Omar Narrea is a Peruvian researcher specialized in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure in Latin America. He has conducted extensive fieldwork at BRI projects across China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Latin America. His research in recent years has focused on three principal areas: the Chancay Port, economic corridors in the Amazon region, and copper production in Peru.

He is a researcher at the Center for China and Asia-Pacific Studies at Universidad del Pacífico, where he founded and led the Observatory of Chancay. He holds an MSc in Mega Infrastructure Projects from University College London (Chevening Scholar) and an MSc in Social Policy from the London School of Economics. His doctoral research at San Marcos National University examines the geological, technological, and socio-political factors underpinning copper production over the past two decades, with a focus on Chinese, American, and British mining operations in southern Peru. He has presented his research at academic conferences and policy workshops in China, Malaysia, Brazil, Sweden, and the United States.

Omar Narrea will be a visiting scholar at Fudan Development Institute from April 22, 2026 to June 5, 2026.