Latin American Working Group
The Latin American Working Group provides an interdisciplinary forum for faculty and students across the Institute who work on issues related to Latin America. Students and Faculty are welcome.
Meetings will take place from 12:00pm – 1:30pm on Wednesdays in the Millikan Room, E53-482 (lunch will be provided), or Zoom via registration.
If you have questions about LAWG, the mailing list, or would like to attend a meeting, please email Antonio Mahana (aamahana@mit.edu) and Lucas Nobrega Augusto (lucas_na@mit.edu).
Emily Sellars
Yale University, Visiting Professor at MIT
February 12, 2025 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
Dangerous Stereotypes: Correcting Misperceptions about Undocumented Immigrants to Promote Inclusionary Preferences
Natán Skigin
University of Georgia, Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard
November 4, 2024 12:00PM E53-482 Millikan Room
The Opposition Gamble: Explaining Opposition Strategic Choices against the Erosion of Democracy
Laura Gamboa
University of Utah
April 17, 2024 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
Mano Dura: An Experimental Evaluation of Military Policing in Cali, Colombia
Michael Weintraub
Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
February 21, 2024 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
Easier said than done: Citizens’ Stated and Revealed Democratic Commitment in Latin America
Natalia Garbiras-Díaz
Harvard Business School
November 29, 2023 12:00PM
November 29, 2023
12:00PM
Treze: a política de ruas de Lula a Dilma (2023): Street Politics in Brazil
Angela Alonso
University of São Paula, Visiting Fellow at Harvard
October 11, 2023 12:00PM E53-482 Millikan Room
When Leaders Become Parties: Populism, Charisma and Party-Building in the Andes
Rodrigo Barrenechea
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Uruguay and Visiting Scholar at Harvard University
May 3, 2023 12:00PM E53-438
The Hidden Paradox of Education and Democracy: The Politics of Mobilization, Educational Quality, and Liberty
Aurelio Nuño
Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and former Minister of Education of Mexico
April 18, 2023 12:00PM E53-482 Millikan Room
Book Talk on Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America
Taylor Boas
Boston University
April 5, 2023 12:00PM E53-438
The Political Crisis in Peru
Paula Muñoz Chirinos and Tomas Dosek
Universidad del Pacífico, Peru and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru
March 14, 2023 12:00PM E53-482 Millikan Room
Until the Storm Passes: Politicians, Democracy and the Demise of Brazil's Military Dictatorship
Bryan Pitts
UCLA
November 16, 2022 12:00PM Hybrid Event: Millikan room E53-482
The Rise of Public-Sector Unions in the 21st Century: A Mixed-Methods Approach with Evidence from Argentina
Sebastián Etchemendy
Torcuato Di Tella University/Visiting Professor Harvard University
November 10, 2022 12:00PM Hybrid Event: Millikan room E53-438
“The Gendered Division of Governing Labor: How Activism Thrives in Rio de Janeiro’s Gang Territories"
Anjuli Fahlberg
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Tufts University
September 28, 2022 12:00PM Hybrid Event: Millikan room E53-482
"Government Transparency in Latin America"
Gregory Michenor
Associate Professor of Government at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration
May 4, 2022 12:00PM Hybrid: Millikan room E53-482, or email pmmc@mit.edu for zoom information
Book project on the end of Latin America’s “left turn”
Santiago Anria
Dickinson College
April 6, 2022 12:00PM zoom
Minha Casa Minha Vida Program: Politics and Institutional Structure of a Successful Social Housing Policy
Claudia Acosta
Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo
March 16, 2022 12:00PM zoom
Fighting Political Corruption: Insights from Operation Car Wash (Brazil)
Deltan Dallagnol
Lead prosecutor of the Operation Car Wash
March 1, 2022 12:00PM
March 1, 2022
12:00PM
Political and institutional determinants of private investment in infrastructure: The case of Brazil
Marden Barboza
MIT Visiting Scholar
February 23, 2022 12:00PM zoom
Against the Local Grain: Finance and the Centralization of Urban Water Governance in Brazil
Isadora Araujo Cruxen
MIT
December 1, 2021 12:00PM Zoom
Transparency and Freedom of Information in Latin America
Gregory Michener
FGV
November 17, 2021 12:00PM Zoom
Measuring political elites’ renewal: Legislative amateurism in Latin America
Gabriel Levita
Harvard
November 3, 2021 12:00PM Zoom
Peru's Recent Elections and Political Context
Paula Muñoz & Tomas Dosek
Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the Universidad del Pacífico, Peru
Professor of political science in the Department of Social Sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
October 20, 2021 12:00PM Zoom
Opposition at the Margins: Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy
Laura Gamboa
Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department, University of Utah
October 6, 2021 12:00PM Zoom
Balan & Rizzo on The Labor Market of Political Intermediation
May 19, 2021 12:00PM
May 19, 2021
12:00PM