I am a political scientist with a focused research agenda on two interrelated strands: (i) understanding the contextual factors and institutional frameworks that enable politicians and bureaucrats to deliver successful policy outcomes in the Global South; and (ii) decentring Public Administration by theorising it from critical and decolonial perspectives, challenging dominant frameworks and foregrounding alternative epistemologies.

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I am an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Previously, I was a tenured Lecturer in Public Policy at Ulster University in the UK, supported by the British Academy under the 'exceptional talent' category. I have also held research and teaching positions at several institutions. These include CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences, the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, London School of Economics IDEAS, King’s College London, the University of Limassol, and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. For more information, visit my website: www.salazar-morales.com

 
Drawing on my professional experience in Peru’s Ministry of Education and National Planning Centre, I developed a methodological approach that combines applied econometrics with critical and post-colonial perspectives. My work appears in leading journals such as the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Management Review, Governance, Critical Policy Studies, Teaching Public Administration, Regional and Federal Studies, Studies in Higher Education, Journal of Education Policy, and the British Journal of Sociology of Education, among others. 

 My work has been featured in major international newspapers and media outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), Radio Cadena SER (Spain), DELO (Slovenia), La Ciencia que Somos (Mexico), Radio Programas del Perú, the Review of Democracy (Central European University), and The Conversation (France). 

I earned my first doctorate in Public Services Management & Organisation from King’s College London. I earned my second doctorate in Political Science and Governance, graduating Summa Cum Laude at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin. I also hold an MSc in Public Policy & Public Administration from the London School of Economics, and I have received training in Data Science, Causal Inference, and Econometric Modelling at the University of Oxford and CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences. 

I am dedicated to addressing academic inequality in the Global South. To this end, I founded the Instituto de Estudios Políticos Andinos (IEPA) in 2009, serving as its General Director until 2011 and as a Research Fellow since 2014. Recently, I co-launched the Observatory of Executive Power (OBPEX), which studies how the executive branch influences policymaking in Latin America. 

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