Partial list of invited lectures & panels:
“Participatory Oversight Institution,” Institute of Public Policy, National Law School, Bangalore April 25, 2022
“Accountability Keywords,” Open Government Partnership, April 20, 2022
“Accountability Keywords,” German Development Institute, Feb 3., 2022
Panelist, “El derecho a la información en el combate a la corrupción,” Guadalajara International Book Fair, National Institute for Information Access/University of Guadalajara, December 3, 2021
Panelist, “Engaging Reluctant Duty Bearers,” Transparency International (Berlin), November 10, 2021
“Navigating action-research_partnerships for accountability: Lessons from practice for theory,” Rethinking Latin American Studies from the South, Calgary Institute for the Humanities, University of Calgary, Dec. 11, 2020
Panelist: “Día Nacional de Rendición de Cuentas,” Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública, Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 19, 2020 [National Accountability Day] [panel begins @ minute 1:45]
“Social audits and a wish list of big questions for discussion,” Social Audits In India Today and An Agenda for Action: National Seminar and Workshop, New Delhi, Nov. 5, 2020
“Accountability_keywords: From participation to accountable governance,” FTA Science Conference, CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, Keynote Address, Sept. 17, 2020
“Big and emerging ideas about accountability,” Center for Policy Research, New Delhi, October, 2019
Panelist: “Improving access to quality health services for the indigenous, excluded, vulnerable communities and those in fragile contexts: Strategising for the short and mid term,” Global Symposium on Citizenship, Governance and Accountability in Health,” Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH), New Delhi, Oct. 15-18, 2019
Panelist, “Asking the right questions – research and social accountability,” Global Symposium on Citizenship, Governance and Accountability in Health,” Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH), New Delhi, Oct. 15-18, 2019
Panelist, Plenary: Social accountability and citizenship in a globalised world,” Global Symposium on Citizenship, Governance and Accountability in Health,” Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH), New Delhi, Oct. 15-18, 2019
“Can “participatory” international development projects contribute to building countervailing power for the excluded? Lessons from outlier World Bank projects,” Workshop on Complex Governance, School of International Service, American University, Sept. 13, 2019
Mini-course: “La construcción política de la rendición de cuentas,” Escuela de Gobierno, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, July 15, 2019
“Rebooting research agendas: Next generation questions for ‘Accountability Studies'” Escuela de Gobierno, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, July 15, 2019
Panelist, “Power & International Development: Are We Making or Losing Ground?” Oxfam/Action for Empowerment and Accountability, Washington, DC, June 19, 2019
Panelist, “Reality Check,” Conference on Citizen Engagement and Governance, co-sponsored by International Institute for Impact Evaluation and World Bank Independent Evaluation Group, Washington, DC, April 8, 2019
“El contexto internacional de la participación ciudadana, la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas,” Maestria en Estudios de Genero, Sociedad y Cultura, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, April 6, 2019
“Buen gobierno, participación ciudadana y transparencia” Centro de Apoyo al Movimiento Popular del Occidente, Biblioteca Pública del Estado de Jalisco “Juan José Arreola,” Guadalajara, Mexico, April 5, 2019
“From transparency to accountability,” Oceana, Washington, DC, Nov. 16, 2018
Panel chair, “Investing in grassroots leadership development,” Global Partnership for Social Accountability, 2018 Global Partners Forum, Washington DC, Oct. 31, 2018
Panelist, “Citizen and stakeholder engagement in World Bank investment: new opportunities for communities to drive investment,” Global Partnership for Social Accountability, 2018 Global Partners Forum, Washington, DC, Oct. 31, 2018
“Experencias internacionales sobre participación y vigilancia ciudadana,” Red de Defensores y Defensoras Comunitarias por el Derecho a la Salud/Centro de Estudios para la Equidad y Gobernanza en los Sistemas de Salud, Hotel Panamerican, Guatemala, Sept. 5, 2018
“El contexto internacional de la participación ciudadana, la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas,” Red de Defensores y Defensoras Comunitarias por el Derecho a la Salud/Centro de Estudios para la Equidad y Gobernanza en los Sistemas de Salud, Universidad Landívar, Guatemala, Sept. 5, 2018
