Luis González

(PhD, Yale University)

Luis González Luis E. González is in residence as a Kellogg visiting fellow for three months of the 2008 spring semester. A professor of political science at the Universidad Católica and at the Universidad de la República in Uruguay, he is also founding member and director of CIFRA/González, Raga y Asociados, an applied social science consulting firm.

González has published widely, including his recent book, Política y desarollo en Honduras, 2006–2009 (PNUD-ASDI-AECI-DFID, 2006). While at Kellogg, he plans to continue this research through his project “The Nature and Causes of Main Political Crises in Latin America since the End of the Cold War.” González will also investigate marginalization and the implications for political outsiders in Latin America.