Alina Rocha Menocal

Originally from Mexico, Alina Rocha Menocal is a Principal Research Fellow in the Politics and Governance Programme at ODI, and Co-Chair (alongside Graham Teskey) of the global Thinking and Working Community of Practice. She is an accomplished expert, thought leader and researcher with 15 years of experience working to bridge the gap between research and policy in thinking about international development and the politics of reform. Her areas of expertise include: governance and institutional transformation; state- and peace-building and (post-)conflict trajectories; conflict and fragility; political settlements and the politics of inclusion; corruption and anti-corruption efforts; democracy/democratisation and the challenges of multiple dimensions of institutional transformation; political economy analysis/Thinking and Working Politically.