| Position in department: | PhD Candidate |
| E-mail: | marive |
| Research interests: | Political regimes and regime change, state stability, political violence, and human rights |
| Publications: | 2013. Mauricio Rivera Celestino and Kristian Gleditsch. Fresh carnations or all thorn, no rose? Non-violent campaigns and transitions in autocracies. Forthcoming in Journal of Peace Research.
2011. Mauricio Rivera Celesitino y Rodrigo Salazar-Elena. El estado de la ciencia política en México. Un retrato empírico. Política y Gobierno 18(1): 73-108. |
| Study areas: | Comparative politics, International relations, and Latin American politics |
| Supervisor: | Kristian Skrede Gleditsch |
| Thesis title: | State and societal violence in democratic regimes |