“Regulating Social Media in Nigeria: A Middle-of-the-Road Approach Involving Coalitions of the Responsible”
Tolu Ogunlesi, fellow, is a Nigerian journalist and writer. Since 2016 he has been a special assistant to the President of Nigeria on digital and new media.
Research interests: Digital misinformation/disinformation, literacy, and civic engagement; and social media regulation.
WSP Seminar with visiting scholar Luca Maria Pesando, McGill University
"Leveraging digital sources to study intimate partner violence”
Luca Maria Pesando is a visiting scholar and assistant professor of sociology and demography at McGill University. He is interested in issues of family poverty, inequality, gender, stratification, intra- and intergenerational processes, technology adoption, and interactions between life-cycle events and human capital accumulation.
WSP Seminar with Dorman postdoctoral fellow Sasha de Vogel
"Detention Patterns and Russia's Anti-War Movement"
Sasha de Vogel, a Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, obtained her PhD in political science in 2021 from the University of Michigan. Her research combines interests in authoritarianism, institutional politics, and collective action, with regional expertise on Russia and the former Soviet Union.
Waffles at the Weatherhead: Second annual networking event for visiting scholars and fellows with the International Relations on Campus student organization, catered by the famous Zinneken's Waffle Truck! This is a great opportunity for students to learn about research assistantship opportunities with WCFIA faculty affiliates and visiting scholars!
Research interests: Armed conflict and transnational organized crime; security studies; violent nonstate groups; borders and borderlands; Latin America; and Colombia.
Bio: Dr Annette Idler is the Director of Studies of the Changing Character of...
Chair: Alastair Iain Johnston, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on International Security. The Governor James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Laine Professor of China in World Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Chair: Joshua D. Kertzer, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on International Security. Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
“The Legacy of Residential Schools in Canada and the United States”
Speaker(s) TBA
Chair: Vincent Chiao, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Canada Program. Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.