Ronaldo Munck has written widely in the broad area of political sociology and political economy, including influential texts on politics and dependency, democratization in Latin America, and globalization and its discontents. His recent books include Rethinking Latin America: Development, Hegemony and Social Transformation. He is head of civic engagement at Dublin City University and senior researcher at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies of Latin America at the University of Buenos Aires. He is a lead author for the International Panel on Social Progress chaired by Amartya Sen, reporting in 2017.