Research Interests

Participatory budgeting; participatory institutions and mechanisms; political parties and organization; comparative political institutions: policy diffusion; social movement; Latin American politics; Brazil; Hong Kong

Media Presence

• "China: una nueva guerra fría con EE.UU. por Hong Kong" La Tercera (May 28, 2020)
  
• "To Crack Down on Dissent in Hong Kong, Beijing is Sidelining Local Democratic Institutions." Mischiefs of Faction (May 22, 2020)
• "Coronavirus may have emptied Hong Kong’s streets, but the pro-democracy protests continue." The Monkey Cage (April 23, 2020)
• "Experts: Protests reflect world frustration with inequality, corruption." Crux (December 10, 2019)
• "Hong Kong’s District Council elections take place on Nov. 24. Or not." The Monkey Cage (November 14, 2019)
• "Michiana Woman Describes Experience Protesting in Pro-democracy Protests in Hong Kong.” ABC57 (August 21, 2019)
  

Working Papers

• The Intersection of Street and Electoral Politics: How Localism Reshapes the Political Landscape in Hong Kong"
• "Party Organization Matters: The Diffusion of PB under the Workers' Party in Brazil"
• "The Tentacles of Participatory Budgeting: Cross-Party Diffusion of PB in Brazil​" 
• "The Politics of “Failed Policy” – The Decline of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil"
• "When Paper Stones are not Enough: Party System Institutionalization and Protests" (co-author with Omar Coronel)​

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Workshops and Panels

• "Hong Kong in Crisis" co-sponsored by the Keough School of Global Affairs, Liu Institute of Asia and Asian Studies, Kellogg Institute (September 11, 2019)
  
• "What's the Matter with Brazil" at the Kellogg Institute (November 30, 2016)
  
• "30 Years of Democracy in Brazil" at the Kellogg Institute (April 20, 2015) 
  

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