Vaclav Masek Sánchez

I’m a Guatemalan Latin Americanist (NYU, 2019), Sociologist (USC, 2023). Here’s my CV, my contact info, and more about me.

Using ethnographic methods and archives, and through the subfields of political ecology and the sociology of development, I have studied grassroots social movements in post-conflict contexts. I evaluate the mechanisms catalyzing democratic backsliding in contemporary Central America. Read my academic publications, public writings, and other research.

I am interested in the conditions that allow for deliberative and participatory democracy to be sustained into the future. Follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn.