Non-resident researcher
vcruz@politik.uni-kiel.de
Research interests
- Morality policy
- Policy Diffusion
- Comparative Politics
Employment
- 3/2017 - 12/2018 Research Associate, Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
- 7/2015 - 12/2015 Research assistant, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., USA.
- 2/2014 - 8/2014 Lecturer (webinar), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
- 10/2013 - 2/2017 Doctoral Fellow & seminar instructor, Research group “Comparative Politics, Interdependence and Globalization”, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
- 1/2013 - 6/2015 Assistant, Graduate- & International Centers, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
- 9/2012 - 5 /2013 Research assistant, Research group “Comparative Politics, Interdependence and Globalization”, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
- 9/2011 - 8/2012 Lecturer, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Education
- 9/2011 M.A. Public Management & Governance, Zeppelin University
- 9/2008 B.A. International Economic Relations, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
- 2007 Non-Degree Exchange Student, Mendelova Univerzita v Brno
Publications
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Cruz-Aceves, V. D., and Mallison, D. (2020) "Clarifying the Measurement of Relative Ideology in Policy Diffusion Research", State and Local Government Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X20902818.
Cruz-Aceves, V.D. (2018) "The Diffusion of Morality Policies". PhD Dissertation, CAU zu Kiel, https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00026237.
Beer, C., and Cruz-Aceves, V. D. (2018) "Extending Rights to Marginalized Minorities: Same-Sex Relationship Recognition in Mexico and the United States", State Politics & Policy Quarterly18(1): 3-26, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1532440017751421. Awarded by the Library of Congress and published in the Handbook of Latin American Studies.