Visiting Fellow @dgraizbord.bsky.social shares findings from her Kellogg research on how Mexico’s institutions build and defend knowledge about poverty – and how these efforts shape democracy amid rising populism and attacks on expertise.

Kellogg Faculty Fellow @vanesamiseres.bsky.social appeared on the PBS show "To the Contrary" discussing the life and legacy of Juana Azurduy, a revolutionary leader who defied norms in 19th century South America. Check your local listings for show times, or watch it online at https://bit.ly/4nMVlQ5

Amel Ahmed breaks down “the regime question” and democratic institutions on Democracy Paradox. Listen now: https://bit.ly/48TER4M #RegimeQuestion #DemocracyDebate #PoliticalInstitutions

Kellogg Visiting Fellow Paola Bautista De Aleman has written an online exclusive for the @jodemocracy.bsky.social website about how "Women Are Leading Venezuela’s Fight for Democracy." Read it here: https://bit.ly/4nlnVaJ

Kellogg Dissertation Year Fellow Hannah Early Bagdanov studies how civilians navigate life in contested territories like East Jerusalem—examining how communities decide which state services to use or reject and what those choices reveal about legitimacy and social ties. Watch her explain:

Kellogg alum @jolechartre.bsky.social - now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tulane - will present her dissertation research at the Center for Latin American Studies (University of Pittsburgh) this afternoon. Register for Zoom details at: https://bit.ly/48P5yYm

Congratulations to Kellogg doctoral affiliate Peitong Jing and faculty fellow Karrie Koesel, whose paper “Church & State in Contemporary China: Securing Christianity” won the 2025 Ted Jelen Best Article Award. Read it from the journal Politics and Religion here: https://bit.ly/4nXtKMO

Listen to the latest episode of Democracy Paradox, sponsored by the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame: https://bit.ly/4hgCr2e

Dejusticia has published an English version of a policy brief from Kellogg's EVAW lab by Abby Córdova and @isabelguiza.bsky.social. Read "A Hostile Environment for Peace Mobilization: Stigmatization and Violence-Justifying Attitudes toward Land Rights Advocates in Colombia" - https://bit.ly/4neJOc0

Explore Laura Neftaly López-Pérez’s dissertation research in this short video. She examines how relatives – especially women – of the disappeared mobilize and demand justice after violent conflict in Latin America, focusing on Mexico’s criminal wars.

Thank you to all who participated in our Grad Student Appreciation Week activities last week, and congratulations to all our Kellogg backpack winners! Pictured are Gessica de Freitas and new Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate Nan Jiang. Whatever the time of year, Kellogg ❤️ our grad students!

STREAMING NOW (Thursday, 4pm) Kellogg PhD alumni discuss life after grad school - watch on Youtube or at: https://bit.ly/42uT1VZ

“For more than two decades, the AmericasBarometer has been an essential resource.... We are honored to collaborate with Vanderbilt on this research program at a time when public funding is suffering significant cuts.” – Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Director, Kellogg Institute More: https://bit.ly/4q45qKv

It's Graduate Student Appreciation Week and Kellogg ❤️ our grad students! We're giving away a Kellogg backpack each day to grad participants in our activities and today we're featuring Phd alum Michele Waslin in the Kellogg Lecture series. Check out all of our events this week: https://bit.ly/47esoHu

Kellogg Visiting Fellow Cristian Velix presents a brief synopsis of his project “Media Narratives About Corruption in Public Infrastructure Projects in Guatemala,” which centers on corruption related to road construction and maintenance projects in Guatemala during the Vamos party administration.

This Friday, join Kellogg's Latin American Critical Cultural Studies Working Group for a workshop with internationally renowned artist Tania Bruguera from 1:00 to 3:30pm. Space is limited, so register today at https://bit.ly/46CzHbL

TODAY, Thursday, October 2, in our monthly Democracy & Dialogue Series: Explore how broad, diverse coalitions have been critical in advancing democracy globally with Peter Cummings, former Research & Evaluation Officer with the Eurasia Foundation. 4pm ET in person or online: https://bit.ly/46Ura3S

Inter-American Course on Migration and Protection October 8-10, 2025 Available in Spanish and English - register today! https://bit.ly/42MAjJu

A new Democracy Paradox podcast episode has just dropped - listen as Javier Corrales discusses how leaders employ extremist policies and ideological rhetoric to consolidate executive power, drawing comparisons between Venezuela, the United States, and other global contexts: https://bit.ly/3Iqaok5

Kellogg Visiting Fellow Eric Lemus presents an overview of his Kellogg project “Navigating Opacity: Transparency and Public Information in Authoritarian Contexts," discussing efforts to monitor patterns of opacity and government corruption in El Salvador.

