Inés M Pousadela
Bio:
Inés M. Pousadela is an expert in democracy and civil society in Latin America. A senior research specialist with CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, and Professor of Comparative Politics and Global Civil Society at Universidad ORT Uruguay, she holds a PhD in Political Science (Universidad de Belgrano, Argentina), a Master’s Degree in Economic Sociology (IDAES-UNSAM, Argentina), and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires. For several years she taught Political Theory at the University of Buenos Aires. Prior to joining CIVICUS, she alternated between academic research in Latin American studies at several US universities, including American University (CLALS), Brown University (BIARI Program), Georgetown University (CLAS) and the University of Maryland (LASC), and independent consultancy with NGOs and international organizations. She has authored and edited several volumes on political representation, participation and social movements in Argentina and Latin America, as well as toolkits and guides for NGO practitioners and a number of journal articles and book chapters on democratization, representation, social mobilization and protest, political culture, corruption, transparency, and accountability. In her present role with CIVICUS, she focuses on civic space restrictions and civil society trends on gender and inclusion, resourcing and volunteering, legitimacy and accountability, and social movements’ resistance around the world. She is also a researcher with the Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism
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