Merike Blofield
@merikeblofield.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science | global health, social, family & gender policy, Latin America | University of Hamburg | Finnish-Canadian, spent 25 years in the US and South America. Latin Americanist at heart.
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 4mo agoNEW ISSUE - Latin American Politics and Society - Volume 68 - Issue 1 - https://cup.org/4rU8sSm w/ papers by @rcastrocornejo.bsky.social, @merikeblofield.bsky.social, @ecalvo68.bsky.social, @juangelvezf.bsky.social, @juancangulo.bsky.social & more
On violence against women, a large gap between laws & their implementation exists. Yet we have few tools to measure it. Our @lancetgh.bsky.social article draws on admin & survey data on IPV survivors to assess the “recognition gap” across countries www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @giga-hamburg.de
Gaps in government recognition of the service needs of women who experience intimate partner violence: a comparative case study analysis of policies and implementation across eight countries
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a substantial health and human rights concern. Governmental policies to address IPV are well-documented, but most available evidence on implementation focuses on spe...
thelancet.com
Colleagues! We are recruiting a scholar of Latin American politics, doing excellent & policy relevan research. If this soudns like you & you are interested in pursuing a career in Europe, this 3+3 post-doc might be the perfect opportunity. www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/po...?
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) in Latin American Politics
The GIGA seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) in Latin American Politics Applications are invited for a full-time position, with an initial contract of three years and the possibili...
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My god, I did not expect from the headline (which was bad enough on its face) just *how* bad this situation actually was. You have to read the article to realize it.
Couple Says ICE Agents Gassed Them as They Drove With 6 Children
nytimes.com
Dear Hamburg based friends and colleagues, Come join us for an incisive roundtable event Thursday at noon, where our regional experts discuss the global political and strategic Implications of US Intervention in Venezuela. Details below @giga-hamburg.de www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...
Global Implications of US Intervention in Venezuela
The consequences of the US administration’s military intervention in Venezuela to capture former president Nicolás Maduro, and Trump’s pledge to “run” the country indefinitely via interim president De...
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Some Head Start early childhood programs are being told by the federal government to remove a list of nearly 200 words and phrases from their funding applications or face denial. The words include "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" and "women."
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
npr.org
Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
Nailed. It. This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. It’s that simple.
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨 We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social Any questions, please reach out to me 📣 Please share! 📣 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Paterson NJ is ~65% Hispanic, ~20% Black, ~10% white. I’m sure that’s not at all a coincidence. Democracy literally dies in bomb threats.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 9mo agoAcross New Jersey, bomb threats at multiple polling locations have prompted closures and relocations today
So many own goals. Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product
When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.
I am excited for this challenge @GIGA, where our goal is to produce policy-relevant social scientific research for the benefit of society. This mission is esp. important now & I look forward to working w//colleagues in & outside GIGA @redpolitologas.bsky.social www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/mer...
Merike Blofield Assumes Directorship of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies
Prof. Dr. Merike Blofield took up her position as Director of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies on 1 September 2025. Her appointment will strengthen the social scientific study of Latin Am...
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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)@giga-hamburg.de · 11mo agoWelcome, @merikeblofield.bsky.social who joins the #GIGA as Director of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies. Her expertise in social policy will enrich our research and deepen ties with @uni-hamburg.de. 🎉 Thanks to @millanos.bsky.social & @berthoffmann.bsky.social for their leadership! 🤝
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
When I worked in the Michigan Senate Repubs would let us know they had a family member w a particular medical problem, bc they would vote w their caucus on nearly everything but the rare times they voted w Dems it was on amendments about a particular medical problem www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
And every year they crown the "Tax King" and the "Tax Queen", i.e. the man and woman that paid the most taxes in Iceland that year.
Two months after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, in June 2022, Idaho’s trigger ban outlawing most abortions—one of the strictest nationwide—took effect. According to a new peer-reviewed paper study, Idaho lost more than a third of its OBs—94 of 268 total—afterwards.
Idaho lost one in three obstetricians after its abortion ban
New research confirms: Crackdowns on reproductive rights have harmful ripple effects across local health care.
motherjones.com
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza. This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
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Die Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg droht eine Professur für Internationale Beziehungen zu verlieren. Bitte teilt und unterschreibt den Protestbrief auf uhh-ib-erhalten.de
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
