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Juan Pablo Luna grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay, and currently holds the inaugural Diamond-Brown Chair in Democratic Studies at McGill University. His research primarily focuses on comparative Latin American politics, analyzing how socio-structural conditions, social inequality, and state capacity shape democratic institutions and development trajectories. In recent years, he has researched dynamics of organized crime and its contributions to reshaping politics, state functions, and market conditions in Latin America. He has authored several significant publications, including 'Latin American Party Systems' (Cambridge, 2010), 'Segmented Representation, Political Party Strategies in Unequal Democracies' (Oxford, 2014), and 'Resilience of the Latin American Right' (Johns Hopkins, 2014). His work also includes 'Criminal Politics and Botched Development in Contemporary Latin America' (Cambridge University Press, 2024) and '¿Democracia Muerta? Chile, América Latina y un Modelo Estallado' (Ariel, 2024). His areas of specialization encompass democracy, the political effects of inequality, organized crime, state capacity, and political representation, with a keen interest in comparative politics and the development underpinnings in Latin America.
Department: Department of Medicine. Program: Experimental Medicine.