This paper examines the impact of women’s political representation on deforestation rates in Brazil. Using close election regression discontinuity design, we show that women, when elected to office, are more likely to drive improved environmental outcomes due to factors such as reduced access to corrupt networks that influence the enforcement of environmental laws at the local level. Altogether, our findings demonstrate...
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Speaker: Fernando Limongi, Professor of Political Science, São Paulo University; Fundação Getulio Vargas Moderated by: Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, PhD candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies...
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Speaker: Angela Alonso, Professor of Sociology, University of São Paulo, Visiting Fellow at ALARI Moderated by: Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, PhD candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
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In an attempt to move our discipline beyond Eurocentric perspectives, this conference explores connections that artworks express from within the American territories: from California to Aracuaní (North/South), from Acapulco to Río de Janiero (West/East), and from Potosí to Buenos Aires (High/Low). We propose the concept of “crossing” as the analytical framework, aiming to demonstrate not only intra-American hybridity, but also the...
Speakers: Joaze Bernardino-Costa, Professor of Sociology, Universidade de Brasília; Creuza Maria de Oliveira, President, Sindoméstico, the domestic workers' union of Bahia, Former Coordinator, FENATRAD; Luiza Batista Pereira, Coordinator, Federação Nacional das Trabalhadoras Domésticas (FENATRAD); Meg Weeks, PhD candidate in History, Harvard Moderated by:...
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Speaker: Frances Hagopian, Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Harvard University Moderated by: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of Government...
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Speaker: Liz McKenna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Moderated by: Steve Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director of the David...
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Speakers: James Green, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Professor of Modern Latin American History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies; Director of the Brazil Initiative, Brown University; Rodrigo Patto Sá Motta, Full Professor...
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Speaker: Luiza Erundina, Deputada Federal Moderated by: Sidney Chalhoub, David and Peggy Rockefeller Professor of History and of African and African American Studies; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Speaker: John Macomber, Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School Discussants: Rosa Lemos de Sá, Secretary-General, Funbio; Carlos Nobre, General Director, Project Amazonia 4.0; Marcelo Behar, Vice President of Sustainability and Group Affairs,...
Cities often are seen as polluted, dangerous, and unequal. How can cities become more sustainable, safe, and inclusive? What are the political challenges to their transformation? The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, will speak about the city’s environmental and public security initiatives.
Speaker: Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Moderated by: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of...
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Speakers: Alvaro Jarrín, Lisa Goldberg Fellow, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross; Moises Lino e Silva, Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Federal University of Bahia Moderated by:...
Speakers: Claire Wardle, Co-founder and US Director, First Draft; David Nemer, Faculty Associate, Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center; Pablo Ortellado, Professor of Public Policy, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Moderated by: Sidney Chalhoub, Professor of History and African and African-American Studies, Harvard University; Natalia Viana...