Democracy and Organized Crime: Ecuador in Comparative Perspective (VIRTUAL)
How did Ecuador go from being an apparently peaceful country to becoming a hub of violence and organized crime? What do we know about the magnitude of the problem? How does the logic of criminal wars in other countries help explain this conflict? This panel features regional and thematic experts that will analyze the Ecuadorian case from a comparative perspective.
Featuring:
Special Guest
Arturo Torres Ramirez
Freelance Journalist
Co-founder of Código Vidrio
Abby Córdova
Associate Professor of Global Affairs
PI, Kellogg's Eliminating Violence Against Women Lab
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
Andrés Mejia Acosta
Associate Professor, Political Economy of Development
Kuster Family Associate Dean for Policy and Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
Guillermo Trejo
Professor of Political Science
PI, Kellogg's Violence and Transitional Justice Lab
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
Moderator:
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs
Kellogg Institute Director
Arturo Torres Ramirez
Ecuador native Arturo Torres Ramirez is a freelance journalist and co-founder of Código Vidrio. Previously, he was the general editor at El Comercio in Quito. Before that, he was the research editor, coordinator, and editor of the judicial section of El Comercio, where he was responsible for corruption coverage and judicial and security issues...
Abby Córdova
Abby Córdova is an associate professor of global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs whose research integrates topics related to crime, violence, gender and economic inequality, and international migration. Her work uses experimental and non-experimental research designs, as well as advanced statistical methods...
Andrés Mejia Acosta
Kellogg Faculty Fellow Andrés Mejía Acosta is the Kuster Family Associate Dean for Policy and Practice and associate professor of global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. A former doctoral student affiliated with the Kellogg Institute, he became a faculty fellow in 2023 after joining the Keough School...
Guillermo Trejo
Guillermo Trejo is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, faculty fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and Director and Principal Investigator at the Notre Dame Violence and Transitional Justice Lab (V-TJLab). He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2012...