Dr. Beatriz Magaloni

Biography

Beatriz Magaloni is the Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, where she also serves as the Director of the Poverty, Violence, Governance Lab and a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Her research primarily focuses on political economy and development, addressing themes such as authoritarian regimes, violence, public security, human rights, and non-state governance. Magaloni explores distributive politics and the provision of public goods, particularly within the context of Latin America. She is the author of 'Voting Autocracy' (2006), which earned the Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award, and co-author of 'Political Logic of Poverty Relief' (2016). Notably, she received the 2023 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for her major contributions to the understanding of policing amidst high violence, considered akin to a Nobel Prize in the field. Her work emphasizes the impact of socioeconomic inequality on violence and the challenges facing law enforcement, advocating for better accountability and justice reforms. Magaloni holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Duke University and a Law degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.

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