Visiting Scholars
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Cecilia Rocha Carpiuc
Fall 2017: Cecilia Rocha Carpiuc is an assistant professor of the Department of Political Science at Universidad de la República and a candidate researcher of the National Research System in Uruguay. She received an undergraduate degree in political science and a MA in public policies and gender. ... Read more -
Ramiro
Fall 2017: Ramiro Segura is an anthropologist (Universidad Nacional de La Plata), holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento) and was a postdoctoral researcher at the Freie Universität (FU), Berlin. He is researcher of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y ... Read more
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Julian
Spring 2015 Julian Rebon is professor of Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires and researcher at CONICET (the Argentine state research institution). He was the director of the Gino Germani Institute (the social sciences research institute of the University of Buenos Aires). ... Read more
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Roberto Rocha Coelho Pires
Spring 2015 Roberto Pires is a full time researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), in Brasília, Brazil. He also teaches at the National School for Public Administration (ENAP). He earned his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Development from MIT’s Department of Urban Studies & Planning... Read more -
Fall 2014 Dr Nasser Yassin is the Director of Research at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon; and an assistant professor of policy and planning at the Department of Health Management and Policy at the Faculty of Health... Read more
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Antonio Carlos de Souza Lima
Fall 2014 Dr Antonio Carlos de Souza Lima is an anthropologist focusing on governance and indigenous populations in Brazil. He holds a BA (1979) in history from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) and an MA (1985) and PhD (1992) in anthropology from Museu Nacional, ... Read more -
Spring 2014 Luis Donatello is professor of sociology and chair of the Sociology Department at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, and a researcher from CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnlógicas) at CEIL (Centro de Estudios ... Read more
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Spring 2014 Dr Narendar Pani is an economist by training, who has, over the last thirty years, written extensively on a variety of subjects. He is the author of Inclusive Economics: Gandhian Method and Contemporary Policy, Redefining Conservatism: An Essay on the Bias of India's Economic Reform, and... Read more
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November 2013 Eun Mee Kim is Dean and Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies and Director of the Institute for Development and Human Security at Ewha Womans University. She has served as a civilian member on the Committee for International Development Cooperation under... Read more
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October-November 2013: Hanlong Lu is a professor at the Institute of Sociology at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS). He is also a Chair of Sociology at the East China Normal University. Lu received his college education in architecture from Tongji University. He joined the Shanghai Academy of Social... Read more
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Partha Mukhopadhyay
October-November 2013: Partha Mukhopadhyay, PhD has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research since 2006. Prior to this, he was part of the initial founding team at Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), where as a part of their Policy Advisory Group, he was... Read more -
Alejandro
January-February 2013: Dr Grimson is an Argentine anthropologist. He received his PhD from the Universidad Nacional de Brasília and is now Dean of the Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales of the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in Argentina, where he is also a Professor. He is also a researcher for the... Read more
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Cristovam
February 2013: Cristovam Buarque is a Brazilian politician and economist. He graduated from the Federal University of Pernambuco in 1966 and has a PhD in economics from Université Paris Sorbonne. From 1973 to 1979, he worked as an advisor for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in ... Read more
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Chimaraoke Izugbara
February 2013: Chimaraoke Izugbara is Honorary Professor at the University of Witwatersrand’s School of Public Health in South Africa, and Senior Research Scientist and Director at the Research Capacity Strengthening Division of the African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya. ... Read more -
Kjeld
Fall 2012: Kjeld Jakobsen has worked in Brazil as a consultant on international relations, development cooperation, and labor issues since the 1980s. He is currently International Adviser of the Worker’s Party Chair, and consultant for the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas. He has worked... Read more
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Licia
Fall 2012: Dr Valladares has a PhD in sociology from the University of Toulouse-le Mirail. Over the course of her career she has held numerous academic appointments in both Brazil and France, and is currently both Professor of Sociology (emeritus) at the University of Lille 1, France, and associate researcher... Read more
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Mizan R.
Fall 2012: Dr Khan holds a PhD in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and is Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Management at North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also an Adjunct Professor at... Read more
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Elena
Spring 2012: Dmitrieva holds a Doctorate of Science in Sociology (2004) from Moscow State Lomonosov University. She is director of the Health and Development Foundation, a Russian NGO that develops and implements health communication and health system improvement projects ... Read more
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Siddarth Swaminathan
Spring 2012: Dr Swaminathan is Shri RK Hegde Chair Professor on Decentralization and Governance at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India. He has a PhD in political science from Claremont Graduate University and specializes in comparative political economy and world politics. Titles... Read more -
Binitha
Spring 2012: Thampi is Assistant Professor of Development Studies in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. She holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Institute for Social and Economic Change in Bangalore, India. Her research... Read more
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Rita
Spring 2012: Giacaman is a professor of public health at the Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory. She is a founding member of the Institute, and has worked there for 33 years. During the 1980s, she participated as a researcher and practitioner... Read more
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Claudia
Fall 2012: Fonseca is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Social Sciences at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande dul Sul, and directs the doctoral program in social anthropology at the Universidad Nacional de San Martin. She began working in Brazil over 30 years ago, first studying class hierarchy in... Read more
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Patricia
October 2011: Dr. Agupusi is a Research Fellow and Associate Tutor at the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her research centers on political economy and philosophical thought, with particular focus on how public and private institutions shape... Read more
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Fulong
February-March 2011: Wu is Professor of East Asian Planning and Development and the Director of the Urban China Research Centre in the School of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff University. He has published many papers on urban spatial structure, urban housing and land development... Read more
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Juan Pablo
March 2011: Luna is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Catholic University of Chile. He earned a PhD in Political Science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His research interests include the analysis of political party systems and political representation, the political effects of... Read more
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta
April 2011: Mehta is President of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, one of India’s most distinguished think tanks. Dr Mehta has published widely in the fields of political theory, intellectual history, constitutional law, politics and society in India, and India’s emerging role in world affairs... Read more -
Pranab
Spring 2011: (Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics and the Rhodes Center): Bardhan is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He has done theoretical and field studies research on rural institutions in poor countries, on political economy of development... Read more
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