Introduction
Dr Katherine Saunders-Hastings is Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Latin American Studies at University College London’s Institute of the Americas, where she teaches and researches on urban and political anthropology. Katherine’s research interests encompass issues of violence, (in)security, illicit economies, citizenship, and governance in Latin American cities. Her recent work has focused particularly on the effects of changing patterns of gang violence in Central America on local life and governance practices.
Katherine was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University’s Centre on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. She earned her doctorate in Socio-Legal Studies from the University of Oxford in 2015 and holds a B.A. in Anthropology and History from McGill University and an MPhil in Latin American Studies from the University of Cambridge. She has worked with the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (Montréal, Canada) and the Asociación para el Avance de las Ciencias Sociales (Guatemala City, Guatemala). Her research has been supported by fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Clarendon Fund, and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
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Dr Katherine Saunders-Hastings is Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Latin American Studies at University College London’s Institute of the Americas, where she teaches and researches on urban and political anthropology. Katherine’s research interests encompass issues of violence, (in)security, illicit economies, citizenship, and governance in Latin American cities. Her recent work has focused particularly on the effects of changing patterns of gang violence in Central America on local life and governance practices.
Katherine was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University’s Centre on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. She earned her doctorate in Socio-Legal Studies from the University of Oxford in 2015 and holds a B.A. in Anthropology and History from McGill University and an MPhil in Latin American Studies from the University of Cambridge. She has worked with the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (Montréal, Canada) and the Asociación para el Avance de las Ciencias Sociales (Guatemala City, Guatemala). Her research has been supported by fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Clarendon Fund, and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
Fields of expertise: Social change / social transformations, Urban development, Youth