M. Giovanna Merli, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Sociology  

Office Location: 134 Rubenstein Hall
Office Phone: 919-613-9305
Email Address: giovanna.merli@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Health Policy
    • Global Health
    • HIV/AIDS
  • Social Policy, Demography

Education:
PhD (Demography), University of Pennsylvania, 1996
M.A. (Demography), University of Pennsylvania, 1993
M.A. (International Relations), The Johns Hopkins University, 1991
B.A. Summa cum laude (Oriental Languages and Literature), University of Venice, 1987

Teaching (Fall 2009):

  • Pubpol 264.73, Adv top in public policy
    Rubenstein 149, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • Glhlth 280.03, Global health special topics Synopsis
    Rubenstein 149, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • Sociol 299.73, Selected topics Synopsis
    Rubenstein 149, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • Pubpol 307.01, Master's project i
    Sanford 224, M 04:25 PM-05:55 PM
  • Pubpol 307.03, Master's project i
    Rubenstein 151, W 04:25 PM-05:55 PM

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Merli, M. Giovanna. "The past, present and future of China’s birth planning policy." Il Politico.Rivista Italiana di Scienze Politiche (Italian Journal of Political Sciences) LXXI.3 (2006): 83-108.
  2. Merli, M. Giovanna, Sara Hertog, Bo Wang & Jing Li. "Modeling the spread of HIV/AIDS in China: The role of sexual transmission." Population Studies 60.1 (2006): 1-22.
  3. Merli, M. Giovanna, Zhenchao Qian & Herbert L. Smith. "Adaptation of a Political Bureaucracy to Economic and Institutional Change under Socialism: The Chinese State Family Planning System." Politics and Society 32.2 (2004): 231-256.
  4. Merli, M. Giovanna & Alberto Palloni. "The HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Kin Relations, Living Arrangements and the Elderly in South Africa." Aging in Africa. Ed. B. Cohen & J. Menken Washington, DC: National Academy of Science Press, 2006
  5. Wang Qian, Mo Li (M. Giovanna Merli), Wu Jie, & Bao Qian. "Yingxiang biyun fangfa xuanze de youguan yinsu” (Factors influencing the choice of contraceptive methods)." 1992 nian Zhongguo shengyulu chouyang diaocha lunwen ji (Collection of Works on the 1992 China Fertility Rate Sample Survey). Ed. Jiang Zhenghua, Zhang Erli, Chen Shengli, & Chen Jianli Beijing: China Population Publishing House, 1996: 255-263.

M. Giovanna Merli