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Current Visiting Researcher

Jesús E. Rojas Venzor is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at UC San Diego and a 2024 IGCC Dissertation Fellow with the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.

His research examines the intersection of international relations and forced migration, focusing on how domestic polarization shapes security cooperation on migration between democratic and non-democratic states. His dissertation investigates foreign policy co-optation driven by right-wing populist parties in Western democracies, leveraging newly collected data on cooperation arrangements on migration (CAMs). His broader work explores democratic erosion, populist-driven foreign policy, and the risks of growing co-dependence on contentious policies among states.
Jesús holds a B.S. in Political Science: Data Analytics and an M.A. in Political Science from UC San Diego. He is a member of UC San Diego’s Race and Ethnic Politics Lab, a recipient of the San Diego and Cota Robles Fellowship, and a junior scholar at the Carnegie International Policy Scholar.

Jesús is visiting the MZES from 10 to 30 March 2025. He can be reached by email jrojasve@ucsd.edu or in his office (room A212).