David Cerero Guerra

I am a PhD candidate in Political Science at Yale University. My dissertation draws on interviews with gang members and street-level bureaucrats, 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