As professor of Advanced Quantitative Methodology, I use big data algorithms and statistical learning techniques to show how government structures/policies may induce illegality, either by securing unequal privileges, facilitating criminal activities, or triggering conflict or violence. I also spot the unintended consequences of crime and impunity for economic development, citizen’s redistribution preferences, business organizations, migration patterns, and media coverage. Extracting and expose counter-intuitive and surprising truths hidden in plain sight is the goal of my research, and I do it mostly in Mexico and Central America.
