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I am a Professor of Economics at Universidad EAFIT ​in Colombia. I study crime with particular emphasis on how to design alternative strategies to control illicit crops.

My work has been published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, the Journal of Development Studies, Social Problems, and Spatial Economic Analysis, among other journals.

I am also the director of the PhD Program in Economics.

My research has been also recognized by leading grants and awards, including the Graduate Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in Social Science of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, and the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Grant to carry out a research stay at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Interested in my research?

Reach me at edavalosa [at] eafit [dot] edu [dot] co. You can find my CV here.