“Taking scale into account for transparency, participation & accountability strategies,” Working Group on “Deepening work on corruption for key social services (health and education),” Open Society Foundations, August 22, 2018
“La banca multilateral en Colombia, desde una perspectiva de derechos étnicos,” “Encuentro Étnico para la Evaluación de la Implementación de los Acuerdos de Paz y Construcción de Alianzas,” [Ethnic Gathering for Evaluating the Implementation of the Peace Accords and Building Alliances] Bogota, Colombia, Hotel Inter, July 31-Aug 2, 2018, convened by: Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC), Gobierno Mayor: Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia, Consejo Nacional de Paz Afrocolombiano (CONPA), supported by Accountability Research Center, Rights, Resources International
“Taking scale into account for transparency, participation and accountabilty Strategies,” International Budget Partnership team webinar, July 24, 2018
“Taking scale into account in transparency, participation and accountability initiatives,” “Learning Workshop: Empowerment and Accountability in Large‐Scale DFID Programmes – Lessons from Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence,” A4EA, Institute for Development Studies, Brighton, UK, July 19-20, 2018
“Social_accountability: lessons learned and next steps,” UNICEF Stocktake on Social Accountability,” Human Rights Unit: Social Inclusion and Policy Webinar Series, May 2, 2018
Keynote: “The political_construction_of accountability_keywords: Lessons from action research,” presented at “TICTeC: The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference,” Lisbon, April 18, 2018 [video]
Discussant, “Social accountability in the delivery of social protection: Improving service delivery and state-society relations,” World Bank/Development Pathways, April 10, 2018
“Why vertical integration matters for social accountability,” Institute for Development Studies, Brighton, UK, Jan. 17, 2018
“Gobierno abierto, estrategia sándwich y enfoque de integración vertical,” Taller Seguimiento y Monitoreo al Punto 4 del Acuerdo Final para la Terminación del Conflicto y la Construcción de una Paz Estable y Duradera: “Solución de las Drogas Ilicitas en Colombia,” Observatorio de Cultivos y Cultivadores Declarados Ilicitos/Accountability Resource Center, Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 28-29, 2017
Panelist, “Social and political action for empowerment and accountability: What’s different in contexts of fragility, conflict and violence?,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace/Accountability Research Center, Nov 3, 2017
Panelist, “Social and political action for empowerment and accountability: What’s different in contexts of fragility, conflict and violence?” Global Partners Forum 2017, Global Partnership for Social Accountability, World Bank, Nov. 1, 2017
Discussant, “Leveraging Citizen Action for Democratic and Equitable Fiscal Governance,” Global Partners Forum 2017, Global Partnership for Social Accountability, Oct. 31, 2017
“Estrategas de acción ciudadana: La defensa del agua río arriba, desde el ámbito comunitario,” presented at “1er Encuentro de Organismos Auxiliares de Cuenca: Buenas prácticas, limitaciones, aprendizajes y perspectivas,” Controla tu Gobierno, Comision de Cuenca de los Rios Amecameca y de la Compañía, ARC, UAM-Xochimilco, Mexico City, Sept. 6, 2017
“Learning for what? Incubating action-research partnerships for accountability initiatives,” presented at the Ford Foundation, July 5, 2017
“Accountability concepts and puzzles,” presented at “Think-In: Community Health Worker Voice, Power and Citizens’ Right to Health,” Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program and Accountability Research Center, American University, June 12, 2017
Panelist, “People power: Engaging citizens for better development results,” Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum, April 19, 2017
“Dilemmas of immigration politics and policy,” The John Maxwell Scholar-Diplomat Program, The West Virginia Consortium for Faculty and Course Development in International Studies, April 7, 2017
“Gobernanza ambiental: Palabras clave para la rendición de cuentas,” Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Seminario Universitario de Sociedad Medio Ambiente e Instituciones, March 17, 2017
“Accountability keywords,” Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 17, 2016
“Transparency and accountability: Unpacking keywords,” MacArthur Foundation grantee meeting, Ibeto Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, Oct. 18, 2016
“Scaling accountability through vertically integrated civil society policy monitoring and advocacy,” Institute for Development Studies, Brighton, UK, Oct. 13, 2016
“Webinario: Apuntes para una política pública para el campo mexicano,” Página Subsidios al Campo, Iniciativa Valor al Campesino, Red de Gestion Territorial y Desarrollo Territorial, Mexico, DF, Sept. 30, 2016
