
Juan Albarracín
@juanalbarracind
Assistant professor at @uicpols | Political and criminal violence, political orders, parties and elections. Opiniones personales. Retweet doesn’t = endorsement.
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New article out in Political Research Quarterly under certain conditions left-leaning politicians militarize the police more than their counterparts. Link to paper 👇🏽

Si están en Cali, ¡no se pierdan la charla de Lina Britto!


Check it out … Prof Schmuhl and AMST got a shoutout from Pete Buttigieg !


💥¿Es posible escapar de las respuestas de siempre al crimen organizado? En este episodio de #IdeasAudaces, Juan Albarracín explica el bucle que nos impide aprender de los errores del pasado y el presente en la lucha contra el crimen organizado. 📹 bit.ly/48b7UhA

This Thursday (10/24) at 3:45PM, our Working Group is honored to welcome Enrique Desmond Arias to discuss his work "Illicit Value Chains, Market Challenges and Criminal Governance in Rural Colombia." Don't miss this exciting opportunity to meet one of the leading scholars of the field!


If you are in the Chicago area, don’t miss this event with two stellar scholars, Maryhen Jiménez & Verónica Zubillaga, to discuss the situation in Venezuela in the aftermath of the 2024 elections!


Today, don't miss a screening of Grande Sertão at University of Illinois Chicago, a part of this year's MOSTRA Brazilian Film! Starting at 4:30PM at the Behavioral Sciences Building, Room 153.



LAPIS anuncia la convocatoria para el premio Donna Lee Van Cott al mejor libro sobre instituciones políticas en Latinoamerica (2024). Fecha límite: 26 de enero, 2024 Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/polit… Sandra Botero Rachel Schwartz Nara Pavão Silvia Otero Bahamon Andres Schipani Guillermo Toral

New article w/Natán Skigin: “Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists”. The militarization of anti-crime policies unleashes multiple conflicts that endanger local press. doi.org/10.1017/S15375…



¡Relanzamos REDESDAL! El objetivo de esta red es acercar a investigadores e investigadoras sobre drogas ilegales en América Latina. Este año haremos la Conferencia anual en octubre en alianza con CESED/UNIANDES y La Tríada Uniandes Universidad Católica Tecnológico de Monterrey.