In this episode of Global Stage, political scientist Nermin Allam (Rutgers University) describes her research on the intersection of women activism and authoritarianism. Interviewed by Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate Francesca Freeman, Allam unpacks the questions of how power is yielded, reproduced, and contested within patriarchal authoritarian regimes. Her new book project, “The Afterlife Goes On,” studies the legacy of women’s participation in the Egyptian uprising in 2011 against Hosni Mubarak.

En este episodio de Global Stage, Sandra Botero (Universidad del Rosario) presenta su libro del 2023, Courts that Matter: Activists, Judges, and the Politics of Rights Enforcement (Cambridge University Press). Botero describe como su formación en estudios legales y las conexiones con el Instituto Kellogg han influenciado su investigación sobre la política judicial y los espacios de monitoreo colaborativo. Además expresa su apoyo por los métodos de investigación interdisciplinario para entender las complejidades de la política judicial, la polarización y la reglamentación del internet y los derechos digitales.

In this episode of Global Stage, Sandra Botero (Universidad del Rosario) discusses her 2023 book, Courts that Matter: Activists, Judges, and the Politics of Rights Enforcement (Cambridge University Press). A former Kellogg Institute PhD Fellow and current visiting fellow, Botero describes how her background in legal studies and connections to the Kellogg Institute have influenced her research on judicial politics and collaborative oversight arenas. She also argues for the value of interdisciplinary research methods for tackling complex questions around judicial politics, polarization, and now in her current research on internet regulations and digital rights.

En este episodio de Global Stage, la profesora asistente de la Escuela Keough, Laura Gamboa, habla sobre su libro Resistiendo el Retroceso: Estrategias de la Oposición contra la Erosión de la Democracia. En conversación con la afiliada doctoral al Instituto Kellogg, Isabel Güiza-Gómez, Gamboa discute casos recientes de erosión democrática y resiliencia democrática en América Latina con énfasis en cuándo y cómo los actores opositores pueden exitosamente proteger el Estado de derecho y la competencia política a pesar de los intereses de los ejecutivos maximalistas para acumular poder.

In this episode of Global Stage, Keough School Assistant Professor Laura Gamboa presents her book "Resisting Backsliding: Opposition Strategies Against the Erosion of Democracy." In conversation with Kellogg doctoral affiliate Isabel Güiza-Gómez, Gamboa discusses recent cases of democratic erosion and resilience in Latin America, emphasizing when and how opposition actors can successfully protect the rule of law and political competition despite maximalist executives’ interests in accumulating power.

In this episode of Global Stage, Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow Marianne Kneuer discusses her new project on democratic erosion and post-erosion reconstruction. In conversation with Kellogg PhD Fellow León Heitler, Kneuer also describes the important position of the Kellogg Institute for answering questions related to democracy, as well as her personal experiences as a journalist and public servant that have shaped the normative convictions driving the formulation of her research questions.

In this episode of Global Stage, Keough School faculty member and psychologist Laura Miller-Graff describes her research on the impacts of violence on mental health and human development. Interviewed by doctoral candidate in peace studies and psychology Catherine Maloney, Miller-Graff offers an intersectional analysis of mental health outcomes for women, health care workers, and populations suffering from housing instability. The discussants expound upon the constraints on systems of care especially in developing countries, and the prospects of task-sharing for mental health provision.

South African economist Murray Leibbrandt is interviewed by Kellogg Institute PhD Fellow Rasheed Ibrahim on measuring inequality and poverty in Africa. Leibbrandt describes the importance of tying policies together to create dynamic environments for improving livelihoods holistically. He draws from his experience in South Africa to describe the intersectional texture of structural inequalities: regional, gendered, age-based, racialized.

En entrevista con la estudiante doctoral Isabel Güiza-Gómez, la antropóloga cultural y académica sobre paz Angela Lederach discute su libro reciente que se titula y fue publicado por Stanford University Press. Con un enfoque en Montes de María, Colombia, este libro hace un llamado hacia un entendimiento detallado sobre la construcción de paz de base como un lugar de disputa política. El libro ofrece la noción de paz sin prisa para hacer referencia a la temporalidad de la construcción de paz de base, que usualmente contrasta los límites temporales de la implementación de paz en espacios formales e institucionales.

Interviewed by Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate Isabel Güiza-Gómez, Cultural Anthropologist and Peace Scholar Angela Lederach discusses her recent book entitled "Feel the Grass Grow: Ecologies of Slow Peace in Colombia," published by Stanford University Press. Focusing on Montes de María, Colombia, Lederach calls for a nuanced understanding of grassroots peacebuilding as a site for political contestation. She also introduces the concept of slow peace to refer to the temporality of grassroots peacebuilding that usually contrasts time constraints in formal peace implementation.