Conference Schedule

Friday, October 23, 2026

Time	Schedule of Events
9:00 am	Welcome
9:30 am	Opening Remarks
9:45 am	Panel 1: Climate Change The Climate Resilience of Human-Fungi Networks Victor Corona, Assistant Professor of Sociology, West Los Angeles College, California 2003-04 Fox Fellow to El Colegio de México A Just Transition to Electric Vehicles? Worker Representatives and the Legitimacy of Restructuring in the Auto Industry Tobias Zimmermann, Project Leader, Agora Verkehrswende (Berlin, Germany) 2024-25 Fox Fellow from the Freie University of Berlin, Germany Greening the Global Supply Chain: Foreign Input Supply Shocks Reduce Indian Manufacturing Carbon Intensity Rumi Azim, Research Associate, The Energy and Resource Institute (New Delhi, India) 2023-24 Fox Fellow from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Breaking Dependence? Navigating Fossil Fuel Constraints and Climate Politics in Japan and Norway William Hopkinson, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne, Australia 2024-25 Fox Fellow from the University of Melbourne, Australia
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	Panel 2: Technological Innovation and Ethics Judging by Prediction: Statistical Evidence, AI, and Legal Responsibility Lara Benitez, JSD Candidate, Yale Law School 2023-24 Fox Fellow from the University of San Andrés, Argentina Competing Models of Technological Sovereignty in the Emerging Global Technology Order Ryan Nabil, Independent Researcher and Policy Adviser (Washington, DC) 2020-21 Fox Fellow to Sciences Po Paris, France Building a Representative Movement: A Case Study in the AI Global Risk Response Hannah Barrios, MPhil Student and Incoming PhD Student, University of Cambridge, England 2025-26 Fox Fellow to the University of Cambridge, England
12:45 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Panel 3: Ethno-nationalism and Populism Why Do Voters Tolerate Criminal Politicians? Seiki Tanaka, Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Groningen, Netherlands 2008-09 Fox Fellow from the University of Tokyo, Japan Battling for Hearts and Minds: The Effect of Curriculum Reform on Attitudes Toward Religious Minorities in India Nikhitha Mary Mathew, Research Consultant, World Bank 2024-25 Fox Fellow from the National University of Singapore, Singapore From Pan-Asianism to Nationalism: Populism and Ethno-Nationalism in Chinese Asianist Discourse Gecheng Zhang, Research Assistant, China Foreign Affairs University, China 2023-24 Fox Fellow from the University of Tokyo, Japan The Andean Utopia, Andean Nationalism, and the Contemporary Reconfiguration of Ethnonationalism in the Global South Nathan Huanacune, PhD Student, University of Cambridge, England 2023-24 Fox Fellow from the University of Cambridge, England
3:30 pm	Afternoon Refreshments
3:45 pm	Panel 4: Democracy and Social Justice in Latin-America Mapping Spatial Justice Across Energy Projects and Indigenous Territories in Argentina Luciana Tapia Rattaro, Position, Institution 2025-26 Fox Fellow from the University of San Andrés, Argentina Antimonumentos and the Politics of Contested Time Alexandra Delano, Professor of Politics and Global Studies, The New School, New York 2002-03 Fox Fellow from El Colegio de México Informal Presidential Speech and Democratic Erosion in Times of Populism Diego Romero Rivero, PhD Student, University of Cambridge, England 2025-26 Fox Fellow from the University of Cambridge, England Beyond Backlash: Reactive and Proactive Anti-Gender Reforms in Latin America Paolo Sosa-Villagarcia, PhD Student, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 2019-2020 Fox Fellow from the University of British Columbia, Canada
5:00 pm	Closing Remarks by Professor Laura Adler
6:00 pm	Cocktails & Dinner
9:00 pm