Research

My broader research agenda centers around urban and environmental politics in Latin America, with a focus on the nature and outcomes of urban informality and citizen-state interaction. My ongoing dissertation project explores how environmental and housing policies are brokered between urban governments, civil society organizations, and residents of informal settlements in Brazil. Other active research projects of mine focus on the public opinion of environmental and health politics, the effects of natural disasters on voting behavior, and the effects of routinized police violence on civil society mobilization and civic engagement.

Dissertation Project

“On Uneven Ground: The Contested Politics of Environmental Risk, Rights, and Removal“

Working Papers

“Is Patriotism Inclusive? National Identity and Environmentalism in Bolivia,” with Christopher Carter (Under Review)

“Secondhand Skepticism: Partisanship and the Political Activation of Science Opinion,” with Paul Freedman

“Citizen-State Encounters and Patterns of Participation in Urban Peripheries: Evidence from Rio de Janeiro,” with Winston Ardoin

Just Economic Transition and Cities: The Challenge of Climate Justice in Municipal Action. In “Public Policies and Local Action: Cities,” with Vanessa Nadalin, Jean Peres, and Raphael Brito Faustino. Book commissioned for the 2025 UN Climate Conference (In Portuguese).

Work in Progress

“Citizen Journalism in the Digital Age: Trust, Action, and Local Problem-Solving,”“with Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Tanu Kumar, and Bhumi Purohit

“Mapping Risk, Claiming Rights: Knowledge, Contestation, and the Making of Local Climate Action“