Comparative Politics Workshop
Lightning Round Spring 2024
Fri
Apr
19
Presentations:
"Electoral Observation and Democratic Backsliding: The Role of International Organizations in Assessing Democratic Processes"
Alejandro González
Kellogg Doctoral Student Affiliate, Political Science
"State-Victims Relationship Amidst Criminal Wars: Why Victims Adopt Different Strategies to Demand Justice in Mexico"
Laura López- Pérez
Kellogg Institute Doctoral Student Affiliate, Political Science
Mayra Ocaña
Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science
"What's In a Populist Rhetoric? A Natural Language Processing Approach"
Adriana Albanus
Kellogg Doctoral Student Affiliate, Political Science
Comparative Politics Workshop
The Comparative Politics Workshop is a graduate student-led forum geared towards presenting and discussing papers and research projects. During the academic semester, regular sessions are held at the Hesburgh Center. These meetings are open to everyone, particularly students, faculty and Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellows. Participants have the chance to present their work and receive valuable, constructive feedback from their colleagues.
More information: Contact Comparative Politics Field Representative Adriana Albanus
The Comparative Politics Workshop is a graduate student-led forum geared towards presenting and discussing papers and research projects. During the academic semester, regular sessions are held at the Hesburgh Center. These meetings are open to everyone, particularly students, faculty and Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellows. Participants have the chance to present their work and receive valuable, constructive feedback from their colleagues.
More information: Contact Comparative Politics Field Representative Adriana Albanus
Speakers / Related People
Alejandro González Ruiz
Alejandro González Ruiz is a first-year PhD student in Political Science (comparative politics) with a focus on post-electoral conflicts and democratic backsliding. Alejandro seeks to implement a mixed methods approach to analyze data from electoral observation mission reports carried out by multiple institutions, especially international organizations, and conduct legal analyses of pivotal post-electoral conflicts...
Laura Neftaly López-Pérez
Laura Neftaly López received her BA in Communication Studies from ITESO University and a MA in Social Sciences from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO Mexico). Her research examines the intersection of political and criminal violence, impunity, and contentious politics in Latin America, especially in Mexico...
Mayra Ortiz Ocaña
Mayra Ortiz Ocaña is a PhD student in political science at the University of Notre Dame. She has a BA in Law from the Law School at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She is a Kellogg Institute for International Studies PhD Fellow. Her research agenda examines the intersection of institutional weakness, criminal justice, human rights, social movements, and violence in Latin America...