Nicolás is a PhD candidate from in Political Science from Brown University, specializing in comparative politics. With a regional focus on Latin America, he studies civil wars, post-conflict politics, authoritarian regimes, democratization and democratic erosion, and qualitative methodology. His research on the varied pathways of militias after civil wars is currently under revise and resubmit at Comparative Political Studies. His work on other topics has been published or is forthcoming in top area studies journals, including Latin American Politics and Society and the Journal of Latin American Studies, as well as Spanish-language journals like Desarrollo Económico.
As an educator, Nicolás has served as instructor of record for three courses and led 36 discussion sections as a teaching assistant for 18 courses spanning three universities in the U.S. and Argentina. He enhanced his teaching skills through three certification programs at Brown’s Sheridan Center, focusing on interdisciplinary and inclusive pedagogy. In 2023, he received the P. Terrence Hopmann Award for Excellence in Teaching from Brown’s Political Science Department. In his current role as Curriculum Developer for the Democratic Erosion Consortium, he designs comprehensive course materials to standardize a course on democratic erosion for academics, policymakers, and practitioners.
Nicolás hold a BA in Political Science from Universidad de San Andrés (2014) and an MA in Political Science from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (2018), both in Argentina.