Inés Pousadela

Inés Pousadela is Senior Research Specialist with CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. She is also the Open Government Partnership’s IRM researcher for Argentina and teaches Comparative Politics and Global Civil Society at Universidad ORT in Montevideo, Uruguay. A political scientist by training, she has produced several books, chapters and journal articles on democratization, political representation, social mobilization, participation and accountability, as well as resources for civil society practitioners in Latin America. Prior to joining CIVICUS, she alternated between academic research in the area of Latin American studies, and independent consultancy with NGOs and international organizations.