“Transparency and accountability: Unpacking keywords,” Transparency International Secretariat/Accountability Research Center, meeting of 17 national chapters, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 1, 2016
Panelist, “Beyond widgets: Transforming accountability for better health and nutrition delivery,” Institute for Development Studies 50th Anniversary Conference, “States, Markets and Societies,” Brighton, UK, July 6, 2016
“Transparency and accountability: Unpacking keywords,” MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, June 14, 2016
Discussant, “The politics of community-based water governance,” Latin American Studies Association, New York City, May 28, 2016
Panelist, “Connecting the dots: Strengthening political and horizontal accountability,” Global Partners Forum, Global Partnership for Social Accountability, Washington, DC, May 20, 2016
“La integración vertical: Iniciativas ciudadanas para controlar la gestión pública,” Instituto Mora, Mexico City, May 2, 2016
Panel: “Addressing Systemic Gaps in the Reform Process,” presented at “Reform-oriented legislative process: The weakest link in the reform efforts of the Aquino administration? 4th National Conference on the State of Citizen Reform Agenda, Ateneo de Manila University/Government Watch/PODER, Manila, Philippines, March 8, 2016
“La movilizacion de la sociedad y la transparencia en los territorios,” en “Como construir la paz en los territorios” Oficina del Alto Comisionado por la Paz, Bogota, Colombia, 29 de febrero, 2016 (video) (power point)
“Auditoria social: ¿Qué nos dice realmente la evidencia?” Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Xochimilco, Mexico City Oct. 30, 2015
Panelist, “Governments, civil society and citizens working together: Social accountability for open governance,” Open Government Partnership Global Summit, Mexico, Palacio de Minería, Oct. 29, 2015
Discussant, “La Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto en Mexico, una visión desde la sociedad civil,” Open Government Partnership Global Summit, Mexico, Palacio de Minería, Oct. 29, 2015
Panelist, “The Open Government Partnership: What is the next frontier?” Open Government Partnership Global Summit, Mexico, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Oct. 28, 2015
[with Brandon Brockmyer] “Assessing the Evidence: The Effectiveness and Impact of Public Governance-Oriented Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, Oct. 5, 2015
Panelist, “International Right to Know Day: ‘What does the ‘Right to Know’ mean today?'” Inter-American Development Bank, Sept. 28, 2015
Panelist, “Indigenous Mexican migrants in the US,” Native American Journalists Association, Arlington, VA, July 10, 2015
Panelist, “Inequality in Mexico,” Wilson Center, Washington, DC, July 7, 2015
Co-convener, “Scaling accountability: Integrated approaches to civil Society monitoring and advocacy,” Workshop organized by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, School of International Service at American University, the International Budget Partnership, and Government Watch of Ateneo School of Government, Open Government Hub, Washington DC, June 18-20, 2015
Panelist, “When and how do digital technologies strengthen citizen voice and collective action?” Global Partnership for Social Accountability/Internet for Development/World Bank, May 26, 2015
“Is the United States at a crossroads? Panel 2: The Impact of Immigration on the United States,” Wilson Center, Washington, DC, May 14, 2015
Keynote plenary speech, “Strategic social accountability,” GPSA Global Partners Forum, Washington, DC, May 12-13, 2015
“Taller sobre integracion vertical,” Fundar, Mexico City, March 27, 2015
“Rethinking the evidence: Tactical vs strategic approaches,” World Bank MOOC on Citizen Engagement, March, 2015 (8 min. video)
“Action research: Context and challenges…,” presented at the School of International Service, American University, Feb. 15, 2015
“Social accountability: What does the evidence NOT really say?” Social Accountability Research Workshop, GPSA/MAVC/TAI, January 23, 2015
“Why vertical integration matters for social accountability,” Institute for Development Studies, Sussex, October 31, 2014
Xóchitl Bada and Jonathan Fox, “Patrones migratorios rurales en México: Cambios y continuidades, 2000-2010,” presented at ALASRU (Latin American Rural Sociology Association), Mexico City, October 7, 2014 (view in Slideshow mode for map animation)
Convener, International Transparency and Accountability Workshop 2, American University, Sept. 18-20, 2014
Panelist, book launch: Migrar en las Américas: movilidad humana, información y derechos humanos, Gedisa/Fundar, 2014, Museo de Culturas Populares, Mexico City, July 16, 2014
“Social accountability: What does the evidence really say?,” Global Partnership for Social Accountability, Global Partners Forum, May 14, 2014
