Welcome to my webpage. Currently, I am doing a Ph.D in Economics at Berkeley. 

My research agenda focuses on how criminal organizations and non-state armed groups shape the lives of individuals and communities in Latin America. I am particularly interested in three related questions. First, how and why individuals become involved in these groups. Second, how participation in or exposure to these organizations shapes people’s identities, beliefs, aspirations, and visions of the future. Third, how effective governmental and non-governmental strategies are in preventing recruitment, supporting exit, and rebuilding community life. More broadly, my work seeks to understand criminal and armed organizations not only as sources of violence, but also as institutions that shape social relations, individual trajectories, and political outcomes. In previous work, I have also studied the Colombian armed conflict and its effects on democracy.

Email: felipecoy[at]berkeley.edu