Costa, María Alejandra, and Daniel Mallinson. Co-Chairs of the panel “Evidence & Policy.” Accepted for presentation at the Conference on Policy Process Research (COPPR), January 2026. Bern, Switzerland. Manuscript: When Crises Disrupt — and When They Don’t: Evidence and Pharmaceutical Regulation in Argentina and the United States.
Costa, María Alejandra, and Juliana Corrêa. Co-Chairs of the panel “Who Frames What (and When)? Strategic Meaning-Making in the Policy Process.” Accepted for presentation at the Conference on Policy Process Research (COPPR), January 2026. Bern, Switzerland. Manuscript: Why Does One Health Break Down in Practice? Advocacy Coalitions and the Limits of AMR Governance in Brazil.
Past Conferences
Costa, María Alejandra, and Jose Ignacio Nazif-Munoz. Co-Chair of the panel "From Crisis to Opportunity: Exploring the Transformation of Health Regulation and Public Health Innovation Policies Amidst Global Challenges." Accepted for presentation at the International Public Policy Association (IPPA) Conference, July 2025. Chiang Mai, Thailand: University School of Public Policy.
Costa, María Alejandra and Luana Forlini. "The Making of Pharmaceutical Business Power in Crisis: State-Led Selection and Vaccine Politics in Argentina". Paper presented at the International Public Policy Association (IPPA) Conference, July 2025. Chiang Mai, Thailand: University School of Public Policy.
Costa, María Alejandra and Luana Forlini. "The Making of Pharmaceutical Business Power in Crisis: State-Led Selection and Vaccine Politics in Argentina". Paper presented at the REPAL Conference (Latin American Political Economy Network), June 26-27, 2025. São Paulo: Fundação Getulio Vargas.
Costa, María Alejandra. "From Local Laboratories to Global Norms: Examining Argentina’s Vaccine Regulation Amid International Standards." Paper presented at the European Union in International Affairs (EUIA) Conference, May 21-23, 2025, Brussels.
Costa, María Alejandra and Éric Montpetit. "EN TEMPS DE CRISE, QUI DÉCIDE VRAIMENT DE L’USAGE DES RECOMMANDATIONS EXPERTES ? LE CAS DU BRÉSIL PENDANT LA COVID-19." Paper presented at Colloque des Cycles Supérieurs du Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), April 30. Montréal, QC.
Costa, María Alejandra. "AT THE CROSSROADS: PUBLIC OPINION, HEALTH POLICY CAPACITY, AND POLICY AGENDAS DURING COVID-19 IN BRAZIL". Paper presented at the MidWest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, April 3-6, 2025. Chicago, IL.
Costa, María Alejandra. "Learning from the Crisis: The Role of Evidence in Shaping Vaccine Approvals by Argentina’s Health Regulatory Agency after COVID-19." Paper presented at the MidWest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, April 3-6, 2025. Chicago, IL.
Costa, María Alejandra. "Vaccine Choices under Scarcity: How Political Economy Shaped Responses to COVID-19 in Argentina and Brazil." Invited speaker at the Pesquisa em Foco, November 22, 2024. Minas Gerais: Federal University of Viçosa (UFV).
Costa, María Alejandra and Éric Montpetit. “State Capacity and Agenda Setting: Explaining Variation in Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazilian States.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Policy Process Research (COPPR), May 14-16, 2024. New York: University of Syracuse.
Costa, María Alejandra and Éric Montpetit. “Media attention and the speed of public policy in the environmental crisis in Brazil.” Paper presented to the Annual Conference of Latin American Studies Association (LASA), May 24-27, 2023. Vancouver, Canada.
Costa, María Alejandra and Éric Montpetit. “Attention to wicked problems and state capacity: Agroenvironmental topics in Brazil.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Policy Process Research (COPPR), January 12-14, 2023. Denver: University of Denver.
Costa, María Alejandra. “Weakening state capacity and wicked problems in Brazil.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Americas Barometer “The Public and Democracy in the Americas”, September 30-October 1, 2022. Antigua, Guatemala.
Lemor, Antoine, María Alejandra Costa, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay and Éric Montpetit. “Evidence against time: experts influence erosion during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Paper presented at the International Workshop of the Public Policy Association (IPPA), June 28-30, 2022. Budapest: Corvinus University.
Lemor, Antoine, María Alejandra Costa, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay and Éric Montpetit. “Des preuves contre le temps: érosion de l'influence des experts durant la pandémie de COVID-19 au Québec.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), June 2, 2022.
Lemor, Antoine and María Alejandra Costa. “La science contre le temps : l’usure de l’influence des experts lors de la pandémie de COVID-19 au Québec." Paper presented at the 89th Congress of Acfas, May 13, 2022. Québec: Laval University.