Nicolás Taccone is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Tulane University’s Center for Inter-American Policy & Research (CIPR). Before joining Tulane, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Government and International Affairs at Wofford College. He received his PhD in 2025 from the Department of Political Science at Brown University.
Nicolás’ research explores civil war and post-conflict governance, democratization and democratic erosion, and qualitative methodology. His work has been published in Comparative Political Studies, Latin American Politics and Society, and the Journal of Latin American Studies, as well as in various Spanish-language journals.
As an educator, Nicolás has served as instructor of record for 11 courses spanning five universities in the U.S. and Argentina. As Curriculum Developer for the Democratic Erosion Consortium, he designs course materials used by academics, policymakers, and practitioners at more than 70 universities in the U.S. and abroad.
Nicolás holds a B.A. in Political Science from Universidad de San Andrés (2014) and an M.A. in Political Science from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (2018), both in Argentina.