Giselle Datz
Associate Professor of Government & International Affairs, Virginia Tech, USA
Longevity as transferable ‘risk’: the new financial dynamics of ageing
Giselle Datz - 10 May 2017Longevity as transferable ‘risk’: the new financial dynamics of ageing
Transfers between defined benefit pension schemes and (re)insurance companies are expanding the landscape of retirement risk shifts
Rio and the surreal: The 2016 Olympic Games in a ‘glocal’ context
Giselle Datz - 11 August 2016Rio and the surreal: The 2016 Olympic Games in a ‘glocal’ context
Paradoxically ritualistic and idiosyncratic, the Rio Olympics are set against a background of perplexing global and local dynamics which converge around the challenge of resilience.
Rio de Janeiro beyond the Olympic Games and the Zika controversy
Giselle Datz - 03 June 2016Rio de Janeiro beyond the Olympic Games and the Zika controversy
The real malaise of Rio is not just the Zika virus epidemic, but a fiscal and governance crisis that has engendered its own set of increasing dangers
Brazil on the edge: rhetoric and reality in Rousseff’s impeachment proceeding
Giselle Datz - 22 April 2016Brazil on the edge: rhetoric and reality in Rousseff’s impeachment proceeding
Despite claims of a coup, Brazilian democracy has proved more resilient so far than the country’s crumbling economy