Miguel Herrera Ríos

Professional experience

2024 – present: Associate professor, University of Guayaquil – Faculty of Law, Social Sciences and Politics
2024: Coordinator, Flacso–Ecuador – Specialization in Politics, Network Analysis and Big Data
2020 – 2024: Lecturer, Flacso–Ecuador – Master's Program in Political Sociology
2022 – 2024: Researcher in the project “Judicial protection of the rights of individuals, communities, peoples and nationalities, and of nature, in figures: 2008–2019”, National Institute of Advanced Studies (IAEN) – School of Law and Justice
2023: Editor‑in‑chief, Revista Democracias
2023: Director of Research and Publications in Democracy, Institute of Democracy
2022 – 2023: Part‑time lecturer, Universidad San Francisco de Quito – College of Social Sciences and Humanities
2016 – 2018: Temporary Attaché for Teaching and Research, Université Paris I Panthéon–Sorbonne – Department of Political Science
2012 – 2015: Contracted doctoral student, Université Paris I Panthéon–Sorbonne – Department of Political Science

2019: PhD in Political Science, Université Paris I Panthéon–Sorbonne. Thesis: “To govern the judiciary in Ecuador (1979–2019). Institutional reforms and concurrent modes of regulation of a state branch.” Honorary mention with recommendation for publication.
2012: Master’s degree “Sociology and political institutions”, Université Paris I Panthéon–Sorbonne. Honorary mention.
2010: Undergraduate degree in Political Science, Université Paris I Panthéon–Sorbonne.
2010: Undergraduate degree in Sociology, Université Paris IV Paris‑Sorbonne. Honorary mention.
2006: International Baccalaureate (IB), Colegio Anglo‑Colombiano, Bogotá. Honorary mention.