Diana Graizbord
@dgraizbord.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology & Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UGA
Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, ND
Author of Indicators of Democracy: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33509&bottom_ref=subject
Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, ND
Author of Indicators of Democracy: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33509&bottom_ref=subject
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Diana Graizbord
@dgraizbord.bsky.social
· Dec 17
📚 New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2024)
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa
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Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa
@dgraizbord.bsky.social
@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
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SKAT New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa on November 25, 2025 Diana Graizbord is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia. Her first book, Indicat…
asaskat.com
Thank you @asaskat.bsky.social and especially @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social!
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¿Cómo se concibe el papel de la evaluación de políticas en el Modelo de Evaluación Integral que presentó INEGI?
Diana Graizbord escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos
federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/07/la-f...
Diana Graizbord escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos
federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/07/la-f...
La falta de imaginación política
El nuevo Modelo de Evaluación Integral de la Política de Desarrollo Social (MEPS), presentado por el Inegi tras la desaparición del Coneval, promete fortalecer el aprendizaje institucional. Sin embarg...
federalismo.nexos.com.mx
July 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM
¿Cómo se concibe el papel de la evaluación de políticas en el Modelo de Evaluación Integral que presentó INEGI?
Diana Graizbord escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos
federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/07/la-f...
Diana Graizbord escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos
federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/07/la-f...
Nuevo texto en Nexos(Pacto Federal): sobre el modelo de evaluación que el Inegi presentó tras la desaparición del Coneval. Mi argumento: al Inegi no le falta capacidad técnica ni rigor. Le falta imaginación política. federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/07/la-f...
La falta de imaginación política
El nuevo Modelo de Evaluación Integral de la Política de Desarrollo Social (MEPS), presentado por el Inegi tras la desaparición del Coneval, promete fortalecer el aprendizaje institucional. Sin embarg...
federalismo.nexos.com.mx
July 16, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Nuevo texto en Nexos(Pacto Federal): sobre el modelo de evaluación que el Inegi presentó tras la desaparición del Coneval. Mi argumento: al Inegi no le falta capacidad técnica ni rigor. Le falta imaginación política. federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/07/la-f...
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"What is the use of our critical theories, methods, methodologies or tools if we cannot, or worse, will not speak-up, sign petitions, or issue statements condemning a live-streamed genocide?" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The scream and accounting scholarship: the genocide in Palestine
The essay is a provocation from a Palestinian academic of critical accounting, calling on the field to break its silence on Israel’s genocide in Gaza …
www.sciencedirect.com
June 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"What is the use of our critical theories, methods, methodologies or tools if we cannot, or worse, will not speak-up, sign petitions, or issue statements condemning a live-streamed genocide?" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Nothing says "intellectual freedom" like forcing students to take mandatory conservative indoctrination classes.
Shout-out to all the embarrassing academics who believe any of this was in good faith.
Shout-out to all the embarrassing academics who believe any of this was in good faith.
A Flagship’s Civics Center Saw Low Enrollment. Now Students Will Be Required to Take Classes There.
A provision in the Iowa state budget will require all students at the University of Iowa to complete two classes at the Center for Intellectual Freedom to get their degree.
www.chronicle.com
June 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Nothing says "intellectual freedom" like forcing students to take mandatory conservative indoctrination classes.
Shout-out to all the embarrassing academics who believe any of this was in good faith.
Shout-out to all the embarrassing academics who believe any of this was in good faith.
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First Publics will host a conversation with Vanessa Gonlin (University of Georgia) and Jennifer Turner (Institute for Women’s Policy Research) on April 13, 2026 from 1-2 PM EST.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 31, 2026 at 11:09 PM
First Publics will host a conversation with Vanessa Gonlin (University of Georgia) and Jennifer Turner (Institute for Women’s Policy Research) on April 13, 2026 from 1-2 PM EST.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Moderated by me! :)
First Publics is hosting another FREE webinar on February 23 from 1-2 PM EST! Join us for a conversation with Drs. Arturo Baiocchi, Sarah Lageson, and Piper Sledge about methods for/as public engagement!
