About
I’m an anthropologist with broad multidisciplinary interests. My research tackles how cultural norms and values influence decision-making. My work combines insights and methods from anthropology, cognitive science, and behavioral economics.
Currently I’m a Postdoctoral Researcher/Lecturer at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK) at the University of Zürich.
Education:
- PhD (and MA) in Anthropology, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN, USA). 2020.
- BA in Social Sciences. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil).
I have done research on:
- Collective decision-making
- Cultural and institutional change
- Reputation systems
- Credit networks
- Ritual (what drives people to perform costly rituals?)
- Cultural/cognitive foundations of ethnicity and nationalism
I have also worked on:
- Linguistics (Mayan)
- Belief (how do beliefs spread and transform behavior?)
- Language and cognition (does language influence thought? If so, how?)
- Kinship (how do kinship systems change? How do kinship networks and influence decision making?)
I use a mixed-methods approach to collect and analyze data. Here are some methods I’ve used:
- Cultural domain analysis (and various multivariate techniques)
- Behavioral experiments/games to measure decision-making preferences
- Social network analysis
- Ethnography
I have worked in:
- Mexico
- Brazil
- United States
