Professional Activities
My articles and interviews on Brazilian and Latin American politics have appeared on BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Business News Radio (the Netherlands), and in the Independent, Newsweek, Daily Mail online, the Conversation, Business Insider, Christian Science Monitor, International Peace Institute/Global Observatory, Latin American Science.org, World Weekly, Brasil Observer, Brasil 247, Diário do Centro do Mundo (Brazil).
Selected Professional Activities
External Administrative or Committee Role
- President, Society for Latin American Studies (2023 - 2025) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
Internal Administrative or Committee Role
- Curriculum Lead (Department, 2021 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
Conference Roles
- Society for Latin American Studies annual conference 2020 (Amsterdam, 2020)
- Society of Latin American Studies annual conference 2016 (Liverpool, 2016)
- Society of Latin American Studies annual conference 2021 (2021)
- Lead organiser SLAS annual conference in Liverpool April 2016, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2016)
Editorships
- Politics & Governance (Editorial Board member, 2018 - present)
- Bulletin of Latin American Research (Editorial Board Member, 2015 - 2018)
Examination Roles
- University of Newcastle, Latin American Studies (UG, 2016 - 2022)
- University of Bristol, PhD (2018)
- University of Warwick, PhD (2017)
- Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico, PhD (2016)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- President, Society for Latin American Studies (2023 - 2025)
- Vice-President, Society of Latin American Studies (2021 - 2023)
- Member Society for Latin American Studies Committee; social media officer (2015 - present)
- Member, Standing Conference for Latin American Studies (2015 - present)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Curriculum Lead (Department, 2021 - present)
- Co-lead Internal Periodic Review (Department, 2020 - 2021)
- Departmental PGR Director - Recruitment and Admissions (Department, 2017 - 2018)
Media Appearances
- Brazil’s crumbling political culture laid bare as impartiality of Operation Car Wash judge questioned, The Conversation (June 2019)
- Interview: Bolsonaro begint bijna in Brazilië [Bolsonaro is about to start in Brazil], Radio 1 - VPRO Bureau Buitenland (the Netherlands) (Invited, December 2018)
- Interview: Did Brazil’s evangelicals put Bolsonaro into office?, New Internationalist (Invited, November 2018)
- Interview: Bolsonarism in Latin America: “He considers Piñera a key ally in South America”, Chile Today News (Invited, November 2018)
- Interview: Bolsonarism in Chile: “His extremism will open avenues elsewhere in the region, Chile Today News (Invited, October 2018)
- Interview: Quién es Bolsonaro? [Who is Bolsonaro?], Metro News International (throughout Latin America) (Invited, October 2018)
- Interview on 2018 presidential elections in Brazil, France24 (Invited, October 2018)
- Quoted in: Elecciones en Brasil 2018: ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro del PSL es el nuevo presidente a pesar de discurso homofóbico [Elections in Brazil 2018: Ultraright Jair Bolsonaro of the PSL is the new president despite homophobic discourse], La República Peru (October 2018)
- Interview: Bolsonaro: el peligroso experimento de la ultraderecha en Latinoamérica [Bolsonaro: The dangerous ultra-right experiment in Latin America], http://www.nos-comunicamos.com.ar/node/7550 (Invited, October 2018)
- Interview: A new direction for Brazil?, BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room (Invited, October 2018)
- Interview: 2018 presidential elections in Brazil, TRT International (Invited, October 2018)
- Interview: El incierto futuro político de Lula da Silva [The uncertain political future of Lula da Silva], Metronews International (throughout Latin America) (Invited, July 2018)
- Interview: Para pesquisadoras estrangeiras, prisão de Lula tem impactos na democracia [For foreign researchers, Lula’s imprisonment has an impact on democracy, UOL Notícias (Invited, April 2018)
- Interview: Reforma da CLT cria insegurança sem garantir mais empregos, diz acadêmica [Labour reforms create insecurity without guaranteeing jobs, says academic], UOL Notícias (Invited, July 2017)
- Interview: Thieves or Robin Hood? Brazil squatters step up housing occupations, Thomson Reuters; Daily Mail Online and various others (Invited, March 2017)
- Brazil's economy: Prospects for recovery in the midst of growing polarisation, Brasil Observer (Invited, December 2016)
- What next for Brazil now that the Paralympic Games are over?, The Independent (Invited, September 2016)
- Why Brazil's political crisis matters for Latin American democracy, Global Observatory/International Peace Institute (Invited, September 2016)
- Interview: Why Rousseff's exit may not usher in the change that Brazilians want, Christian Science Monitor (Invited, August 2016)
- El impeachment de Rousseff no resolverá los problemas de Brasil, Newsweek Español (Mexico) (Invited, May 2016)
- Impeaching Dilma Rousseff won't fix Brazil's problems, Newsweek (Invited, May 2016)
- Interview: How has Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff come to the precipice of impeachment?, ABC Radio (Invited, May 2016)
- Interview: The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Rear Vision (Invited, May 2016)
- After Rousseff?, The World Weekly (April 2016)
- Rousseff's impeachment means years of political mayhem, Newsweek (Invited, April 2016)
- Brazil fiddles in Paris while the Amazon burns, The Conversation (December 2015)
- Rousseff shaky as Brazilians march for change, The Conversation (August 2015)
- Chavez punta al terzo mandato: Ma l’opposizione tenta il colpaccio, Affari Italiani (Invited, July 2012)
- Interview: Global Insider: U.K.-Brazil Relations, World Politics Review (Invited, July 2011)
- Elections in Latin America and the role of women in Latin American politics, BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour (Invited, November 2005)
- Interview of elections in Latin America and the role of women in Latin American politics, BBC World Service - Everywoman (Invited, November 2005)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Expert witness, Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons (2011 - present)