Santiago Fernández-Ordóñez is the Dean of the School of Political Studies and International Relations at Universidad Francisco Marroquín (UFM). He has specialized in security and defense studies at the National Defense University and the London School of Economics. Santiago's academic interests are in the science of human action, game theory, and public choice theory. He leads a research project applying Bloomington School and Public Choice theories to case studies of indigenism, water, and forest governance in rural Guatemala.