Jane Esberg

Jane Esberg is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on authoritarian repression mechanisms, censorship strategies, and political legacies in Latin America. She previously held postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton's Empirical Studies of Conflict Project and the International Crisis Group. Esberg earned her PhD from Stanford University.

Her work examines topics such as criminal fragmentation in Mexico, political trajectories under Pinochet's regime, and exile-driven online opposition in Venezuela. She employs mixed-method approaches including social media data analysis and historical case studies. Recent research explores government expropriation strategies, UN peace operations' technological challenges, and the impact of factual corrections on criminal justice policy views.

Esberg's publications appear in top journals like The American Political Science Review and Comparative Political Studies. While no awards are explicitly listed, her work demonstrates significant contributions to understanding authoritarian governance and post-dictatorship transitions.