUMA Speaker Series, Harvard Kennedy School. Feb 21, 2019 (Cambridge, MA).
• “Using Data to Reduce Corruption” United Nations Public Service Forum Jun 22, 2018 (Marrakech, MA)
• “Mexico’s Economic and Social Challenges” at Mexican Employers Confederation. May 23, 2018 (Aguascalientes, MX); May 7, 2018 (Ciudad Valles, MX).
• “Economic Impacts of Corruption” at Mexican Employers Confederation. Feb 28, 2018 (Hermosillo, MX).
• “The Missing Reform: Strengthening the Rule of Law in Mexico” at The Wilson Center. Feb 5, 2018 (Washington, D.C.).
• “Economic Challenges 2018” at Mercer Consulting. Jan 8, 2018 (Mexico City, MX).
•  “Boosting Regional Economic Growth” at Mexican Employers Confederation. Dec 20, 2017 (Oaxaca, MX); Oct 25, 2017 (Durango, MX); Sep 29, 2017 (Puebla, MX).
• “Lessons and Future of Mexico’s National Anticorruption System” at Mexican Employers Confederation. Oct 24, 2017 (Hidalgo del Parral, MX), Jun 5, 2017 (Tlaxcala, MX),  May 30, 2017 (Reynosa, MX). 
• “Understanding the Economic Effects of Corruption” at Mexican Institute of Finance Executives (IMEF). Oct 12, 2017 (Mexico City, MX).
• “Cash Transfers and Government Approval Ratings: The case of Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Winston” at The World Bank. Apr 4, 2017 (Washington, D.C.).
• What is Inhibiting Mexico’s Growth?” at Canadian Chamber. Dec 5, 2016. (Mexico City, MX).
• “Brief of Mexico’s Politics and Economics” at The Dialogue. Dec 1, 2016 (Buenos Aires, AR).
• “Nudge Innovation in Mexico” at Wilson Center Innovation Forum. Nov 17, 2016 (Boston, MA).
• Moderator at the "International Symposium of Oral-Adversarial Justice Systems" at Oral-Adversarial Skill-building Immersion Seminar, Sep 8-9, 2016 (Mexico City, MX).
•  “The Impact of Crime and Violence on Economic Diversity” at Mexico's Central Bank. Jun 22, 2016 (Mexico City, MX); The Inter-American Development Bank. Apr 6, 2016 (Washington, D.C.); The Wilson Center for International Scholars, Nov 17, 2015 (Washington, D.C.).
• "The Costs of Mexico's Corruption" at Citibank's Investors Plenary Meeting. Mar 3, 2016 (Mexico City, MX).
• “Rule of Law and Economic Development in Mexico” at The Wilson Center for International Scholars. Jan, 2016 (Washington, D.C.).
•  “Labor and Productivity Inequality between States” at The Economist’s Mexico Summit. Nov 5, 2015 (Mexico City, MX).
• “Debating Marihuana Legalization” at La Ciudad de las Ideas. Nov, 2015 (Puebla, MX).
• "The Challenges of Mexico City's Economy" at IMEF Annual Meeting. July 29, 2015 (Mexico City, MX).
• “Economic Growth in Mexico” at Mexican Employers Confederation, Feb 12, 2015 (Mexico City, MX).
•  “Drugs, Violence and Crime” at Attorney General Office of Mexico’s Federal District (PGJDF). Oct 3, 2012 (Mexico City, MX).
•  “Corruption, Justice Reform and Citizen Security in Mexico’s Drug War” at The World Bank’s Citizen Security Beam BBL, Latin American and the Caribbean. Sept 12, 2012 (Washington, DC).
•  “The Future of Mexican Drug Cartels” at Mexico Security Conference, The Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State, and the National Intelligence Council. Aug 11-12, 2011 (Washington, DC).
• “The Cost of Hired Assassins in Mexico” at DRT International, National Danish Television, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). Oct 14, 2010 (Skyped interview).
• “Trends in Drug-related Violence and Policy Recommendations” at Southern California Roundtable, CENTRA Technology Inc. Sep 22, 2010 (Santa Monica, CA).

Academic Talks

• “Corruption in Mexico” at 25th Annual Herbert Ruben & Justice Rose Luttan Ruben International Law Symposium, New Your University. Oct 10, 2019 (New York, NY).
• “The Political Origins of Corruption in Mexico” at State and Organized in Mexico, CIDE. May 30, 2019 (Mexico City, MX); Tuesday Seminar Series David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University. Apr 23, 2019 (Cambridge, MA).
• “Doing Fieldwork in Highly Violent Areas of Latin America” at Harvard University’s Fieldwork Workshop. Apr 5, 2019 (Cambridge, MA).
• “Towards a Mexican Welfare State” at Colegio de México. Mar 7, 2019 (Mexico City, MX).
• “Corruption & Inequality in Latin America” at Latin American Studies Program's Speaker Series at MPSA Annual Meeting. Apr 6-8, 2018 (Chicago, IL).
• "To Be or Not to Be a Drug-trafficker" at Seminar on Normative Approaches to Study of Criminal Violence, CIDE. Nov 16, 2017 (Mexico City, Mexico).