New on Global Stage: Patrick McQuestion talks with Thomas Carothers (@carnegieendowment.org) about US democracy promotion, USAID changes, and resilience in democracy today. Listen for insights on the challenges and future of democracy. 🎧 https://bit.ly/4nMfrKw #Democracy #Podcast #KelloggInstitute

Visiting Fellow Pablo Forni presents a brief synopsis of the research project, "The Theology of the People and its Popular Ministry as a Social Movement in Argentina," which he is working on during his Visiting Fellowship at Kellogg this fall.

📢 Tues, Sept 22 | 12:30 PM ET | Hesburgh Ctr C103 @vickymurillo.bsky.social (Columbia U.) presents her new volume on why Latin Americans grow disillusioned w/ democracy despite social gains. In person + livestream available: https://bit.ly/4nqvL3N #LatinAmerica #GlobalDemocracy #KelloggInstitute

We are delighted to welcome six new PhD Fellows: Jiahe (Andy) Cao, Juan Carlos Hernández Briones, Valentina Salazar, Carly Sandstrom, Ryan Snyder, and Ziyi Wu. This new cohort brings fresh perspectives from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Read more about them: https://bit.ly/4nCHRXa

Join us today for a lecture by our new colleague Enrique Seira, a political economist who has just joined ND. His talk will share insights from his research on how corruption involving top-level politicians impacts democratic values and participation. Live-stream at: https://bit.ly/3Kp1GTq

Join Kellogg’s Visiting Fellows program at the University of Notre Dame! We seek scholars and practitioners from diverse social science disciplines working on global democracy. Apply today to advance your research in an ideal scholarly environment. 🔗 Learn more & apply: kellogg.nd.edu/vfellowships

@bgarciaholgado.bsky.social, former KI PhD Fellow, receives the Edward S. Corwin Award this week at APSA for the best public law dissertation! “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy,” offers insights into safeguarding democratic governance. More: http://bit.ly/4gudPTm

CORRECTION: Congrats to Kellogg PhD Fellow alum Natán Skigin (@natanski.bsky.social) for winning both APSA Political Psychology & Experiments Section Best Dissertation Awards for “Challenging Stigma from Below.” Honors presented this week at APSA. Read more: http://bit.ly/4no9hjn

Proud to share a great essay with the Journal of Democracy by Kellogg's own Eduardo Pagés: "Why Democracy by Referendum Seldom Works," a must-read for anyone interested in democracy’s challenges today. Read it here: bit.ly/42gldf2 #Democracy #Ecuador #GlobalDemocracy

En primavera 2023, conversamos con Fr. José María Tojeira, defensor de derechos humanos en El Salvador. Recordamos su legado tras su fallecimiento la semana pasada. Escucha el episodio completo: https://bit.ly/41gqpZA #DerechosHumanos #Paz #Justicia

We mourn the passing of Fr. José María Tojeira, S.J., Jesuit priest and tireless human rights advocate. He spoke at our 2023 Romero Days and was featured on our Global Stage podcast. Tribute by Abby Córdova: https://bit.ly/41KFXeK

Kellogg’s Guillermo Trejo (faculty fellow) & Paola Bautista (visiting fellow) will speak at The State of Democracy in the Americas 🇺🇸🌎 Sept. 8 at Georgetown Univ. Watch live via Georgetown Americas Institute YouTube. #Democracy #LatinAmerica

📖 Livestream TOMORROW – Friday, Sept 5 at 12:30pm ET: Kellogg launches Luis Schiumerini's "Incumbency Bias: Why Political Office is a Blessing and Curse in Latin America," with commentary by Wendy Hunter (UT Austin) & @tboas.bsky.social‬ (Boston U). 🎥 Watch live/recording: https://bit.ly/47WAe9q

Congrats to Kellogg Dissertation Year Fellow Hannah Early Bagdanov! Her new solo-authored American Political Science Review article explores how East Jerusalemites engage – or avoid – the state across sectors. Read the open-access piece 👉 https://bit.ly/4p8J8He

