David Cerero Guerra

I am a PhD candidate in Political Science at Yale University. My dissertation draws on interviews with gang members, original surveys, and ethnographic fieldwork to examine how criminal groups that govern urban communities interact with state service providers.

More broadly, my research uses a wide variety of methods to explore the roots and causes of violence, crime, and peace, as well as their downstream effects on citizens’ perceptions of both state and non-state actors.

Before graduate school, I worked on security and development projects with Innovations for Poverty Action and the Colombian government, and held research assistant positions on projects led by Harvard University and the World Bank.

I hold a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Economics from Universidad de los Andes.

I am currently a visiting researcher in the Political Science department at the  Central European University.

For additional information, see my CV or send me an email to david.cerero@yale.edu