Research Interests

Political and Criminal Violence; Latin American Politics; Comparative Politics; International Relations; Political Economy of Development.

Causes and consequences of violence, organized crime and criminality, dynamics of illicit markets, relation between state actors and illicit and non-state armed actors, democratization, law enforcement. I have also conducted research on the use of referenda in Latin America.

Education

• Ph D: Political Science, (2013), Brown University - Providence, RI
• MA: Political Science, (2009), Brown University - Providence, RI
• MA: Latin American and Caribbean Studies, (2006), New York University - NY,NY
• BA: Political Science, (2000), National University of Colombia - Bogota, Colombia

Selected Awards and Honors

• Best Book Prize (2019) - Peter Katzenstein's Prize for Best First Book in International Relations, Comparative Politics, or Political Economy
• Best Book Prize (2018), Scholarship/Research - International Association for the Study of Organized Crime
• Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellowship. (2011), Scholarship/Research - Social Science Research Council , Open Society Foundation, Universidad de los Andes, IDRC
• Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar (2011) - United States Institute of Peace
• International Dissertation Research Fellowship IDRF (2010), Scholarship/Research - Social Science Research Council
• Colfuturo Scholarship (2004) - Colfuturo
• Fulbright Scholarship for Graduate Studies in the US_ Barsa Supplemental Award (2004) - Fulbright

Selected Publications

• Duran-Martinez, A. (2018) "The Politics of Drug Violence: Criminals, Cops and Politicians in Colombia and Mexico", Oxford University Press
• Duran-Martinez, A. (2017) "(Book Chapter) Silent Traffickers or Brutal Criminals: How State Power Shapes Criminal’s Incentives to Expose Violence", Oklahoma University Press
• Duran-Martinez, A. (2017) "Drug Trafficking and Drug Policies in the Americas: Change, Continuity, and Challenges", Latin American Politics and Society 59:2 pp. 145-153
• Cruz, J.M., Duran-Martinez, A. (2016) "Hiding violence to deal with the state: criminal pacts in El Salvador and Medellin", Journal of Peace Research 53:2 pp. 197-210
• Duran-Martinez, A. (2015) "To Kill and Tell? State power, criminal competition, and drug violence", Journal of Conflict Resolution 59:8 pp. 1377-1403
• Duran-Martinez, A. (2015) "Drugs around the corner: Domestic drug markets and violence in Colombia and Mexico", Latin American Politics and Society 57:3 pp. 122-146
• Alanis, U., Duran-Martinez, A. (2014) "Jóvenes en Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua: entre la falta de oportunidades y el miedo a la violencia", El Colegio de Mexico
• Duran-Martinez, A. (2014) "Jóvenes y violencia en Medellín: entre transformación urbana y violencia persistente", El Colegio de Mexico
• Andreas, P., Duran-Martinez, A. (2014) "The International Politics of Drugs and Illicit Trade in the Americas", Routledge 2013-05
• Snyder, R., Duran-Martinez, A., Bautista, M.A., Sierra, J. (2013) "Producing Knowledge in the Global South: The Political Economy of Social Science in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru", Watson Institute for International Studies Research Paper 2013-06
• Duran-Martinez, A. (2012) "Presidents, Political Parties and Referenda in Latin America", Comparative Political Studies 45:9 pp. 1159-1187
• Duran-Martinez, A. (2010) "¿ Colombianización de México? Estableciendo términos apropiados de comparación", Perspectiva 24:
• Duran-Martinez, A., Snyder, R.O. (2009) "Does illegality breed violence? Drug trafficking and state-sponsored protection rackets", Crime, Law and Social Change 52:3

