Carolina Curvale
@ccurvale.bsky.social
Political scientist studying how AI reshapes politics in the countries that use it but don’t build it. Inequality, elections, institutional fragility. Latin America & beyond. PhD NYU. FLACSO Ecuador.
Gobiernos de izquierda, de centro o de derecha: la mediana ideológica de su electorado es casi la misma. En 18 países, los giros presidenciales no siguen al votante mediano.
Con Eduardo Mancheno, en Íconos 86:
doi.org/10.17141/ico...
Con Eduardo Mancheno, en Íconos 86:
doi.org/10.17141/ico...
September 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Gobiernos de izquierda, de centro o de derecha: la mediana ideológica de su electorado es casi la misma. En 18 países, los giros presidenciales no siguen al votante mediano.
Con Eduardo Mancheno, en Íconos 86:
doi.org/10.17141/ico...
Con Eduardo Mancheno, en Íconos 86:
doi.org/10.17141/ico...
"Varieties of Risk: Chinese and American Investment in Latin American Extractives, 2000–2010" is out in The Extractive Industries and Society, with Juan Sebastián Vera. Different dimensions of institutional distance shape extractive investment in distinct and opposing ways. doi.org/10.1016/j.ex...
August 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
"Varieties of Risk: Chinese and American Investment in Latin American Extractives, 2000–2010" is out in The Extractive Industries and Society, with Juan Sebastián Vera. Different dimensions of institutional distance shape extractive investment in distinct and opposing ways. doi.org/10.1016/j.ex...
New preprint: how everyday AI use diffuses across 19 Latin American economies. The surprise? Gemini dominates not because users choose it, but because Android does. State capacity and platform architecture shape adoption more than income. doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
June 20, 2026 at 1:54 PM
New preprint: how everyday AI use diffuses across 19 Latin American economies. The surprise? Gemini dominates not because users choose it, but because Android does. State capacity and platform architecture shape adoption more than income. doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...