M. Giovanna Merli, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Sociology and Global Health and Associate Director of the Duke Population Research Institute  

Office Location: 114 Rubenstein Hall
Office Phone: (919) 613-9305
Duke Box: 90312
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. (Oriental Languages and Literature), University of Venice, 1987

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Merli, M. Giovanna and Sara Hertog. "Masculine sex ratios, population age structure and the potential spread of HIV in China." Demographic Research 22.3 (2010): 63-94.
  2. Tu, Xiaowen, Chen Xiao, Fang Guanghong, Merli, M. Giovanna, Gu Weiming, Yang Yang, Gao Ersheng. "Factors associated with sexually transmitted disease infection among female sex workers in Shanghai, China." Zhongguo Gonggong Weisheng Zazhi (Chinese Journal of Public Health) (2010).
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

M. Giovanna Merli