Sergio M. Cabrales

Currently, I serve as Director of Research Management at Universidad Rafael Landívar in Guatemala, where I coordinate institutional research policy, capacity-building programs, and collaborations across academic units. 

Previously, I was a research coordinator and professor at Jesuit universities in Guatemala and Nicaragua (Universidad Rafael Landívar and Universidad Centroamericana). I have also worked as an independent consultant for various organizations in Latin America and the United States, leading teams and developing qualitative and quantitative research projects on democracy, civil society, and environmental governance.

I have taught courses in Research Methods, Basic Statistics, Classical Sociological Theory, Society and Environment, and Political Sociology in both English and Spanish.

I am currently working on a long-term project that systematizes and analyzes protest activity starting in 2006 to date in that country. This work explores how mobilization evolves under authoritarian consolidation, focusing on the timing, strategies, and mechanisms that shape collective action in restrictive political environments.

In parallel, I actively collaborate with researchers and journalists to examine how socio-climatic, migratory, and security factors affect vulnerable populations across Central America. Together, we design evidence-based analyses and policy proposals to address these challenges through interdisciplinary approaches.

My work has appeared in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements, Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos, and the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, among others. My public writing has been featured in leading Central American media outlets.