Register here: buff.ly/cqxwODK
Register here: buff.ly/cqxwODK
February 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Moderated by me! :)
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First Publics is hosting another FREE webinar on February 23 from 1-2 PM EST! Join us for a conversation with Drs. Arturo Baiocchi, Sarah Lageson, and Piper Sledge about methods for/as public engagement!
Register here: buff.ly/cqxwODK
Register here: buff.ly/cqxwODK
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
First Publics is hosting another FREE webinar on February 23 from 1-2 PM EST! Join us for a conversation with Drs. Arturo Baiocchi, Sarah Lageson, and Piper Sledge about methods for/as public engagement!
Register here: buff.ly/cqxwODK
Register here: buff.ly/cqxwODK
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The anti-DEI bullshit has always been simple racism barely even repackaged. Erasing Dr. Kings legacy was always one of the goals.
We pretend that the segregationists lost. But any defeat was temporary and they currently control all three branches of government.
We pretend that the segregationists lost. But any defeat was temporary and they currently control all three branches of government.
After 56 years, Indiana University is canceling the MLK dinner hosted by their Black Student Union.
Indiana University Cancels MLK Celebration Dinner
Indiana University in Indianapolis canceled a dinner in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. hosted annually in January by the Black Student Union, Mirror Indy reported.
www.insidehighered.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The anti-DEI bullshit has always been simple racism barely even repackaged. Erasing Dr. Kings legacy was always one of the goals.
We pretend that the segregationists lost. But any defeat was temporary and they currently control all three branches of government.
We pretend that the segregationists lost. But any defeat was temporary and they currently control all three branches of government.
Thank you @asaskat.bsky.social and especially @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social!
📚 New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2024)
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa
@dgraizbord.bsky.social
@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
asaskat.com/2025/12/12/s...
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa
@dgraizbord.bsky.social
@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
asaskat.com/2025/12/12/s...
SKAT New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa on November 25, 2025 Diana Graizbord is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia. Her first book, Indicat…
asaskat.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thank you @asaskat.bsky.social and especially @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social!
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Congratulations to Kellogg PhD Fellow Mayra Ortiz-Ocaña and Dissertation Year Fellow Laura López Pérez for their publication in Sociological Methods & Research titled "Using Focus Groups for Process Tracing: Leveraging Group Discussions for Causal Inference." Read it here: https://bit.ly/49VGzDh
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congratulations to Kellogg PhD Fellow Mayra Ortiz-Ocaña and Dissertation Year Fellow Laura López Pérez for their publication in Sociological Methods & Research titled "Using Focus Groups for Process Tracing: Leveraging Group Discussions for Causal Inference." Read it here: https://bit.ly/49VGzDh
two of my favorite sociologists and people on ZM's transition team! @alondra.bsky.social and Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
two of my favorite sociologists and people on ZM's transition team! @alondra.bsky.social and Gianpaolo Baiocchi
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On November 6, 2025 from Noon-1:30 EST, First Publics will host a conversation exploring why and how teaching research methods matters, not only for scholarship, but also for critical thinking and public engagement in light of the contemporary polycrisis.
Register here: buff.ly/rWfrkxE
Register here: buff.ly/rWfrkxE
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
On November 6, 2025 from Noon-1:30 EST, First Publics will host a conversation exploring why and how teaching research methods matters, not only for scholarship, but also for critical thinking and public engagement in light of the contemporary polycrisis.
Register here: buff.ly/rWfrkxE
Register here: buff.ly/rWfrkxE
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
This essay by sociologist Marco Garrido is so good. Essential reading for Latin Americanists. doi.org/10.1177/0735...
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July 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This essay by sociologist Marco Garrido is so good. Essential reading for Latin Americanists. doi.org/10.1177/0735...
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Thrilled that @benbraun.bsky.social will join the IAS School of Social Science as a visiting professor in 2026 and will convene this crucial discussion on "Emerging Forces in Global Political Economy." ✨
Apply to join this seminar or with another topic of your choosing: www.ias.edu/sss/sss-fell...
Apply to join this seminar or with another topic of your choosing: www.ias.edu/sss/sss-fell...
June 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Thrilled that @benbraun.bsky.social will join the IAS School of Social Science as a visiting professor in 2026 and will convene this crucial discussion on "Emerging Forces in Global Political Economy." ✨
Apply to join this seminar or with another topic of your choosing: www.ias.edu/sss/sss-fell...
