As part of the International Dissertation Research Fellowship 20th Anniversary interview series, 2009 IDRF recipient Alex Fattal opens up about his research on the media's role in the Colombian peace process and…
Latin America
From Our Fellows
Border Matters: Gender, Precarity, and the Body on Mexico’s “Forgotten Frontier”
by Heather Wurtz
A 2016 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient, Heather Wurtz is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University. Her dissertation research assumes an ethnographic approach along the Mexico-Guatemala border to examine how migrant women navigate their reproductive lives within complex institutional settings. The “Research Snapshots” series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.
From Our Fellows
A Warning from Latin America: Trump Is Opening the Door to Military Rule
by Lilian Bobea
Lilian Bobea, 2012 Drugs, Security and Democracy Fellowship recipient, analyzes President Trump's decision to appoint military personnel to top positions. By appointing generals to top political posts and hiking defense spending, Trump is imperiling a cherished tenet of the US constitution: civilian control of the military.
From Our Fellows
The Lights of Winaq
by Elena Turevon
Elena Turevon is a 2014 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient and a graduate student at Duke University. In this Research Snapshot, she examines the social consequences of climate change by focusing on Andean entrepreneurs who work as both miners and mountain guides in Peru's Cordillera Blanca. The Research Snapshots series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.
From Our Fellows
IDRF Photo Competition 2015
by IDRF Program
The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Photo Competition is offered every year to IDRF recipients. Prizes are awarded for the best single photo, the best self-portrait, and best photo essay following a vote by IDRF fellows and staff.
From Our Fellows
Brothers in the Road: Migration and the Globalization of Love
by Noelle Brigden
Noelle Brigden is a 2010 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient and a graduate student at Cornell University. In this Research Snapshot, she examines how the informal institutions that sustain undocumented migration adapt to changes in border policing, tracing developments from villages in El Salvador into Guatemala and Mexico and up through the United States. The Research Snapshots series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.
From Our Fellows
Chile’s Reconstruction: “Not The Reality They Show On TV”
by Marian E. Schlotterbeck
Marian Schlotterbeck is a 2010 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient and a graduate student at Yale University. In this Research Snapshot, she returns to southern Chile a year after the devastating 8.8 earthquake and explores the radicalization of political projects and social movements in the province of Concepción in the 1960s and 1970s. The Research Snapshots series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.
From Our Fellows
“Thank God for Mitch”: Development Lessons from Post-Mitch Honduras for Post-Earthquake Haiti
by Ryan Alaniz
Ryan Alaniz is a 2009 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient and a graduate student at the University of Minnesota. In this Research Snapshot, he examines the international community’s efforts at post-disaster reconstruction in Honduras and Haiti, comparing the two nations and their respective challenges. The Research Snapshots series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.