José Incio

Ph.D in Political Science

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Hi and welcome to my personal website! I am a Tenure Track professor at the Social Science department in the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. I have published in Comparative Politics Studies, and peer-reviewed journals in Latin America.

Hola y bienvenid@ a mi web personal. Soy profesor Tenure-Track en el Departamento de Ciencias Sociales de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Mis artículos han sido publicado en revistas académicas como Comparative Politics y otros en America Latina.

I won the National Prize Digital Democracy 2021 for the initiative decidebien

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Interests

Subnational Politics
Democracy
Representation
Methodology

Education

PhD in Political Science, 2022

University of Pittsburgh
Ms in Arts - Political Science, 2018

University of Pittsburgh
BSc & Lic Political Science, 2009

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Featured Publications

Paolo Sosa-Villagarcía, José Incio, Moisés Arce

March 2025 JOD

The Rise of Legislative Authoritarianism

We discuss a new path to democratic backsliding, one that comes from an unexpected actor.

Valentina González-Rostani, José Incio, Guillermo Lezama

October 2024 LSQ

Social Media vs. Surveys: A New Scalable Approach to Understanding Legislators’ Discourse

Utilizing datafrom Twitter, we compare legislators’ social media posts with their responses in PELA, a survey ofparliamentary elites in Latin America.

José Incio, Manuel Seifert

July 2024 IJPOR

How the Perception of Corruption Shapes the Willingness to Bribe: Evidence From An Online Experiment

Does the perception of corruption shape the willingness to bribe? This study evaluates the socio-psychological determinants of corruption by measuring how different types of messages.