Alejandro Roemer is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Chicago, specializing in comparative politics and quantitative methods. His research investigates why and when governments facing high-intensity criminal violence undertake costly political reforms, such as the creation of independent prosecutors and the implementation of fiscal and financial controls. He also studies the classification of armed conflict under international law, drawing parallels between the War on Terror and the War on Drugs, and examines the regulation of the use of force in the fight against organized crime in Latin America.

Before beginning his PhD, Alejandro served as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Chicago Crime Lab, Deputy Director of Analytics and Behavioral Experimentation at Banorte (Mexico’s second-largest bank), and as a lecturer in International Humanitarian Law at Universidad Panamericana and ITAM in Mexico City. He holds a BA in International Relations from ITAM, an MA in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action from Sciences Po, and an MPP from the University of Chicago.