Experts
Who does the research
Economists, political scientists, lawyers, scientists and philosophers who sign what they publish and answer for it. Each researcher works within a standing programme.
Democracy & Institutions
Irene Valdés
Political scientist. She leads the institutional research agenda at The Russell Project and coordinates the programme on legislative quality and state capacity in Latin America. She previously worked at the national audit office and taught comparative politics for twelve years.
Economy & Development
Tomás Arriaga
Works on fiscal regimes, stabilisation, and the relationship between chronic inflation and the social contract. He served on the technical staff of two tax reform commissions.
Science & Technology
Lucía Ferrari
A physicist by training, she researches science funding, the formation of technological capability and the governance of algorithmic systems in public administration.
Climate & Environment
Mateo Quiroga
A specialist in the energy transition in resource-exporting countries. He has worked on electricity system planning and network regulation.
Society & Social Policy
Camila Ordóñez
A sociologist studying educational and urban segregation in Latin American metropolitan areas, with fieldwork in Buenos Aires, Bogotá and Lima.
Democracy & Institutions
Andrés Belmonte
A political philosopher. He edits the Ideas section and writes on democratic legitimacy, pluralism and the epistemic conditions of public deliberation.
Science & Technology
Renata Oliveira
A statistician. She runs the institute's data lab: long-run series, institutional indicators and evidence visualisation for public policy.
Democracy & Institutions
Javier Mansilla
A constitutional lawyer researching judicial independence, constitutional review and the design of oversight bodies in federal systems.
Economy & Development
Paula Arceo
A labour economist working on informality, wage dynamics and the distributive effect of cash transfers.
Climate & Environment
Nicolás Heredia
A marine biologist and policy analyst studying fisheries governance, the continental shelf and marine protected areas in the South Atlantic.
Science & Technology
Sofía Linares
An engineer and technology policy analyst working on public software procurement, algorithmic auditing and transparency standards.
Society & Social Policy
Héctor Pineda
A public health physician analysing health system fragmentation and its effects on effective coverage and out-of-pocket spending.
