John is an Ecuadorian academic currently living in The Netherlands. He works for the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).
He leads the partnership agreement between ISS and the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) in Ecuador.
He focuses on the use of fine geospatial data to assess the impact on development (e.g. economic activity, health) of global economic policies (e.g. aid, trade agreements), particular political economy phenomena (e.g. clientelism, favoritism), and (non-) natural disasters (e.g. oil extraction, earthquakes). While rather invested in Ecuadorian concerns, his work normally leverages global data.