“Social accountability: What does the evidence really say?,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Maternal Health Initiative, May 5, 2014 [abridged version] [see webcast]
Convenor, International Transparency and Accountability Workshop 1, School of International Service, American University, May 2-3, 2014
“Social_accountability: What does the evidence really say?” World Bank Institute/Global Partnership for Social Accountability, April 1, 2014 (video – use Explorer, scroll down)
“Seven political tensions facing the transparency/accountability agenda,” Working with Power and Politics panel, TALEARN Annual Community of Practice meeting, Transparency and Accountability Initiative, Jakarta, March 13, 2014
“Social_accountability_keywords_2.0,” Presented to Social Development training course, Social Development Division, World Bank, March, 2014
“Social accountability: What does the evidence really say?” World Bank, Feb., 2014
“A missing link in development and migration: Mexico’s agricultural policy and the peasant economy,” Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Nov. 2013
[with Mindy Romero] “Unpacking California voter registration and turnout trends: Youth representation in the electorate,” University of California, Sacramento Center, January, 2013
“¿En qué se focaliza la transparencia focalizada?,” [“What Does Targeted Transparency Target?”] Keynote presentation at the conference: “Desafíos de la rendición de cuentas en América Latina,” Red por la Rendicion de Cuentas/FLACSO/IFAI/RRC/ASF/CIDE, Mexico City, 8 oct., 2012
“Subsidios para la desigualdad: Siete mitos sobre la intervención estatal en la economía maicera,” [Subsidizing Inequality: Seven Myths about State Intervention in the Corn Economy,”] presented at the seminar “Crisis, Seguridad y Soberanía Alimentaria,” Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Rurales, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
4 oct., 2012
Panelist, “Civic engagement among indigenous Mexican migrant youth in Central San Joaquin Valley: Strategies, repertoires and lessons,” First Annual CCREC Research Conference: Strategies for an Equitable California, Berkeley, Sept., 2012
Panel Chair, “LASA/Oxfam Martin Diskin Memorial Lectureship,” Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco, May, 2012
Discussant, “Civil society, political parties and the state in Brazil and Mexico,” Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco, May, 2012
Panelist, “Impact of conditional cash transfer programs on politics and the economy,” Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco, May, 2012
Discussant, “Decolonization and indigenous resistance in transnational Mexico,” University of California, San Diego, Center for US-Mexican Studies, May, 2012
“Civic engagement among indigenous Mexican migrant youth in the Central San Joaquin Valley: Strategies, Repertoires, and Lessons,” University of California, Santa Cruz, American Indian Resource Center, April, 2012
“Common themes, cross-cutting issues and strategic challenges,” presented at “Lessons Learned on the Ground: Young Adult Civic Engagement in Central California,” University of California, Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California, Merced, CA, January, 2012
Panelist, “Foro Internacional sobre Migración Indígena,” FIOB/Instituto Oaxaqueño de Atención al Migrante, Centro Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Oct., 2011
Panelist, “Does participatory governance matter?” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Comparative Urban Studies Project, Washington, DC, May, 2011
“Síntesis de diálogos binacionales sobre el desarrollo y la migración,” [“Synthesis of Binational Dialogues on Development and Migration,” presented at the U.S.-Mexico Migration Dialogue II: Development & Migration: Encuentros y Desencuentros, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, April, 2011
“Las políticas públicas hacia la agricultura y su relación con el empleo,” [“The Relationship between Agricultural Policies and Employment”], presented at U.S.-Mexico Migration Dialogue II: Development & Migration: Encuentros y Desencuentros, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars/Casa del Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico City, April, 2011
“Subsidizing inequality: Mexican corn policy since NAFTA,” presented at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, January, 2011
“Assessing advocacy impact: How do we know what we think we know?” presented at Transparency and Accountability Initiative, San Francisco, October, 2010
“State power and clientelism,” presented at “Clientelism and Democracy in Latin America,” Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, October, 2010
