Eduardo is assistant professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University. His research agenda focuses on the political economy of crime and violence as well as comparative urban politics in Latin America. Eduardo is the author of Cities, Business and the Politics of Urban Violence in Latin America (Stanford University Press, 2016) and co-editor of Inside Countries: Subnational Research in Comparative Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2019). In his forthcoming book, Resisting Extortion: Victims, Criminals and Police in Latin America (Cambridge University Press), he analyzes the different ways in which victims mobilize to negotiate, end or prevent criminal victimization at the hands of armed criminal groups. He has published articles in Perspectives on Politics, Latin American Research Review, Comparative Politics, Studies in Comparative International Development, and Global Crime, among others. Eduardo's research has received support from the Fulbright-Hays program, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, and the Ford Foundation / National Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Brown University. Eduardo is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.