• “Violence and Business Attitudes toward Redistribution Evidence from Mexico” at APSA Annual Conference. Sep 1-3, 2017 (San Francisco, CA).
• "The fight against corruption: Mexican case" at Ecuadorian Economic Policy Institute. Mar 22, 2017 (Guayaquil, EC).
• "Mexico's New Security Challenges" at the United States Naval Academy. Feb 7, 2017 (Annapolis, MD); Mexico Security Initiative. University of Texas, Feb 8, 2017 (Austin, TX).
• The Economic Effects of Violence and Corruption" at Texas A&M International University's 2016-2017 International Bank of Commerce Keynote Speaker Series, Nov 9, 2016 (Laredo, TX), XXI Economists National Congress, Nov 4, 2016 (Toluca, MX).
• "Security in Mexico: A Research Agenda" at The University of Oklahoma. Feb 16, 2016 (Norman, OK).
• “How Criminal Rivalry Leads to Violence Against the Press” at Purdue University, Jan 13, 2016 (Purdue, IN); Texas A & M University, Dec 24, 2015 (Laredo, TX).
• “Rule of Law and Corruption” at Rethinking Violence and Civil Society in Mexico at Harvard University. Apr 10, 2015 (Cambridge, MA).
• “The Citizen Security Tipping Points” at Stanford University, ITAM and UNDP. Mar 11, 2013 (Mexico City, MX).
• “Government Coordination and Violence Deterrence in Mexico’s Drug War” at School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), UCSD. Nov 14, 2012 (San Diego, CA); Political Economy Graduate Students Workshop, Harvard University. October 12, 2012 (Cambridge, MA); The Rand Corporation. Nov 13, 2012 (Washington, DC).
• “When Criminals Cannot Hide: Generating Intelligence Data Through Search Engines” at New Directions in Analyzing Text Data Conference, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Harvard University. Oc 9, 2012 (Cambridge, MA).
• “Police Security in Borderlands” at Border and Borderlands in the Americas Conference, Stanford University. Jun 18, 2012 (Palo Alto, CA).
• “Drug Traffickers‘ Communications and Violence: Assessing the Impact of Expressed Rivalries in Drug-Related Violence” at The International Studies Association. Apr 4, 2012 (San Diego, CA).
• “Lessons From Mexico’s Drug War: Policy Outcomes Depend on Organizational Structure” at World Peace Foundation, Tufts University. May 29, 2012 (Boston, MA).
• “Security Issues and Immigration Flows: Drug-violence Refugees, the New Mexican Immigrants” at Graduate Student Political Economy Seminar, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University. Feb 17, 2012 (Cambridge, MA).
•  “Why Did Mexican Drug Traffickers Become So Violent? Trends and Explanations to a Drug War” at David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Tuesday Seminar, Harvard University. Jan 31, 2012 (Cambridge, MA).
• “Understanding Mexico’s drug violence” at The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. Dec 8-10, 2011 (New York, NY).
• “Drug War: Myths and Realities” at Dean’s Roundtable Breakfast, UCSD. Nov 16, 2011 (San Diego, CA).
• “Criminal Market Diversification and Drug-related Violence” and “Security Issues and Immigration Flows” at Violence, Drugs and Governance: Mexican Security in Comparative Perspective Conference, Stanford University. Oct 3-4, 2011 (Palo Alto, CA).
• “The Future of Mexican Drug Cartels” at Mexico Security Conference, The Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State, and the National Intelligence Council. Aug 11-12, 2011 (Washington, DC).
• “Why are Mexican Mayors Getting Killed by Trackers? Corruption Dynamics in Mexico” at MPSA Annual Conference. March 2011 (Chicago, IL); Research Colloquium, Williams College. Nov, 2010 (Williamstown, MA); Public Policy and Inequality Seminar, Harvard University. Nov, 2010 (Cambridge, MA).
• “Trends and Figures on Drug-related Violence in Mexico, 2010” (with Shirk) at Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego. Dec 10, 2010 (San Diego, CA).
•  “Public Security and Competitiveness: Improving Mexico’s Image” at International Congress on Competitiveness, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. Nov, 2010 (Nuevo Laredo, MX).
•  “The Potential Impacts of Marijuana Legalization in Mexico’s Drug-related Violence” at Ending Prohibition Conference: Proposition 19 and Marijuana Legalization, Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego. Oct 14, 2010 (San Diego, CA).
• “Political Conflict in Indigenous Latin America” at LASA 2010 Meeting. Oct 7, 2010 (Toronto, CN).
• “To Be or Not to Be a Drug Tracker: Modeling Occupational Choices of Criminals” at MPSA Annual Conference. Apr, 2010 (Chicago, IL).
• “Evaluating the Economic Impact of Drug Track in Mexico” at Graduate Students Political Economy Workshop, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Harvard University. Spring 2008 (Cambridge, MA).
• “Possible Manipulations of Indigenous Electoral Traditions in Mexico” (with Eisenstadt) at MPSA 2010 Meeting. Apr 23, 2006 (Chicago, IL)