Daniel Barker Flores is a Senior Teaching Associate at the Department of Politics and Public Administration. Immediately prior to joining Hong Kong University, Daniel was a DPhil student at the University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations, as well as a Lecturer in International Relations at Pembroke College, Oxford. His research focuses on the intersection between politics and organized crime, adopting a qualitative approach and (thus far) a regional focus on Latin America. For his research, Daniel has undertaken extensive fieldwork and conducted hundreds of interviews in cities across Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. Following on from research conducted in Japan in 2024, he is now eager to expand the geographical scope of his research to include case studies from across Asia.
Daniel is currently developing research articles exploring the politics of police reform, how organized criminal groups influence subnational democracy, and how gangs construct systems of local-level order in urban settings.