Excited to launch Kellogg’s Democracy in Dialogue Series with John K. Glenn, former Senior Director of the National Endowment for Democracy. Join us this Thurs, Sept 4, 4 PM, Hesburgh Center C103 for “Why ‘Defending Democracy’ Isn’t Enough.” More: https://bit.ly/4nd3sFH #Democracy #NotreDame

Kellogg postdoc Jorge Ruiz Reyes is a coauthor on a new paper using stats, geospatial tools & ML to advance the search for missing persons. This work pushes forward data-driven approaches to a critical human rights challenge. Congrats to Jorge & team! #HumanRights #DataScience https://bit.ly/4lNJSi0

Our annual opening reception is always a great way to welcome our on-campus community back and to launch the new academic year - yesterday's was no exception. We look forward to a great semester ahead! See more photos on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3HZOF1Z

👏 Congrats to Faculty Fellow Abby Córdova & former PhD Fellow @tiscornia21.bsky.social‬ on their new Journal of Peace Research article, "Law enforcement at the margin of the law," which is part of their work with Kellogg's Eliminating Violence Against Women Lab. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4mC8CLd

Excited to celebrate Kellogg Faculty Fellow @susandblum.bsky.social‬ for her national recognition in The Chronicle of Higher Education! Her work on 'ungrading' is transforming how teachers think about student learning. Congrats, Susan! 👏 #KelloggInstitute #Ungrading #HigherEd http://bit.ly/47jaC6r

Former Kellogg Visiting Fellow Fernando Ojesto joined Lorenzo Córdova, ex-president of Mexico’s INE, in a new documentary on the risks facing Mexican democracy (in Spanish). Watch here:https://bit.ly/4n46vzY

Thomas Malthus is often misunderstood. @royscranton.bsky.social, Kellogg faculty fellow, shows how Malthus’s ideas on natural limits and sustainability remain crucial as we face climate and ecological crises today. Time to rethink what “Malthusian” really means.

🎉 Congrats to @isabelguiza.bsky.social & Visiting Fellow Madai Urteaga! Their paper “Judging Property” won Best Paper Honorable Mention from @repalconference.bsky.social. It shows how judicial tenure protects independence & shapes land redistribution in Colombia. 👏 #Kellogg #ResearchRecognition

Preparations for the new academic year are underway - including capturing photos of our new cohort of Visiting Fellows! Keep an eye out for more news about them and their research projects in the coming weeks...

Excited to share: former Kellogg Visiting Fellow Edward Brudney, associate professor at UT Chattanooga, published an article on labor, law & citizenship in Argentina –research begun at Kellogg! Read more: https://bit.ly/4n2Nu0N

How does access to information affect public support for militarized policing in Mexico? New research by Abby Córdova & Lucía Tiscornia in Journal of Peace Research digs into this crucial question. 📄 https://bit.ly/3HyYcgk

New scholarship from Sharon Yoon! 🎉 Her latest coauthored piece in Men and Masculinities explores migration, marriage, and masculinity in South Korea—shedding light on how identity and respectability are negotiated across borders. 📖 Read here—open access for a limited time: https://bit.ly/45Wopi2

Congrats to @amische.bsky.social ‪& @tomasgold.bsky.social for winning three top ASA awards for their paper on how global protests reshape politics. Impactful work! Read more: https://bit.ly/45IsDJ0 #KelloggInstitute #KeoughSchool #PoliticalSociology #SocialMovements #ASAawards #GlobalPolitics

Global Stage Podcast: @rickyclark.bsky.social‬ discusses with host Bill Kakenmaster how global financial institutions are teaming up to address big challenges. Dive into this episode on cooperation in economic governance. Listen at https://bit.ly/4oHRBAX or wherever you get your podcasts!

Congrats to fac fellow @edziadula.bsky.social, whose coauthored article on the effect of China’s “Later, Longer, Fewer” campaign," on intergenerational support for elderly parents was published in China Economic Review. ISP students Angel Lai & Vinnie Badali were research assistants: bit.ly/41LqNWo

We learned last week of the passing of Carlos Acuña, professor of political science at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín. He was an early Kellogg visiting fellow and part of the Institute's formative years. Our gratitude to @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social‬ for this beautiful tribute: bit.ly/45HIVTw