“Subsidios para qué?” [“Subsidies for What?”] presented at “Subsidios para la Desigualdad,” Center for Economics Research and Teaching, (CIDE) Mexico City, Sept., 2010
“Subsidios agrícolas y nuevas políticas agroalimentarias,” [“Farm Subsidies and New Agricultural and Food Policies”] General Assembly, XV Anniversary, Asociación Nacional de Empresas Comercializadoras de Productores del Campo, Centro Médico Siglo XXI, Mexico City, September, 2010
“Siete mitos sobre subsidios agrícolas en México,” [“Seven Myths about Mexican Farm Subsidies”] presented at “Transparencia y Rendición de Cuentas en los Subsidios Agrícolas: Políticas Públicas y Modelos de Desarrollo Rural, Economics Dept., National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Sept., 2010
“Context matters: Recent trends in Latino immigrant civic engagement,” presented at: “Round Table Discussion on Latino Civic and Political Participation,”Pan Valley Institute, City Hall, Fresno, California, July, 2010
Discussant, “The Migration Industry and Precarious Employment,” at “Bodies, Brokers and Borders: Labor Market Intermediaries and Transnational Migration,” UCSC Center for Labor Studies & Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, UC Santa Cruz, April, 2010
“Lecciones aprendidas: Tres tendencias de largo plazo,” [“Lessons Learned: Three Long-Term Trends”] “One Hundred Years since the Revolution,” Mexican Students Association of Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, April, 2010
“Indigenous Mexican migrants: Recognizing ethnic difference,” UCSC Lifelong Learners, March, 2010
“The politics_of_compensating for trade adjustment: Producing inequality in rural Mexico,” Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies and College Nine, University of California, Santa Cruz, Feb. 2010
“La sociedad civil transnacional: Límites y posibilidades,” [“Transnational Civil Society: Limits and Possibilities”] 4 day seminar, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Programa de Posgrado en Antropología, Mexico City, December, 2009
“Overview” and “Conclusions,” presented at “Latino Immigrant Civic Engagement Trends,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Latin American Program/Mexico Institute, June, 2009
(with Sarah Curtis) “Chicano and Latino undergraduate graduation
trends at the University of California,” Chicano-Latino Research Center, UC Santa Cruz, May, 2009
“Introduction,” presented at “Reflection on the Marches of 2006,” UC Santa Cruz Center for Labor Studies/Santa Clara County Office of Human Relations, San Jose, April, 2009
“Luchas de la sociedad civil por reformar la política de divulgación de información del Banco Mundial: Logros y desafíos,” [“Civil Society Struggles to Reform the World Bank’s Information Disclosure Policy: Achievements and Challenges”] Taller regional de trabajo e incidencia en la revisión de las políticas de transparencia del Banco Mundial,” Fundar/Global Transparency Initiative/Bank Information Center, Mexico City, April, 2009
“Does transparency lead to accountability? Lessons from Mexican civil society experiences,” New York University, Wagner School of Public Service, Research Center for Leadership in Action, Dec., 2008
“Indigenous Mexican migrants,” presented at “Indigenous Day Conference,” Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño, Salinas Community Center, Oct., 2008
“Mexico’s right-to-know reforms: Testing the transition,” University of California, Berkeley, Center for Latin American Studies, Sept., 2008
Panelist, Foro Estatal: El derecho a la salud, ¡hagámoslo valer! (Oportunidades, Seguro Popular y los servicios de salud pública en Guerrero),” [State Forum on the Right to Health: Let’s Make it Real”] Acapulco, Guerrero, Sept., 2008
“Coalitions and movements,” presented at “Gender, Families and Immigration in Oregon,” University of Oregon, May, 2008
“Lateral resistance to top-down globalization,” presented at the American Sociological Association, New York City, August, 2007
“El acceso a la rendición de cuentas: ¿Voces individuales o colectivas?,” [Accessing Accountability: Individual and Collective Voices”] presented at: XXXVIII Reunión Nacional de Comisión Permanante de Contralores Estados – Federación, Nueva Vallarta, Nayarit, June, 2007
“El derecho a saber,” [“The Right to Know”] Semana Nacional de la Transparencia, Casa Lamm, Mexico City, June, 2007
“El acceso a la rendición de cuentas: ¿Voces individuales o colectivas?,” [Accessing Accountability: Individual and Collective Voices”] presented at “Candados y Derechos: Protección de Programas Sociales y Construcción de Ciudadanía,” United Nations Development Program, PNUD, Mexico City, April, 2007
“First Exit, Then Voice: Mapping Mexico’s Migrant Civil Society,” Mobility, Migration, and Displacement Seminar, Social Theory Program, University of Kentucky, March, 2007
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