SCHOOL OF GLOBAL POLITICS 21 April 2026
A Renewed Pivot in International Politics?
Latin American Politics in a Turbulent World Order
ASERI is pleased to invite you:
A Renewed Pivot in International Politics? Latin American Politics in a Turbulent World Order
Tuesday 21 April, 5.30 pm:
in ASERI, Via San Vittore 18, MILAN
live streaming is also planned
Latin America has two amazing records: socially, it is the most unequal region in the world; geopolitically, it is the most stable. Social inequalities coexist with peaceful borders. How is it possible? This lecture will deal with the factors that have combined to produce such a hybrid result, namely low state capacity (yet enduring stateness), low productivity markets (yet structurally capitalist), and low democratic quality (yet resilient democracies).
Moderator:
Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Speakers:
Isabela Alcaniz, Associate Dean, Graduate Education of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland
Andrès Malamud, Senior research fellow, University of Lisbon
Isabella Alcañiz (PhD Northwestern University, 2004) is Professor of the Department of Government and Politics and Associate Dean of Graduate Education of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland (UMD). She studies the politics of climate change, social inequality, disaster policy, and gender with a focus on Latin America and Latinx residents of the United States. Her research has been published in PS: Political Science & Politics, Environmental Politics, Global Environmental Politics, Journal of Cleaner Production, Water Policy, Environmental Science & Policy, World Politics, and the Latin American Research Review. Her books, The Distributive Politics of Environmental Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (2022) and the Environmental and Nuclear Networks in the Global South: How Skills Shape International Cooperation (2016), were published by Cambridge University Press. She serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Environmental Politics and Global Environmental Politics.
Andrés Malamud (PhD European University Institute, 2003) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa. He is a recurring visiting professor at universities in Buenos Aires, Milan, and Salamanca, and has been visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute of International Law (Heidelberg) and the University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests include comparative regional integration, foreign policy, democracy and political institutions, EU Studies, and Latin American politics. His work has been published in such journals as Political Studies, Regional & Federal Studies, Latin American Research Review, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Journal of European Integration, Latin American Politics and Society, Brazilian Political Science Review, and European Political Science. He served in the executive committee of the Latin American Political Science Association (ALACIP) and as secretary-general of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP).
Possibility to acquire the Open Badge with 70% attendance only for participants in attendance, regularly registered.
The complete cycle of lessons will consist of 7 events, from January 2026 to May 2026.
Participation is free upon registration.
live streaming is also planned
Info: info.aseri@unicatt.it
Those who attend 70% of the lessons of the School of Global Politics (at least 5 out of 7 lessons) will be able to receive an Open Badge certificate at the end of the cycle.
Participation in the events can only be attested through registration and attendance in person at the individual appointments.
Please note that only in-person participation will be considered for the purposes of obtaining the Open Badge.
Those wishing to obtain the Open Badge certificate are requested to send an email to info.aseri@unicatt.it by May 10, 2026.
Further information on the Open Badge is available at this link.