Hernán Flom

I am a political scientist who researches organized crime, violence, and policing. I am currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College. I received my PhD in Political Science from UC Berkeley and was a Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies of the University of Notre Dame.

My first book, The informal regulation of criminal markets in Latin America, has been published by Cambridge University Press (2022). I have also published peer-reviewed articles in Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, Governance, Latin American Politics and Society, and the Journal of Urban Affairs, among others.  

Outside of academia, I worked as a Coordinator for the National Ministry of Security of Argentina, and as a consultant on citizen security for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Peace in Our Cities, among others.

I grew up in Argentina before attending graduate school in the US. I am fluent in English and Portuguese and conducted extensive fieldwork in Buenos Aires, Rosario, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Cali. I reside in Connecticut with my family.

See my CV here. 

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