Raul Sanchez de la Sierra

Raul Sanchez de la Sierra’s research focuses on how power is organized and exercised in society. His research studies how armed actors develop state functions instead of using their power to arbitrarily expropriate, how state power is controlled for the enforcement of contracts and how that competes with non-state forms of contract enforceability, how the real state organizes corruption, and what are the fundamental moral preferences associated with engaging in collective violence. His areas of study are predominantly various regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sicily, in Italy. His research is based on building close connections with the actors, while also designing ways that allow to gather detailed data for statistical analysis.