Research

Projects

Uprooted Democracy: Displacement and the Politics of Recognition (Research Project)

Examines why states recognize some forms of displacement (climate-, development-, and persecution-led) while rendering others legally invisible, and what this reveals about democratic quality in Latin America.

Working Papers

Making Collaborative Governance Work in Contexts of State Weakness and Disengagement: Peru’s Indigenous COVID-19 Command (Under Review)

Peru’s Indigenous COVID Commands (ICCs) varied widely in effectiveness, and La Convención’s ICC outperformed others despite its peripheral status due to a pre-existing legacy of health collaboration and unusually strong NGO involvement. These NGOs compensated for chronic state disengagement by sustaining coordination and mediating between the state and indigenous communities, producing a hybrid of community-led and symbolic coproduction that yielded comparatively high vaccination rates.

Chapters

Definitions of northern/rural/remote/peripheric communities in Canada, in the Research Companion to the Periphery and Peripheral Regions: Concepts, Diagnosis, Dilemmas, edited by Jerzy Banski, 2025.

(with François Brouard, Natalya Brown, and Manuel Litalien)

Inconsistent definitions for northern, rural, and remote Canadian communities lead to oversimplified classifications that ignore regional diversity and result in poorly tailored public policies and a philanthropic sector which neglects smaller communities in favor of urban centers. A nuanced, multi-factor approach is essential to accurately identify community needs and ensure the equitable delivery of social programs.

Book Reviews

Climate Displacement by Jamie Draper, in the Journal of Refugee Studies, 2025.

Recognition Politics: Indigenous Rights and Ethnic Conflict in the Andes by Lorenza Fontana, in the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2024.

Voice and Inequality: Poverty and Political Participation in Latin American Democracies by Carew Boulding and Claudio Holzner, in Politique et Sociétés, 2023.

Media

Ousting of Peru’s president points to a deeper crisis, in The Conversation Canada, March 5, 2026.

Selected Grants and Fellowships

  • 2025-2026 Doctoral Research Fellowship from the Interuniversity Research Team on Governance and Inclusion in Latin America (ÉRIGAL)

  • 2024-2027 Canada Graduate Scholarship (Ph.D.; CGS-D) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

  • 2022-2023 Canada Graduate Scholarship (M.A.; CGS-M) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 

  • 2022 Discovery Scholarship from the University of Montreal’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Affiliations

  • Member (2025-), Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC)

  • Member (2025-), McGill Refugee Research Group (MRRG) 

  • Member (2021-), Interuniversity Research Team on Governance and Inclusion in Latin America (ÉRIGAL)

  • Visiting Scholar (2025), Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Económicas, Políticas y Antropológicas at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP-CISEPA)

  • Member (2021-2023), Chaire de recherche du Canada Participation et citoyenneté(s)