I am Cesar B. Martinez-Alvarez, a PhD candidate in the Political Science Department at UCLA. I also hold a degree in International Policy at Stanford University and a BA in International Relations at El Colegio de México.

As a scholar, I am interested in employing a multi-methods approach to understand the politics of environmental issues, in particular climate change and deforestation. In my dissertation, I use high-resolution satellite imagery, previously untapped administrative data, archival sources, and quasi-experimental designs to study the drivers of community-level stewardship of ecosystems in Mexico.

My other research analyzes the politics of governmental climate action in a comparative perspective, particularly surrounding fossil fuels subsidies.

Before graduate school, I was the head of the department for Research on Environmental Policy at Mexico’s National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change. In addition, I have extensive consultancy experience with USAID, UNDP, and non-governmental organizations.