Erik Alda, PhD

Erik has extensive experience working on crime and violence, citizen security and development issues in most of Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently a Project Director in the Citizen Security Practice at Creative Associates International and a Faculty Fellow in the School of Justice, Law, and Criminology at American University. For the past two decades, Erik has conducted extensive research and published peer-reviewed articles on issues related to crime and violence, policing, and program evaluation. He also has helped design and implement programs for the IADB and World Bank. Erik's main interest lies in the differences in crime and security in different countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa; the drivers and obstacles to institutional performance in developing countries; impact and economic evaluation of violence prevention programs; and devise ways through analysis on how to improve the performance of criminal justice organizations.