Nicole is Assistant Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a researcher of the Center of Asian Studies CEA-UC. She holds a PhD in Political Science/International Relations from the European University Institute (EUI), Florence Italy. 

Nicole’s research and teaching interests are in the areas of International Relations and international security, especially regional security. She has worked on inter-state conflict, territorial disputes and cooperation between secondary powers. Nicole is particularly interested in how state capacity influences foreign policy decision-making. Geographically, she focuses on South America and Southeast Asia.
Currently, Nicole works on a book manuscript on international no-war communities and a new research project examining the effects that participation in peacekeeping operations has on the military domestically.