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My name is Francisca Castro and I’m a Postdoctoral Researcher at the International Security and Development Center (ISDC), where I work on conflict and vulnerability of political regimes.

I’m also associated to the ERC Grant Participation & Representation in the Digital Age.

I obtained my PhD in Political Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where I worked as a Doctoral Researcher in the Chair of International Politics.

My research interests are intrastate conflict, protests and social movements, state repression, democratic backsliding, and authoritarian legacies.

News & Updates

  • Between December 1-3 I’ll be in Nairobi presenting at the Gender, Peace and Security Conference organized by PRIO and hosted by the British Institute in Eastern Africa.

  • Between October 8-12 I’ll be in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) attending the Annual Life in Kyrgyzstan conference.

  • My job market paper, Deterrence or Defiance? How Severity and Selectivity Shape Protest Responses to Repression got recently accepted for publication in Mobilization. You can read the accepted version here.