Carolina Torreblanca

¡Hola! I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at PDRI-DevLab at the University of Pennsylvania and an external affiliate at the Poverty, Violence and Governance Lab in the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. My research explores the political economy of crime and its punishment, with a regional focus on Mexico and Latin America and an emphasis on political methodology. Additionally, I work on the epistemology of causal research, exploring what conclusions we can draw from diverse research designs.

I received my Ph.D. in Politics from New York University in 2024. I hold a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in International Relations from ITAM (2015). Before grad school, I was the Director of Data Analysis in Data Cívica.

If you want to read my rants about Mexican politics and occasionally movies, you can follow me on Twitter. I am also working on an ever-expanding compilation of the best cover songs you can check out. Or reach me via email.