Francisco Eslava Saenz is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Economics at the Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability at the Geneva Graduate Institute. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of British Columbia in 2025.
His research focuses on the determinants of armed conflict and long-run development, examining how governance and political incentives shape patterns of violence, cooperation, and economic inequality across a range of historical and contemporary settings. His work aims to shed light on the conditions under which conflict can be mitigated and cooperation sustained.
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