Last Friday, I was honored to receive the Prize of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for Substantial Scientific Achievements at the Polish Science Gala in Warsaw. It was a gala to remember!

Thrilled to take part in the Unwritten Constitutionalism and Informality Conference (Feb 10–11) at Masaryk University, Brno. Today I presented my paper “Unwrittenness and Informality: the significance of conceptual divergences.” Grateful for the insightful draft-based feedback!

We kicked of the Unwritten Constitutionalism & Informality Conference today in Brno bettween JUSTIN and the UCNP project @ucnpproject.bsky.social organized also with Durham, EUI & uOttawa, within the ERC INFINITY & UCNP projects at Masaryk University.

Our article “Informal Institutions in Judicial Decision-Making: A Study of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal” (with Prof. Piotr Tuleja) is now online first in @euconst.bsky.social It's great to have yearly feedback on informal institutions by @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S157...

🚨PUBLICATION ALERT🚨 Prof. @mauroarturo.bsky.social, project’s leader, co-authored with Prof. @jalfonsoherrera.bsky.social the Mexican report published in the Global Review of Constitutional Law 2024 (eds. Richard Albert, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna, Giulia Andrade). Congratulations, Professor!

I am delighted to share that I have signed a contract for my forthcoming book, “Informal Institutions in Judicial Decision-Making,” with Taylor & Francis. The book is scheduled for publication in 2026 by Routledge (Focus Series).

Great to be in Prague for the European Law Abound Conference at Charles University. I presented a paper co-authored with Prof. Piotr Tuleja on informal institutions in the Polish Constitutional Tribunal. A pleasure to meet so many friends and colleagues!

If you are in Prague, join us for the European Law Abound Conference. I will be participating in Panel 3.21: Judicial Dialogue and National Constitutional Courts at 15.15. Come to this great discussion at Charles University.

And our Team is complete! Dr. Vahid Taghvaee joins the Zugzwang team. Holding a PhD in economics, he joins the University of Silesia in Katowice. We are sure that Dr. Taghvaee’s expertise will be crucial for the team to dive deep into the empirical part of the project! Welcome to the team!

A trip to Dubrovnik (Croatia). Sea, waves, and a pen. I am starting to really enjoy "computer-free" academic writing.

Today, I presented my paper “Zugzwang Court Unpacking,” analyzing cyclical court packing through a case study of the Mexican jurisdiction at the #ECPR2025 in @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social Excellent feedback from @johank76.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy (discussant) and the rest of the participants.

We have more excellent artwork and more studies of judicial capture in 🇲🇽! Mauro Arturo Rivera Leon presenting his #ecprgc25 paper on cyclical court packing!

The @ncn.gov.pl-funded project “Constitutional Zugzwang: Towards an amendment theory on constitutional momentum” is getting started! But what is a Zugzwang itself? That's what we'll tell you about soon. For now, we welcome you to our profile and encourage you to follow it!

Proud to be featured in Chronicles of Silesian Science 2024. My project on supermajority rules in constitutional courts, funded by EEA Grants, was a big adventure. Silesia has become special for me. It has given me an academic home and new friendships.

It always feels different having a book in your hand. I am happy to have recieved a printed copy of this book containing my chapter, Undermining Judicial Independence: Chief Justices and Political Alignment in Mexico's Judicial Politics

As every year, I had the pleasure of writing the 2023 Mexican report with A. Herrera and I. Spigno for the «Global Review of Constitutional Law» edited by @richardalbert.bsky.social, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna and Giulia Andrade. The book is out OA! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I am very happy that my chapter "Undermining Judicial Independence: Chief Justices and Political Alignment in Mexico's Judicial Politics" is finally out. Congrats to Nauman Reayat, Rhona Smith, and Moohyung Cho for a wonderful edited book!

I am excited to share that my paper "Analyzing Constitutional Courts as Centralizers and the Impact of Supermajority Rules: A Dataset on the Federalism Conflicts on the Unconstitutionality of Laws in Mexico" is out and Open Access in #DatainBrief from Elsevier