Welcome to my website! Thanks for stopping by. I am a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University, and an incoming Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Political Science (by courtesy) at the University of California, Irvine.

My research focuses on the political economy of security, crime, and law enforcement, with a regional emphasis on the Americas. Methodologically, I employ observational and experimental causal inference techniques.

You can click here to view my CV. My research projects are listed on this page; my work is published in World Politics and State Politics & Policy Quarterly, among other journals. My research has been supported by the American Political Science Association Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant and the U.S. Institute of Peace-Minerva Peace & Security Scholar Award.

On this site, I also host a blog, mostly about solving math puzzles and riddles for fun.

Feel free to contact me via email, which is listed below. I'm also on BlueSky @juliangerez.com.