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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · 1d

Video: Devastating Rains in Mexico Leave Dozens Dead and Missing

Floods and landslides in Mexico killed several dozen people, destroying homes and isolating communities in the central and eastern parts of the country.

www.nytimes.com

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Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social · Sep 11

Guilty www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election

www.theguardian.com

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Jun 4

bravo !!

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Thiago Scarelli @tscarelli.bsky.social · Jun 2

About 2/3 of all own-account workers in Brazil appear to have taken this occupation as a result of a financial constraint, as opposed to their first-best economic choice.

This is the key finding of a paper I co-authored with David Margolis, now in EDCC: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · May 27

looking forward to returning to the Cities are Back in Town seminar on 5 June to discuss @proftortuga.bsky.social's upcoming book on infrastructure politics in Latin America! info and registration 👇
www.sciencespo.fr/research/cit...

@scpo-research.bsky.social

Alisha C. Holland, Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America, 05.06.2025, 5:30pm-7pm CEST

Zoom Compulsory registration Presentation of the upcoming book: Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America Infrastructure is at the heart of contemporary develop...

www.sciencespo.fr

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · May 15

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How memories of clean water, frogs and fresh air could help save Rio’s favelas from future climate disaster

A new exhibition in the Brazilian city looks at how water, the environment and extreme weather is interwoven with personal stories from 10 marginalised communities

www.theguardian.com

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Pablo Valdivieso-Kastner @pvkastner.bsky.social · Jan 17

📢 Calling early career scholars! Submit your abstracts by 31/01 for our Workshop on Comparative Politics in Latin America, hosted
@NuffieldCollege
🌎✍️ A unique chance to workshop papers with senior discussants. Spread the word!

Maria Puolakkainen @marialingon.bsky.social · Jan 17

Call for abstracts by 31 Jan: Rising Scholars Workshop on Comparative Politics in Latin America at Nuffield College, Oxford on March 10-11! 2-day event for early career scholars to workshop their papers with senior discussants. Seeking abstracts on a wide range of CP topics. Please share widely.

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Jan 13

mass incarceration meets depleted public service meets climate change www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...

For Just Dollars a Day, Inmates Fight California’s Fires

Hundreds of incarcerated people are firefighting in Los Angeles. They are paid a maximum of $10.24 a day, and receive an additional $1 for each hour that they battle the deadly blazes.

www.nytimes.com

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Dec 17

After using podcasts in my Latin American Metropolis course, with Sur-Urbano as a key inspiration, I am thrilled to see one of the students, Grace, cohosting an episode! Thanks to @leiteflavia.bsky.social, Isabel, Lucia, and Grace, for this insightful conversation ✨ open.spotify.com/episode/2I7V...

Social Housing in Brazil: State and Developers at Work

Sur-Urbano · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Lara Mesquita @laramesquita.bsky.social · Oct 7

A pedido da @folha.com fiz uma análise, a quente, dos resultados do primeiro turno das eleições municipais desse ano.
Meu foco foi a consolidação da direita, que já tinha registrado crescimento em 2020.
#Eleições2024
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Análise: Votação revela consolidação da direita nas eleições municipais brasileiras

Republicanos parece se preparar para assumir papel de principal representante eleitoral da direita; PSDB não elege vereador em SP

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Sep 16

Publication Alert 🚀 !
Our paper on how bureaucrats act as entrepreneurs to advance urban agriculture policies in Brazilian cities has just been published in Urban Planning.

www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...

@institutoescolhas.bsky.social

Cultivating Urban Agriculture Policies: Local Government Entrepreneurs’ Strategies in Three Brazilian Cities | Article | Urban Planning

Marcela Alonso Ferreira, Giselle Mendonça Abreu, Camila Nastari Fernandes, Vitória Leão, Jaqueline Ferreira, Juliana Luiz

www.cogitatiopress.com

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Sep 3

o brasil chegou ao bsky 🚀

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Sep 2

What Happens When Half a Million People Abandon Their City

About a quarter of the residents of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city, have moved away — and more are expected to soon follow.

www.nytimes.com

Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Aug 26

Earlier this year, I handed over my part in organizing the #CitiesAreBackInTown seminars to Eva Bossuyt, who’s been collaborating with Petra Samaha since. They’ve put together a super exciting program for the next academic year—check it out ✨👇! www.sciencespo.fr/research/cit...

2024-2025 Programme

Programme complet des séminaires Cities are Back in Town

www.sciencespo.fr

Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Jul 2

Judging from the feedback of students, it was a remarkable pedagogical tool! The game was based on Eduardo Marques' excellent research and designed with @tscarelli.bsky.social invaluable help.

Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Jul 2

Transforming passive learning into an active and engaging process can significantly improve educational outcomes. Check out my blog post on the roleplaying game I recently used in the Latin American Metropolis course I taught at Sciences Po's Urban School. 🎲

sites.google.com/view/marcela...

Marcela Alonso Ferreira - Blog

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · May 23

O desastre no Rio Grande do Sul escancarou o que muitos já sabiam ou desconfiavam: as cidades brasileiras não estão adaptadas às mudanças climáticas e o Estado brasileiro avançou pouco para além da resposta a desastres. Meu comentário no Valor: valor.globo.com/brasil/notic...

08/05/2024. São Leopoldo (RS).
Foto: Thales Renato / Midia NINJA
https://www.flickr.com/photos/midianinja/53709451671

Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Mar 25

I am shocked, thrilled, ecstatic, and, most of all, honored to learn that I have been selected to receive a grant from the IJURR Foundation!

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Feb 14

Mark your calendars for 29 Feb!
Deborah Fromm will join us at the #CitiesAreBackInTown seminar for a talk on "Public Security, Private Interests: On Social Conflict in Contemporary Brazil."

Register to attend online or in person from 5-7 PM CET 👇

www.sciencespo.fr/research/cit...

Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Feb 8

The #CitiesAreBackInTown seminar series is back! Our first session is scheduled for today, February 8th at 5-7 PM CET in Paris & Zoom. In this session, Marc Barthelemy will give a talk on the pillars of a research program for a "science of cities."

Register here!👇
www.sciencespo.fr/research/cit...

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Jan 26

o que chamamos de "jabuti" no Brasil (prática parlamentar de adicionar disposições não relacionadas ao objeto original de um projeto de lei), em francês chama-se "cavalier législatif" e em inglês, "rider"

cada um com suas referências né ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Bruno Cousin @brunocousin.bsky.social · Dec 20

www.icmigrations.cnrs.fr/2023/12/20/l...

Loi immigration — la tribune de l'Institut Convergences Migrations - Institut Convergences Migrati...

En réponse à la victoire de l’idéologie sur les faits : résistons ! Au lendemain du vote par le Parlement français de la loi sur l’immigration, l’Institut Convergences Mig...

www.icmigrations.cnrs.fr

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Dec 12

@sajuria.com can I be added too? many thanks!

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Brenda Van Coppenolle @bvancoppenolle.bsky.social · Dec 6

Apply for a Paris Polisky PhD @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, part of POLLOT HorizonEU ERC_Research with me
@bvancoppenolle.bsky.social
Deadline 10th January 2024 ➡️https://bit.ly/3TcJFKx
PSJMInfo

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Dec 4

polisky

Marcela Alonso Ferreira @marcelaferreira.bsky.social · Dec 4

My paper "The Bureaucratic Politics of Urban Land Rights: (Non)Programmatic Distribution in São Paulo’s Land Regularization Policy" was just published in Latin American Politics & Society! doi.org/10.1017/lap.... 🚀

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