Tulia Falleti

Tulia Falleti is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where she also serves as Director of the Latin American and Latinx Studies Program and Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University (2003) and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires (1994).

• Research focuses on decentralization, federalism, authoritarianism, and qualitative methods
• Current projects: comparative study of indigenous peoples' territorial demands and mobile healthcare effectiveness in rural Argentina
• Co-editor of influential volumes including The Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism

Scientific Awards:

• Donna Lee Van Cott Award (LASA) for best book on political institutions (2010)

Her scholarly work bridges political institutions, social policy, and health economics, with ongoing collaborations involving indigenous rights advocacy and rural healthcare interventions.