Apply to join this seminar or with another topic of your choosing: www.ias.edu/sss/sss-fell...
NYC giving me much needed hope this morning. 🤩
June 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NYC giving me much needed hope this morning. 🤩
Thank you to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social and especially Sebastián Rojas Cabal for giving me the opportunity to talk about my book, Indicators of Democracy (and so much more!) newbooksnetwork.com/indicators-o...
Diana Graizbord, "Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico" (Stanford UP, 2024) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thank you to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social and especially Sebastián Rojas Cabal for giving me the opportunity to talk about my book, Indicators of Democracy (and so much more!) newbooksnetwork.com/indicators-o...
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Steven Levitsky on why the U.S. is now a competitive authoritarian regime and can't be considered a democracy.
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
April 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Steven Levitsky on why the U.S. is now a competitive authoritarian regime and can't be considered a democracy.
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
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Big ups to the Columbia trustees and administrators who convinced these absolute cretins they had the recipe to destroy American higher education.
Breaking News: The Trump administration intends to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants for Brown University.
Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University
The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Big ups to the Columbia trustees and administrators who convinced these absolute cretins they had the recipe to destroy American higher education.
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March saw the third-highest number of layoffs in U.S. history, and 80% of them were caused by DOGE
This was before the tariffs
It's just...unbelievable
This was before the tariffs
It's just...unbelievable
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
March saw the third-highest number of layoffs in U.S. history, and 80% of them were caused by DOGE
This was before the tariffs
It's just...unbelievable
This was before the tariffs
It's just...unbelievable
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death cult demands more death asociologist.com/2025/04/01/d...
April 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
death cult demands more death asociologist.com/2025/04/01/d...
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México no es el único país que está llevando cada vez más atribuciones al ámbito federal
¿Por qué los sistemas federales están centralizando la capacidad de legislar?
Joel Mendoza Gómez escribe en el blog de federalismo en Nexos
federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2025/03/noso...
¿Por qué los sistemas federales están centralizando la capacidad de legislar?
Joel Mendoza Gómez escribe en el blog de federalismo en Nexos
federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2025/03/noso...
Nosotros lo haríamos mejor: centralización federal y nacionalización de los sistemas de partidos
¿Por qué las legislaturas locales tienen agendas cada vez más vacías y legislan sobre cada vez menos asuntos? ¿A qué se debe que cada vez más áreas de política pública sean potestad de las legislatura...
federalismo.nexos.com.mx
March 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
México no es el único país que está llevando cada vez más atribuciones al ámbito federal
¿Por qué los sistemas federales están centralizando la capacidad de legislar?
Joel Mendoza Gómez escribe en el blog de federalismo en Nexos
federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2025/03/noso...
¿Por qué los sistemas federales están centralizando la capacidad de legislar?
Joel Mendoza Gómez escribe en el blog de federalismo en Nexos
federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2025/03/noso...
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Yesterday, my dear friend, the extraordinary Colombian sociologist, Tatiana Andia passed away. She did so on her own terms, dying in the manner that she lived. Her courage, her laughter, her wit, her love in the face of cancer leaves us with many lessons, most of all about how to live.
Se acabó la fiesta, la última columna de Tatiana Andia
Este 26 de febrero falleció la profesora Tatiana Andia, rodeada de su familia. Una de sus últimas voluntades fue publicar esta columna
www.elespectador.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Yesterday, my dear friend, the extraordinary Colombian sociologist, Tatiana Andia passed away. She did so on her own terms, dying in the manner that she lived. Her courage, her laughter, her wit, her love in the face of cancer leaves us with many lessons, most of all about how to live.
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Powerful statement from the Data Foundation. “"These abrupt changes to data and evaluation systems across government take away the very tools we need to understand program effectiveness and ensure public dollars are well spent,"
datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
Data Foundation Statement on Changes to Federal Evaluation Activities
Data Foundation documents rapid changes to federal evaluation capacity, including elimination of research offices across agencies, threatening government's ability to measure program effectiveness.
datafoundation.org
February 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Powerful statement from the Data Foundation. “"These abrupt changes to data and evaluation systems across government take away the very tools we need to understand program effectiveness and ensure public dollars are well spent,"
datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
datafoundation.org/news/press-r...