Leitner Seminar Series with Sebastian Hernandez

Sebastian Hernandez is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Yale University. His research examines how political institutions shape the production, distortion, and transmission of information, and the consequences of these processes for collective action, electoral accountability, and democratic decision-making. Prior to his PhD, Sebastian was a research professional at the University of Chicago and a research associate at Innovations for Poverty Action in Colombia. He holds an MA in International Development from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Universidad Centroamericana in Nicaragua.