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MART TRASBERG
(revised 6/24/2025)
School of Social Sciences and Government
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Av Carlos Lazo 100, Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, 01389
Ciudad de México, CDMX
mart.trasberg@tec.mx
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Tecnológico de Monterrey, School of Social Sciences and Government (Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Gobierno), Assistant Professor, 2022-...
Wake Forest University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American Politics, 2021-22
EDUCATION
Tulane University, Ph.D. in Political Science, 2021
Dissertation: “Informal Institutions, Protest and Public Goods Provision Mexico” Committee: Eduardo Silva (chair), Nora Lustig, Virginia Oliveros, Martin Dimitrov, Patrick Egan.
Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations
University of Salamanca, Spain, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2012
University of Tartu, Estonia, B.A. in History and Political Science, 2009
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
University of Michigan, ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, 2016
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Framing Labor Action: Experimental Evidence from Teachers in Mexico, with Christopher Chambers-Ju, Perspectives on Politics, 2025.
New Avenues in the Study of Crime, Violence, and State in Latin America, Latin American Politics and Society Volume 65 , Issue 1 , 2023 , pp. 151 - 160.
Informal Institutions and Rural Collective Action in Mexico, Comparative Politics ,vol. 55, Number 3, 2023, pp. 401-424 (24).
Inclusive Institutions, Unequal Outcomes: Democracy, State Infrastructural Power and Inequality 1970-2015, (2021) (with Hector Bahamonde), European Journal of Political Economy 70, 1-21.
Informal Customary Institutions, Collective Action and Sub-Municipal Public Goods Provision in Mexico. (2021), Latin American Politics and Society 63 (3): 147-170.
Inequality, Poverty and Social Protection in the Times of Covid-19 in Latin America: Comparing Brazil and Mexico (with Nora Lustig) (2021), Current History 120 (823): 57–63.
La protección social durante la pandemia: los casos de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México (with Merike Blofield and Nora Lustig) (2021), Pensamiento Iberoamericano 10: 108-122.
REVISE AND RESUBMIT
WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Book Project
“Informal Institutions, Protest and Development in Mexico“
Working Papers
“Do Citizens Punish Politicians for Protests? A Vignette Experiment in Mexico”
“Informal Institutions, Collective Action, and Local Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Mexico“
“The Moral Economy of Teachers Strikes: Experimental Evidence from Mexico” (with Christopher Chambers-Ju (University of Texas, Arlington))
“Losers’ Consent and Democratic Stability: Experimental Evidence from Chile and Estonia” (with Hector Bahamonde (University of Turku) and Inga Saikkonen (Abo Academy))
“State Capacity and Community Brokers: Complements or Substitutes?” (with Andres Sandoval)
“Violent Crime and Distributive Politics: evidence from a natural experiment in Mexican municipalities 2015-2018”
“The Political Effects of Gasoline Theft in Mexico” (with Jose Pablo Olvera)
POLICY REPORTS
„Social Protection During the Pandemic: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico“ (with Merike Blofield and Nora Lustig). Center for Global Development Policy Brief
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Political Science Department Summer Research Award, Tulane University: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Tinker Foundation Grant for Summer Research in the Dominican Republic, 2014
Graduate Fellowship –Tulane University (2014-2020)
Manuel Sanchez Fellowship for Field Research, Office for International Cooperation, University of Salamanca (Spain), 2012
Archimedes Kristjan Jaak Fellowship (Estonia) for M.A. studies abroad (2010-2011)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
American Political Science Association (APSA): 2017 (San Francisco), 2019 (Washington D.C.), 2020 (online presentation)
Latin American Studies Association (LASA): 2020 (online presentation)
Southeast Latin American Behavior (SeLAB): 2019 (Oxford, Mississippi)
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA): 2017 (Chicago)
Southern Political Science Association (SPSA): San Juan (2016), New Orleans (2017)
Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS): 2014 (New Orleans)
I International Congress of Development Studies: 2012 (Santander, Spain)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor
International Political Economy, Wake Forest University (Fall 2021)
Political Violence and Development, Wake Forest University (Fall 2021)
Latin American Politics, Wake Forest University (Fall 2021)
Introduction to Latin American Studies, Tulane University (Spring 2014)
Introduction to Comparative Politics, Tulane University (Fall 2019)
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to International Relations, Prof. Geoff Dancy, Tulane University (Fall 2018)
Introduction to International Development, Prof. Dauphine Sloan, Tulane University (Fall 2018)
Scope and Methods of Political Science, Tulane University, Prof. Mirya Holman (Fall 2016), Prof. Virginia Oliveros (Fall 2017)
Introduction to Comparative Politics, Tulane University, Prof. Mark Vail (Spring 2017)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Associate, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, August 2020-...
Research Assistant, Office of Study Abroad, Tulane University, July 2020-January 2021
Dissertation Field Research in Mexico (January-August 2018, February-July 2019)
Pre-dissertation fieldwork in the Dominican Republic, June-July 2014
M.A. Thesis fieldwork in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, January-February 2012
SERVICE
Political Science Department’s Representative, Graduate Studies Student Association (GSSA), Tulane University, 2016-2018
Member of International Student Advisory Board (ISAB), Office of International Students, Tulane University, 2015
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Department of Transatlantic Cooperation. 2012-2014
Assistant teacher, H. Masing High School, Tartu, Estonia, 2011
Volunteer work in urban communities, NGO Arca das Criancas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2010
LANGUAGES:
Estonian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Portuguese (professional), French (beginner), Russian (beginner)
SOFTWARE
Stata, R, LaTeX, QGIS, ArcGIS
REFERENCES
Eduardo Silva
Friezo Foundation Chair in Political Science, Professor
Department of Political Science, Tulane University
304 Norman Mayer
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
504-862-8312
gesilva@tulane.edu
Nora Lustig
Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics
Department of Economics, Tulane University
204 Tilton Hall
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
+1 504-862-8347
nlustig@tulane.edu
Martin K. Dimitrov
Professor
Department of Political Science, Tulane University
315 Norman Mayer, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
504-862-8301
mdimitro@tulane.edu
Virginia Oliveros
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science, Tulane University
311 Norman Mayer, New Orleans, Louisiana
(504) 862-8306
volivero@tulane.edu