Natalia Garbiras-Diaz

Natalia received her Ph.D. in Political Science in 2021 from the University of California, Berkeley, where she is currently a Research Associate at the Center on the Politics of Development. Prior to joining Harvard Business School, she was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Italy.  Her primary research interests are in comparative politics and the political economy of development, with a focus on corruption, public goods provision, and accountability in Latin America. She also studies the formation of citizens' and ex-combatants' attitudes towards peace agreements and their role in stabilizing peace in post-conflict settings. She holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Los Andes (Colombia). Prior to her Ph.D., she worked at the World Bank, the Democracy Observatory, and the Colombian National Planning Department.