EGAP Latin America 4: Mexico City, October 2026
Date: October 1 & 3, 2026
Host: Jose Morales-Arilla, Graduate School of Government and Public Transformation
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Location: Mexico City
Theme: Autocratic Resilience, Clientelism & Migration

The EGAP Latin America Regional Hub, in collaboration with the Graduate School of Government and Public Transformation Tecnológico de Monterrey, will host a three-day meeting in Mexico City October 1st-3rd, 2026.
Jose Morales-Arilla, Graduate School of Government and Public Transformation
Tecnológico de Monterrey & Leopoldo Fergusson Director of the EGAP Latin America Regional Hub will head the organization of the meeting.
Agenda
Policy Event
On Thursday, October 1st, TEC de Monterrey, Southern Voice, and the EGAP Latin America Regional Hub will be co-hosting an optional policy event on Autocratic Resilience, Clientelism & Migration. View memos that will be discussed here.
Papers and Research Designs
Papers and research designs that will be discussed during the meeting can be found here.
Participants
Alberto Simpser (ITAM)
Alexander Coppock (Northwestern University)
Ana Aguilera (World Bank)
Anjali Thomas (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Carlos Schmidt-Padilla (University of California, Berkeley)
Catalina Saiz (Southern Voice)
Cassandra Emmons, The International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Daniel Rubenson (University of Toronto)
Farah Munayer (Southern Voice)
Gretchen Kuhner, Institute for Women in Migration
Hannah Baron (Xavier University of Louisiana)
Horacio Larreguy (ITAM)
Jake Bowers (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Jose Morales-Arilla (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
Laura Ahlborn (PSE)
Lauren Young (UC Davis)
Leopoldo Fergusson (Universidad de Los Andes)
Macartan Humphreys (WZB Berlin)
Manuel Moscoso (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
Marcelle Amaral (UFPE)
Martín Valdivia (Group of Analysis for Development (GRADE))
Mauricio Romero (ITAM)
Miriam Golden (UCLA/NYU)
Morgan Holmes (World Bank)
Natalia Peres-Martins (Fundación ARU)
Omar García-Ponce (George Washington University)
Pablo Egaña del Sol (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez)
Pablo Querubín (NYU)
Pablo Valdivieso (OXAM)
Santiago López-Cariboni (Universidad de la República)
Sofia Granados Sotelo (UCLA)
Sumitra Badrinathan (American University School of International Service)
Tania Vásquez-Luque, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos
Thad Dunning UCBerkeley
