Sandra Ley

Sandra developed a productive academic career as Associate Professor in the Political Studies Division at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) (2015-2023), with more than twenty publications in international peer-reviewed journals, focused on research on criminal violence in Mexico and its impact on political behavior. Together with Guillermo Trejo, professor at the University of Notre Dame, she coauthored of the book Votes, Drugs, and Violence. The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico (published in English by Cambridge University Press, in 2020, and in Spanish, by Debate, in 2022), recognized as the Best Book of the Autocracy and Democracy section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 2021. Her academic articles have also been awarded by the AmericasBarometer, as well as by Comparative Political Studies and the Journal of Peace Research.