Juan David Gelvez (he/him) is a Ph.D. candidate in Government and Politics at The University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests focus on political behavior, crime, and environmental politics in Latin America. His research has a computational approach: impact evaluations, survey experiments, and spatial analysis. Before starting his Ph.D., Gélvez-Ferreira worked as a researcher at Universidad de Los Andes and Fundación Ideas para la Paz in Colombia, his home country. Also, he led the citizen security group at the Departamento Nacional de Planeación at the Colombian National Government. Gelvez holds a master's degree in Public Policy and a bachelor's in Government and Public Affairs from Universidad de Los Andes.
Areas of Interest
- Political Violence
- Illicit economies
- Public policy
- Environmental Politics
- Latin America
- Causal inference
- Mixed methods
Personal Website
Degrees
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Degree TypeB.ADegree DetailsGovernment and Public Affairs - Universidad de Los Andes
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Degree TypeMasterDegree DetailsPublic Policy - Universidad de Los Andes
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Degree TypeMA.Degree DetailsGovernment and Politics
Awards
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2022-05-03Rapoport Family Foundation Summer Research Collaborative Award
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2021-08-01Dean’s Fellowship - University of Maryland
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2021-08-01Doctoral studies’ scholarship - University of Maryland
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2023-04-27Lussier Summer Research Fellowship
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Research Topics
- Methodology
- Comparative Politics
International
Email
jgelvez [at] umd.edu
