New issue of the Journal of Politics in #LatinAmerica out! It examines how political trust shapes citizen behaviour in unequal contexts, models of constitution-making in #Brazil and #Chile, how people relate to the police, and more. ➡️Read: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/new...

From the Kellogg Violence and Transitional Justice Policy and Practice Research Lab - get your copy today!

📚 Best Book in Foreign Policy Analysis. Winner: Luis Schenoni, Bringing War Back In Victory, Defeat, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Latin America @llschenoni.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org cambridge.org/core/books/bringing-war-back-in/849FF87CA1DC04EDE8657C90F00D9504

This coming week at the University of Richmond! 💚 I will be also offering a food studies workshop with my dear and brilliant colleague, Karina Vazquez. It is actually a great excuse to learn from her! 💖

Interested in hearing from FIU experts on Cuba? Check out the website “Understanding Cuba’s Uncertain Future,” which features PIR Professors Pedreira, Gamarra, and Moreno. Find it here: news.fiu.edu/2026/underst...

Happy to share my new paper published in @LAPSjournal. Do voters take into account the deaths of family members and close friends when evaluating the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly when that response is problematic or even negligent? bit.ly/3MBjEDW

So proud to be a part of this intellectual community research.nd.edu/news-and-eve...

📢 The LAPIS Best Paper Committee extended the deadline for the LASA 2025 Best Paper Award to Feb 13, 2026. To nominate, you must be an active section member. If you’re not a LASA member, join via Friends of LASA.

📢 El Comité del Mejor Paper de LAPIS extendió el deadline del premio al mejor paper presentado en LASA 2025 hasta el 13 feb 2026. Para nominar, debe ser miembro activo. Si no es miembro LASA, puede unirse vía Friends of LASA.

La reforma judicial introdujo los Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial como pieza clave para investigar, sancionar o evaluar el desempeño de jueces y magistrados en todo el país Ricardo Alexys Valencia escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/01/trib...

Apply to join UCL’s Institute of the Americas as Lecturer in International Relations of the Americas 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

The AIM-3D Lab is a new Kellogg Research, Policy & Practice Lab sponsored with @lucyinstitute-nd.bsky.social. Led by Michael Coppedge and Dmitry Zaytsev and others, the team uses AI to model and forecast democratic and autocratic change worldwide. See their new website: https://sites.nd.edu/aim3d/

Just accepted for publication at Socio-Economic Review, my new paper co-authored with brilliant Princeton undergraduate Aishwarya Swamidurai! The "power to pollute" and "post-neoliberal" climate finance

Interested in studying in Germany? Come to the information session about available programs on Feb. 6. More info here: miamieuc.fiu.edu/events/gener...

How does democracy erode when the state itself is weakened? In The Democracy Paradox, Javier Pérez Sandoval (Kellogg Institute) explains why populist leaders "hollow out" state capacity – and what that means for justice, security, and elections. Listen: https://bit.ly/4qW9i0d

We are pleased to announce that the call for the 4th Annual Early Career Workshop on Social Science Approaches to Law and Courts is now live. If you are a PhD student or postdoc working in this area, you can send us your abstract via this link: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Escucha el episodio más reciente del podcast Global Stage con la artista cubana Tania Bruguera sobre la relación entre arte, política y vida cotidiana: https://bit.ly/3NNzeMR #performanceart #cuba #latinamerica

Want expert commentary on Venezuela? Media appearances by FIU Green School faculty can be found here: sipa.fiu.edu/news-events/...

How institutional arrangements and coordination practices influence the temporal evolution and layering of policy design choices? Acciai & Terlizzi The Role of Institutions in Policy Design Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 Recordatorio final: Las nominaciones para el Premio al Mejor Artículo LAPIS 2025 cierran el 23 de enero. Celebra la investigación innovadora en política latinoamericana—¡envía una nominación antes de la fecha límite! Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

⏰ Recordatorio: ¡Ya están abiertas las nominaciones LAPIS 2025! Presenta nominaciones para el Premio Donna Lee Van Cott antes de enero 16. No pierdas la oportunidad de reconocer investigaciones destacadas sobre instituciones políticas en América Latina. Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

📣 Final reminder: Nominations for the LAPIS Best Paper Award 2025 close January 23. Celebrate innovative research in Latin American politics—submit a nomination before the deadline! More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

⏰ Reminder: LAPIS 2025 nominations are open! Submit nominations for the Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award by January 16. Don’t miss the chance to recognize outstanding scholarship in Latin American political institutions. More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

Open call for papers, Economic Analysis of Regulation. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on April 24, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on February 10, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...

