Integration and Emigration Dynamics within the Venezuelan Diaspora
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This seminar presents findings from a set of surveys of the Venezuelan diaspora in Colombia and Peru. Designed by LAPOP Lab and implemented in collaboration with local partners in 2023, the surveys offer a multi-dimensional perspective on integration and its relationship to intentions for onward migration.
Speaker: Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University; Visiting Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard University
Moderated by Alisha Holland, Professor of Government, Harvard University
About the Speaker
Elizabeth J. Zechmeister is an expert in comparative public opinion, political behavior, and international survey research. Her research includes studies of democratic attitudes, voting, ideology, representation, gender, charisma, crisis, and survey methods. She has published in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, among others. She is co-author of two books: Democracy at Risk: How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public (Chicago) and Latin American Party Systems (Cambridge). She is co-editor of The Latin American Voter: Pursuing Representation and Accountability in Challenging Contexts (Michigan). Zechmeister has led two award-winning surveys: LAPOP’s AmericasBarometer (2008-2024) and the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) project (2018-2023). Her research has been supported by grants from USAID, NSF, and IADB, among others. She has served as an advisor and contributor for projects by AAPOR/WAPOR, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and (currently) the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division. Zechmeister also is an award-winning teacher and mentor who builds opportunities for students to gain hands on experiences in political science research; she founded LAPOP’s undergraduate fellow program and co-directs an NSF-funded REU summer program.
About the Moderator
Alisha C. Holland studies the comparative political economy of development with a focus on Latin America. Her first book, Forbearance as Redistribution: The Politics of Informal Welfare in Latin America(Cambridge University Press, 2017), examines the politics of law enforcement against the poor. She is working on a new book on the institutional determinants and challenges of infrastructure investment in Latin America. Prior to joining the faculty, she was an assistant professor in the Politics Department at Princeton University and a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows.
Presented in collaboration with Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.