Research

My broader research agenda centers around environmental and housing politics in cities of Latin America, with a focus on the nature and outcomes of urban informality and citizen-state interaction. My ongoing dissertation project explores how environmental and housing responses to climate risks are brokered between urban governments, civil society organizations, and residents of informal settlements in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Dissertation Project

On Uneven Ground: The Politics of Environmental Risk, Rights, and Removal in Rio de Janeiro

Book Chapters

Just Economic Transition and Cities: Impacts and Challenges of Including Subnational Governments. In Luedemann, Gustavo Alves and Cristina Fróes de Borja Reis (eds.), A Just Transition in Brazilian Finance. Brasília: Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Ministério da Fazenda, GIZ, 2026. With Vanessa Nadalin, Jean Peres, and Raphael Brito Faustino (In Portuguese).

Working Papers

Is Patriotism Inclusive? National Identity and Environmentalism in Bolivia, with Christopher Carter (Under Review)

Secondhand Skepticism: Trust, Polarization, and the Partisan Activation of Science Opinion, with Paul Freedman (Under Review)

Repertoires of Knowledge Mobilization: How the Urban Poor Reshape Climate Risk

Work in Progress

Citizen-State Encounters and Patterns of Participation in Urban Peripheries: Evidence from Rio de Janeiro, with Winston Ardoin 

Citizen Journalism in the Digital Age: Trust, Action, and Local Problem-Solving, with Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Tanu Kumar, and Bhumi Purohit