Biography
Sergio Ascencio is a Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. His research uses formal theory and quantitative methods to study political institutions, electoral competition, gender and politics, and party strategy in developing countries, with a focus on Latin America. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Rochester. Before joining the University of Essex, he was a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of New Mexico and a postdoctoral associate at New York University Abu Dhabi.
