Select International Presentations

“Governança da água e justiça social em São Paulo, Brasil.” Congreso: Sociology of Law on the Move, Unilasalle. Seminario Internacional “Jueces y Ciudades en América Latina,” patrocinado por ISA/RCLS/IRGLUS (Grupo Internacional de Investigación sobre Derecho y Espacio Urbano), May 7, 2015, Canoas, Brasil.

“Human Rights vs. ‘Right to the City’: Comparative evidence on the capacity of law to promote urban justice.” Conference: Sociology of Law on the Move, Unilasalle. Panel “Law and the Right to the City,” sponsored by ISA/RCSL/IRGLUS (International Research Group on Law and Urban Space), May 6, 2015, Canoas, Brazil

“Direito e transformação social em São Paulo e Joanesburgo: perspectivas comparativas sobre a governação da água.” University of São Paulo, Graduate Program in Environmental Science (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Ambiental: PROCAM), August 11, 2014, São Paulo, Brasil.

“Governança ambiental e intervenção judicial: implicações pelos direitos humanos.” 2º ENINTAU - Encontro Internacional de Ambiente Urbano: “Cidades Resilientes.” Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Grupo de Pesquisa Meio Ambiente Urbano (CNPq/PUC-SP), August 8, 2014, São Paulo, Brasil.

“Policy legalization, environmental governance, and the right to water in Brazil.” Latin American Studies Association Meeting, May 2012, San Francisco, CA.

“Spatial Distribution of Access to Water and Sanitation in Megacities of Developing World: A Comparative Analysis of Conflicting Principles, Policy Dilemmas, and Institutional Innovations” (with Rimjhim Aggarwal). International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC), Oct. 2010, Tempe, AZ.

“Conflicting Principles of Water & Sanitation Management in the Context of Rapid Urbanization: A Comparative Analysis of Delhi, São Paulo, and Johannesburg” (with Rimjhim Aggarwal). International Association for the Study of the Commons, North American Regional Meeting, Sep. 30 - Oct. 2, 2010, Tempe, AZ.

Select U.S. Presentations

“What does Comparative Historical Sociology offer for understanding human rights and global environmental change?” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 24, 2015, Chicago, IL

“MAPs Framework for understanding rights realization.” International conference, “How Do We Know What We Know? Charting the Future for Human Rights Documentation and Analysis,” January 23-24, 2015, Arizona State University.

“New forms of environmental governance in São Paulo: Implications for human rights.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Aug 12, 2013, New York, NY.

“Introduction: Making sense of the multiple and complex pathways by which human rights are realized.” (co-author-Robin Stryker). Law and Society Association (LSA) Annual Meeting, May 31, 2013, Boston, MA.

 “Deepening our understanding of rights realization through mapping: Integrating census data and participatory GIS” (with Rimjhim Aggarwal). Law and Society Association (LSA) Annual Meeting, May 31, 2013, Boston, MA.

“Making sense of the multiple and complex pathways by which human rights are realized” (co-author-Robin Stryker). Framing paper for NSF-sponsored workshop (co-organized with Robin Stryker) “Rights and Their Translation into Practice: Toward a Synthetic Framework” Second Workshop. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, November 2012, Tucson, AZ.

“Policy legalization, environmental governance, and the right to water in Brazil.” Law and Society Association (LSA) Annual Meeting, June 2012, Honolulu, HI.

“Test of our Progress: The Translation of Economic and Social Rights Norms into Practice” (co-author-Rimjhim Aggarwal). Framing paper for NSF-sponsored workshop (co-organized with Robin Stryker) “Rights and Their Translation into Practice: Toward a Synthetic Framework.” Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, April 2011, Tucson, AZ.

“Social Rights and Justiciability: Challenges of Water and Sanitation Management in Urban Slums.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Aug 2010, Atlanta, GA.