About

Costa Rican. PhD Candidate at the Graduate School of Global and Area Studies at Leipzig University. My research is directed at two main areas: the institutional determinants of transparency governance, and the open science-open access landscape development. Political Economy, Development, Civic Participation, Text Analysis and Political Theory

Research Interests

Civil Society, Comparative Politics, Contentious Politics, Cyber Politics, Democracy, Democratisation, Development, Globalisation, Governance, Government, Institutions, International Relations, Latin America, Local Government, Media, Policy Analysis, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Political Participation, Political Theory, Public Administration, Public Policy, Regionalism, Social Capital, Knowledge, Political Sociology, Analytic, Campaign, Constructivism, Critical Theory, Global, International, Internet, Methods, Post-Structuralism, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Quantitative, Regression, Social Media, Causality, Communication, Comparative Perspective, Corruption, Electoral Behaviour, Ethics, Mixed Methods, Mobilisation, Narratives, Normative Theory, Policy Change, Public Opinion, Survey Research, Technology, Voting Behaviour, Big Data, Empirical, Policy-Making, Theoretical

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• (Anti-)Corruption and Integrity
• Political Methodology
• Knowledge and Governance
• Local Government and Politics
• Democratic Innovations
• Political Concepts