Alejandro López Peceño

Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before joining LSE, I was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow and Part-Time Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods at the European University Institute. I received my PhD from New York University in 2024.

My research lies at the intersection of comparative politics, political economy, and economic history. I am particularly interested in questions of political development, including the emergence of contentious politics, the formation of political cleavages, and the rise of national identities. My work draws on a range of methods, including causal inference, geospatial analysis, archival fieldwork, and game theory.

Prior to my PhD, I earned a BA in Economics from Carlos III University of Madrid and an MA in Social Sciences from the Carlos III-Juan March Institute. 

You can reach out at a.lopez-peceno@lse.ac.uk