Selected Presentations

• Path dependent trajectories of criminal governance - Criminal Governance in the Americas, October 2018 - Chicago
• Las dimensiones políticas del narcotráfico en Colombia y Mexico - Coloquio Internacional de Violencia, October 2018 - Culiacán
• The Politics of Drug Violence, December 2017 - Lima, Peru
• “A Research Agenda on State, Crime, and Violence”, November 2017 - UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL TRES DE FEBRERO (Argentina)
• Unpacking the Criminal-Rebel Distinction: New Armed Structures and Paramilitary Demobilization in Colombia - APSA Conference, September 2017 - San Francisco
• Beyond a Criminal-Rebel Distinction: New Armed Structures and Paramilitary Demobilization in Colombia - MPSA Conference, April 2017 - Chicago
• The Politics of Drug Violence, April 2017 - Canisius College
• Drug Trafficking in Latin America and the Peace Process in Colombia, March 2017 - Brandeis University
• Opening the Black Box of the Upper Huallaga Valley: Drugs, Insurgency, and Violence in Peru 1980-2000 - APSA Conference, September 2016 - Washington D.C.
• Criminals. Cops and Politicians: Dynamics of Drug Violence in Colombia and Mexico, September 2015 - Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
• Elections, State Coercive Capacity and Violence in Burma/Myanmar and Colombia - APSA Meeting, 2014 - Washington D.C.
• Drug Trafficking and the Peace Process in Colombia, 2014 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• State power, criminal competition, and drug violence: a systematic comparison between Colombian and Mexican cities - LASA Meeting, 2013 - Washington, DC
• State power, criminal competition, and drug violence: a systematic comparison between Colombian and Mexican cities - MPSA Meeting, 2013 - Chicago, IL
• How Might a Peace Agenda Address the Nexus of Drug Trafficking and Violence? Evidence from Cali and MedellÍn - Pending Issues on the Colombian Peace Agenda Conference, 2013 - United States Institute of Peace, Washington D.C.
• Violencia y narcotráfico en Cali y Ciudad Juárez - The Public/Citizen Insecurity in Latin America: A Regional approach Conference, 2013 - Itam, Mexico City
• Drugs, crime, and violence: Redefining the link and rethinking policy alternatives - Drug wars in the Americas: Looking back and thinking ahead Conference, 2012 - Brown University
• The Drug War in Mexico: Beyond money and munitions - EPIIC Symposium, 2012 - Tufts University
• State power, criminal competition and violence - NPSA Meeting, 2012 - Boston, MA
• Narcotráfico y violencia en Colombia y Mexico - Nuevas perspectivas sobre la violencia en Colombia Conference, 2012
• Coloquio Las violencias que afectan a los j„venes en Am_rica Latina - Presentations about youth and violence in Ciudad Juˆrez and MedellÍn, 2012
• Silent traffickers or brutal Criminals?: Drug violence in Colombian and Mexican cities - International Society for the Study of Drug Policy Annual Conference, 2011 - Utrecht, Netherlands
• Narcotics-associated violence in Mexican and Colombian cities: A comparison - Narcotic Wars At the Border Conference, 2011
• Drug violence in three Mexican cities - Violent cities in the Global South Conference, 2011 - Brown University
• Drugs, violence and state sponsored protection rackets in Mexico - Drug Trafficking-Related Violence in Mexico Conference, 2010
• Does illegality breed violence? Drug trafficking and State Sponsored Protection Rackets - Drug Trafficking, Violence and Instability in Mexico, Colombia and the Caribbean Conference, 2009 - University of Pittsburgh
• Partisan clues: the role of political parties in Latin American referenda - LASA Meeting, 2009 - Rio de Janeiro
• Partisan clues: the role of political parties in Latin American referenda - MPSA Meeting, 2009 - Chicago, IL
• The colombianization of Mexico: Setting appropriate terms of debate - Violence in Mexico: Beyond Sensationalism Conference, 2009 - Brown University
• The context matters: Recent experiences with referendums and democratic consolidation in Latin America - APSA Meeting, 2007 - Chicago, IL
• The impact of organized crime on democratic governance in Central America and the Caribbean - United Nations Secretariat Brainstorming Session, 2007 - New York, NY
• Do plebiscites foster democratic institutions and accountability - APSA Meeting, 2006 - Philadelphia, PA
• Do plebiscites foster democratic institutions and accountability - MPSA Meeting, 2006 - Chicago, IL