Michael Weintraub is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Global Studies at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and Director of the Center for the Study of Security and Drugs (CESED) in the Department of Economics. His research focuses on crime, political violence, and drug policy in Latin America, particularly in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. To study these and other topics he uses a combination of experimental and quasi-experimental methods. Weintraub has articles published or forthcoming in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Nature Human Behaviour, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Journal of Peace Research, among others. He is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, an Invited Researcher with J-PAL’s Humanitarian Protection Initiative and the Displaced Livelihoods Initiative, and a member of the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) network. Prior to receiving his Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University, Weintraub was a Predoctoral Fellow at Yale University’s Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence and a Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar at the United States Institute of Peace.
Michael Weintraub is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Global Studies at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and Director of the Center for the Study of Security and Drugs (CESED) in the Department of Economics. His research focuses on crime, political violence, and drug policy in Latin America, particularly in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. To study these and other topics he uses a combination of experimental and quasi-experimental methods. Weintraub has articles published or forthcoming in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Nature Human Behaviour, Comparative Political Studies,…