Rafael Prieto-Curiel is a Faculty Member at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH), where he joined as a postdoctoral research fellow in May 2022.

At CSH, he investigates the dynamics of organised crime alongside patterns of human mobility, migration flows, and urban development, with a focus on demographic trends in African cities.

Before that he was at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford/Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, working on urban dynamics at the Peak Urban project. He has a master’s degree in statistics and a PhD degree from University College London UCL in maths and security and crime.

Rafael was director of strategic analysis at the Emergency Attention Centre of Mexico City where he worked on crime forecasting and police and resources allocation. At CSH, he works on mobility, migration, urban dynamics, and a demographic analysis of African cities.

As an undergraduate student, he directed the Maths magazine “Laberintos e Infinitos.” While studying at UCL, he founded the Maths magazine “Chalkdust” as well as the science communication website “Punto Decimal MX.”