Guadalupe Túñon

Guadalupe Túñon is an Assistant Professor in Princeton University's Department of Politics and School of Public and International Affairs. Her research focuses on comparative politics and political economy, with a regional emphasis on Latin America. She earned her PhD in Political Science from UC Berkeley (2019) and held positions at Harvard's Weatherhead Center, the University of Pennsylvania's Identity & Conflict Lab, and the University of Notre Dame's Center for the Study of Religion and Society.

Her work examines intersections of religion, economic ideas, and political influence, particularly in Brazil and Argentina. Notable awards include the APSA Mancur Olson Prize (2020) and David Brian Robertson Award (2024). She has conducted field experiments on policy impacts in Uruguay and Peru, and publishes on methodological innovations like placebo tests in causal inference.

Publications include analyses of religious actors' electoral influence, post-emancipation incarceration patterns in Buenos Aires, and judicial autonomy in Argentine provinces. Her research bridges historical political economy with contemporary issues of inequality and institutional dynamics.