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Nicolás Idrobo is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and will join Princeton University as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in August 2025. His research focuses on economic sanctions' counterproductive effects on authoritarian regimes, political economy, and methodological innovations in comparative politics. He specializes in Latin American contexts, with notable work on electoral fraud analysis in Bolivia and the consequences of illegal mining in Colombia.
He holds expertise in regression discontinuity designs and statistical methodologies, reflected in co-authored books published by Cambridge University Press. His work bridges theoretical contributions with policy-relevant analyses, addressing topics such as policing oversight and legislative influence through campaign contributions.
His advisory roles include collaboration with Dorothy Kronick and Francisco Rodríguez on electoral integrity and sanctions efficacy. He has been published in prestigious outlets like the Journal of Politics and Peace Economics, with ongoing projects exploring pre-trial detention reforms and the evolution of scientific inference in economics and political science since 1970.
