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Gustavo Bonifaz Moreno

Gustavo-Bonifaz-Moreno

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Correo electrónico

EDUCATION

2010 - 2015          

 

THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Department of Government

MPhil/PhD in Political Science

Thesis Title:The Gap Between Legality and Legitimacy within the Bolivian State Crisis (2000-2008): An analysis in Regional and Historical Perspective

 

 

 2006 - 2007              

 

 

THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE            

Department of Government

MSc Comparative Politics (Latin America), with Merit

Dissertation: The Gap Between Legality and Legitimacy in Bolivia and Ecuador

 

 

2000 - 2005          

 

 

                           

UNIVERSIDAD NUESTRA SENORA DE LA PAZ

Faculty of Political Science

Bachelor in Political Science (International Relations Stream)

Thesis Title: “The gap between legality and legitimacy and its relation with the Bolivian socio-political conflict (2000-2005)”

 

 

1998-2003            

 

 

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA BOLIVIANA                                       

Faculty of Law

Bachelor in Laws

Thesis Title: “The need of a regulatory Framework of National Dialogue towards a Legitimate   Socio-Political Consensus”


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  

Feb-Dec 2020

 

 

 

 

 

National research coordinator, International IDEA, Bolivia Office, La Paz

Lead Researcher: Impacts of the COVID19 Pandemic on the State of Bolivian Democracy, and related Risks and Opportunities. A mixed methodology research (Website and forthcoming report), based on 205 surveys amongst civil society leaders, 21 semi-structured interviews with decision makers in sub-national governments, and 26 semi-structured interviews with experts and 10 deliberative focus groups in five Bolivian departments.

 

 

Mar-Dec 2019

 

Senior Research Consultant: Campden Research, London

Lead Researcher: Global Trends in Family Philanthropy and Time Horizon Strategies, 2019. A mixed methodology report based on 201 surveys and 29 semi-structured interviews with Ultra High net Worth Philanthropists from 28 countries.

Senior Contributor (Geo-political and social macro-trends): The Global Family Office Report 2019. A mixed methodology report based on 360 surveys and 20 semi-structured interviews with Family Offices from 37 countries.

 

 

2015-2019

 

Senior Account Executive/Researcher, Edelman (Intelligence,) London

Researcher: Global thought leadership pieces, including Aurora’s Humanitarian Index, Innovation Barometer

Lead researcher: Edelman Edge, market analysis model of the policy environment in 35 countries, based on socioeconomic, political and cultural factors (for international clients)

Member of the Global Policy Team in charge of designing and interpreting the 2017 Trust Barometer: A global survey in 28 countries measuring the state of trust in institutions and the rise of populism across the globe, presented at the World Economic Forum

 

 

2012 - 2013

 

Specialist/Consultant, FES-ILDIS/UNDP/International IDEA/FBDM in coordination with the Bolivian Electoral Supreme Tribunal

Advising on the elaboration of a draft Political Organizations Law in Bolivia

 

 

2007- 2010

 

Project Coordinator, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung- Latin American Institute for Social Research (FES-ILDIS),aGerman Political Foundation that works on the promotion and consolidation of democracy with social justice around the world)    

Creating, consolidating and coordinating a stable group of young professionals and politicians to deliberate the agenda of democracy and development in Bolivia.                                                                                              

 

                      

2009

Consultant, UNIR Bolivia Foundation (Bolivian Foundation dedicated to promote Democracy, Dialogue and Deliberation)

Consulting on socio-political and conflict analysis (Bolivia and Latin America)



EXPERT CONTRIBUTIONS

 

 

2018 to date

 

 

2016-2017

Country specialist/contributor, Freedom House

In charge of the country report for Bolivia: Freedom in the World Report> 2019, 2020, 202

 

Region Contributor, The Economist Intelligence Unit, London

Delivering forecast analysis on the Central Andean countries: Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru

 

Books

With Faguet, J.P. and Zuazo, M. (eds), Democratisation and Decentralisation in Bolivia: The Story of the Weak State, the Rebel Society and the crave for Democracy (2012), La Paz: FES-ILDIS.

With Lünstedt Tapia, C., The Impacts of Globalisation in the Bolivian State Transition (2011),La Paz: FES-ILDIS.

 

Book chapters

With Gray Molina, G.,The Bolivian Constitutional Transition and its Territorial Cleavages’ (2019)  in: ‘Power and Territory in Constitutional Transitions’, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

‘Between Legitimation and Decentralisation. Explaining the rise of a Plurinational State with Autonomies in 21st Century Bolivia’ (2016),in: Handbook of Research on Comparative Politics and Reformation in Local Governments, IGI Global.

From Exclusion to Segmentation: Democratic Institutions and Interethnic Relations in the Bolivian Socio-political Juncture’(2008), in: Constituent Assembly: Indigenous Hegemony or Interculturality?, La Paz: FES-ILDIS.

 

Journal articles and working papers

With Daniel Agramont (2018), ­‘The growing Chinese presence in Latin America and its (Geo)political manifestations in Bolivia’ (2018), LSE Global South Unit: Working Paper Series, No 2/2018.

With Arugay, A., Competing Regionalisms: ‘The role of International Organizations in the Bolivian Constituent Assembly Process’ (2013),Rule of Law Papers: Working Paper, International IDEA.

Public deliberation towards a new Political Organizations Law’(2013), Andamios – Political Analysis Journal, UNDP-Bolivia.

‘Geopolitical Causes and Consequences of the Gap between Legality and Legitimacy in Bolivia: The case of the Violence in Pando, September 2008’ (2010), Working Paper, FES-Colombia, Regional Project on Cooperation for Security.