Expertise
Critical security studies, criminal governance, and social network analysisResearch Interests
- Transnational organized crime
- Criminal Governance
- Socio-political theory
- Mixed-methods
Education
Master of Arts (MA): International Studies, emphasis in Critical Security Analysis, Central European University, AustriaExpert: International Relations, Central European University, Hungary
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.): Political Sociology, University of the State of Mexico (UAEMex)
Certificate: Social Research Methods, University of Quilmes, Argentina
Biosketch
I am a Mexican researcher specialized in transnational organized crime and criminal governance in the Americas. I explore mixed methods with particular emphasis on social networks and trace analysis.Selected Awards and Honors
- Excellence in Teaching award. (2015). Political Science Department. University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- Gente con Valor award by the Government of the State of Mexico (2015)
Selected Publications
- Homann, L., Alvaro-Montes, O. (2025). From Prison Gang to Transnational Criminal Organization. A Social Network Analysis of the Tren de Aragua. In: Aiello, L.M., Chakraborty, T., Gaito, S. (eds) Social Networks Analysis and Mining. ASONAM 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15213. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78548-1_10
- Protestas sociales y violencia de género (casos de Colombia y México). 2022. (Iberoamerican Journal)
- La ciencia política sirve para algo? Una reseña crítica del Libro, Populism: A political science manifiesto, (Revista Convergencia, 2022)
Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Civic Action Project Fellowship (Boston, US, 2024)
- Soros Foundation grant/Central European University (Budapest, HU, 2019)
- Guadalupe Hank Rhon Foundation grant (Mexico, 2013)
- JIMA award (Argentina, 2012)