Miguel R. Rueda

Miguel R. Rueda is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Emory University, specializing in electoral manipulation, civil conflict, money in politics, and political methodology. He holds a PhD from the University of Rochester (2014), an M.Sc. in Economics, and a B.Sc. in Economics and Mathematics from La Universidad de los Andes. Before Emory, he was a visiting scholar at Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (2013–2014). In Fall 2024, he will serve as a Visiting Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University.

His research has been published in top journals like the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Conflict Resolution. Key themes include electoral fraud mechanisms, civil war dynamics, and the intersection of political methodology with empirical policy analysis.

Rueda's work spans theoretical models of strategic behavior (e.g., foreign aid allocation, partisan poll-watching) and applied analyses of electoral systems, conflict outcomes, and governance challenges. His methodological contributions address econometric issues like post-instrument bias and omitted variable effects.

Contact: miguel.rueda@emory.edu, 315 Tarbutton Hall, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.