Eduardo Pages is the Program Manager for Global Democracy Research at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. In this role, he curates the Institute’s Global Democracy Conferences, which convene scholars and practitioners to address urgent questions of democratic backsliding and renewal.
A scholar-practitioner with over 5 years of experience in applied research and knowledge dissemination, Eduardo further supports the institute’s efforts to systematically review the academic literature on democratization, as well as to translate the institute’s research into actionable insights for policymakers and practitioners.
Eduardo previously served as a researcher at the International Republican Institute, where he supported the creation of evidence-based resources on “what works and why” in the Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) sector. Leveraging his expertise on democratic backsliding, Latin American politics, and mixed methods, he helped conduct multiple evaluations of projects funded by the U.S. Department of State (DOS). Most recently, Eduardo served as Evidence and Learning Specialist at the Pulte Institute for Global Development, where he provided management and data analysis expertise for a series of evaluations seeking to understand the long-term impact of projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Eduardo’s research is cross-sectoral, including areas such as social cohesion, political party strengthening and democratic diffusion, as well as governance, emergency agriculture, and adaptative capacity to climate change. He holds a bachelor’s in political science and a master’s in Latin American studies from the Freie Universität Berlin, as well as a Master of Global Affairs from the University of Notre Dame.