Murphy Seminar in Political Science: Renzo Aurazo Diaz

Each semester The Murphy Institute sponsors a series of seminars organized by the Tulane Department of Political Science that provides an opportunity for faculty, researchers, and practitioners to present their latest research and pressing issues related to topics in political economy. Research presented covers all aspects of contemporary politics science, including comparative politics, public policy, international relations, American politics, and normative theory.  

Renzo Aurazo is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at Tulane University. With a B.A. in Political Science from San Marcos University (Peru), he earned an M.A. in comparative politics from the University of Missouri-Columbia. His primary research agenda focuses on popular mobilization, and it seeks to answer the following question: since grassroots have access to a diverse array of protest tactics, what conditions determine their selection? Specifically, his dissertation analyzes transformations in the labor repertoire in Latin America with emphasis on protest event analysis and cross-national data buildup.