Overview

Emily Jackson researches gender, public opinion, reproductive politics, social movements, and civic engagement in Latin America and the United States. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Cornell University's Department of Government and a Research Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Her comparative research on abortion activism and policy implementation in Argentina, Colombia, and Costa Rica draws on semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and cross-national survey data. She also studies women's experiences in peace and security operations through the Gender and Security Sector Lab. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Comparative Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Politics, Groups, and Identities, and International Studies Perspectives.

Research focus
  • Reproductive politics
  • Gender and public opinion
  • Social movements
  • Civic engagement
  • Women, peace & security
Methods
  • Semi-structured interviews
  • Focus groups
  • Cross-national survey research
  • Causal inference
Region

Latin America; United States

Languages

Spanish

How this supports clients

Use for stakeholder and public-opinion research, gender policy, WPS, social movements, and politically sensitive reforms in Latin America and the United States.

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