Projects

Contested Cross-border Spaces, Illicit Flows, and Order in the Contemporary World

Minerva Research Initiative-funded project (Global Security Programme, University of Oxford) on how state and non-state armed actors govern contested cross-border spaces, and how illicit flows intersect with regional instability. Hernán's work is funded through the project's XCEPT-supported research stream.

Illicit Flows and Security in Latin America and the Caribbean

Research project with the Global Security Programme, University of Oxford, funded by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, examining illicit flows and their security implications across the region.

Between Conservation and Extraction

FWO-funded PhD research (KU Leuven, 2021–2025) addressing the socioecological dynamics of illicit economies and opportunities for rural development in Protected Areas of the Peruvian Amazon.

Minería ilegal y cultivo de coca en la Reserva Comunal El Sira

CIES-funded study (2023 Annual Research Competition) with Gonzalo Delgado and Daniel Hernando on how illegal mining and coca cultivation penetrate the buffer zone of the El Sira Communal Reserve, and their impacts on forest loss.

Derrames de petróleo y afectación a la salud materno infantil en la Amazonía peruana

CIES-funded study (2018 Annual Research Competition) with Fiorella Parra and Vania Martínez on how oil spills affect maternal and child health in indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon, including fieldwork in the Cuninico Native Community.