LUIS REYES

Professional Summary: Versatile skills and experience in project follow up and administration; process design and analysis; policy analysis and evaluation; teaching and research; with +8 in data analysis and econometric models. Adaptable, proactive, with problem solving and a results-oriented mindset. Passionate for continuous learning and applicable knowledge in a collaborative environment.

Assistant instructor at University of Edinburgh - Q-Step program and Centre for Data, Culture & Society 

· Statistics and data visualization with R (Jan 2019 - Jun 2020)

· Intensive Quantitative Methods with Stata (May 2019) 

· R for data visualization and statistical analysis (May 2019) 

· Technical assistance in the development of public security proposals for the platform of the presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Sep - Nov 2017)
· Technical assistance to the public security team of the Mayor-elect of Monterrey, Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas (Nov 2021 - Jan 2022)

Teaching and Tutoring

Wide-ranging cumulative experience in Mexico (University of Security Sciences, Tec de Monterrey, State University of Nuevo León, State University of Coahuila, Metropolitan University of Monterrey) and in the UK (University of Edinburgh), teaching and tutoring courses for undergraduate and graduate students, such as academic writing, public safety, policing, public policy, diploma for police officers, economics, mathematics for social sciences, quantitative analysis techniques, and statistics for social sciences, research methods and social theory applied to crime prevention.

Fieldwork

Research in a vulnerable community in Edinburgh, UK, for the "Community experiences of crime in Scotland". The project was commissioned by the Scottish Government and coordinated by the University of Stirling and the University of Glasgow. Additional experience doing in-depth interviews and focus groups in Dumfries, Scotland; as well as in-depth interviews in Monterrey, Mexico and Barcelona, Spain.

Recent publications 

• Impact of subsidized employment programs for youth on intentional homicides in Mexico: an analysis of the Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro program, in process of publication, 'Revista Frontera Norte', COLEF, 12/01/24
• Analysis and institutional development of security policies: Evaluating institutional change in state police forces, in process of publication, Book 'Reconceptualizing security as the axis of public policy', UCS, 02/01/25

- https://altavz.com/author/luis-alberto-reyes-figueroa/

- https://elcriminologo.com.mx/

I work out for taking care of my mind and body. I like food, while keeping a healthy balance. Whenever I have some spare time, I go to the cinema and enjoy a nice meal with my wife and friends.