📣 Junior scholars in public law & courts! The Junior Law & Politics Research Community is accepting proposals for our Spring 2026 virtual seminar series. Grad students, postdocs & junior faculty encouraged to apply! ⏰ Deadline: Jan 12, 2026 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The US intervention in #Venezuela raises questions: What are the real interests of the #Trump administration? What does the future hold for Venezuela without #Maduro? ➡️ Our Latin America experts shed light on the background and analyse current developments: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/us-...

PIR’s Dr. Eduardo Gamarra was recently featured in NPR’s “U.S. interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean haven't always gone as planned.” Read it here: www.npr.org/2026/01/02/n...

🚨Just a week left to apply for the 2025 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award. Deadline is January 16, 2026. The instructions to apply are here: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

🚨Just a week left to apply for the 2025 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award. Deadline is January 16, 2026. The instructions to apply are here: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

✨The NLP+CSS workshop is returning to ACL 2026!✨ And this year, we have a new shared task with prizes! Website/CfP: sites.google.com/site/nlpandc... Deadlines: March 5 (direct), March 24 (pre-reviewed ARR) #NLProc #CompSocialSci #ComputationalSocialScience #ACL2026NLP @aclmeeting.bsky.social

📢 Call for Nominations – LAPIS (2025) Now open: 🏆 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline Jan 16) 🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

📢 LAPIS abre nominaciones 2025: 🔹 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline: 16 enero) 🔹Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

📢 Call for Nominations – LAPIS (2025) Now open: 🏆 Best Paper Award (deadline Jan 23). 🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

📢LAPIS abre nominaciones 2025: 🔹 Best Paper Award (deadline: 23 enero) Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

‼️ New working paper ‼️ We find bipartisan appeals credibly signal policymaking intentions—on an issue-by-issue basis We show how and why bipartisan lawmaking persists amid congressional conflict: progress often comes through issue-specific pathways rather than broad consensus between Ds and Rs 🧵👇

🎙️ Nuevo en Global Stage: Luis Schiumerini (Notre Dame/Kellogg) explica por qué gobernar puede ser una ventaja o una desventaja electoral en América Latina. Expectativas vs. capacidad real de los gobiernos locales. 🔗 Escucha en el link: https://bit.ly/4rLjjhs #GlobalStage #KelloggInstitute

He visto cómo las vacas sagradas de la economía en mi juventud fueron pasando de moda. Las de hoy también pasarán. En este video hablo sobre ese ciclo: las modas intelectuales en la disciplina y cómo moldean lo que estudiamos y discutimos. youtu.be/8hdvEp63VP0

"A robust pastoral plan across the country against mass deportation that recognizes Christ in the migrant is needed urgently for the even darker days ahead." – David Lantigua, "For Catholics, Mass Deportations are Immoral," National Catholic Reporter Read more: https://bit.ly/48ZzSip

📢Nuevo episodio del podcast de América Latina Hoy Presentamos “El encanto del personalismo: explicando el ascenso de Nayib Bukele en El Salvador” @dielujan77.bsky.social y @gonzapuig89.bsky.social (FCS-UDELAR) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAf5... @ceciliarodriguez.bsky.social @fco-sanchez.bsky.social

La Ley General de Cambio Climático establece la concurrencia de facultades de los tres órdenes de gobierno @jorge-guzman.bsky.social escribe al respecto en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2025/11/la-o...

PIR’s Dr. Eduardo Gamarra and Dr. Erich de la Fuente recently conducted the 2025 Latin American Country Risk Index and Analysis, and their work was featured in Americas Quarterly. Read the article about it here: americasquarterly.org/article/lati...

🎧 New Democracy Paradox episode: Kellogg affiliate Alejandro González Ruiz introduces Justin Kempf’s conversation with Adam Przeworski on populism, inequality, and what truly defines democracy. Listen online: https://bit.ly/3Mh3NK1 or wherever you get podcasts. @adamprz.bsky.social

Quizás te interesa acompañarnos mañana. Esperamos que sea el comienzo de una renovada discusión sobre los legislativos en América Latina. Estaremos online con @milagroscampos.bsky.social en el coloquio iberoamericano del Max Planck Institut

New paper out in @globalpolicy.bsky.social Development Lending and Debt Discipline: The Political Economy of External Finance in Brazil onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The latest episode of Global Stage features a conversation with S.Y. Quraishi, former chief election commissioner of India, on the vital role of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) in guaranteeing free and fair elections. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or online: https://bit.ly/3JSE4qw

Last week, we announced the talk by Josephine Lechartre, and for those who couldn’t join us live, here is the full recording. 🎥✨ 👉 youtu.be/h4GKUgdYf4s?... Enjoy!

La semana pasada anunciamos la charla de Josephine Lechartre, y para quienes no pudieron acompañarnos en vivo, aquí les dejamos la grabación completa. 🎥✨ 👉 youtu.be/h4GKUgdYf4s?... ¡Que la disfruten!

Acompáñennos en la primera presentación de Charlemos del semestre, con Joséphine Lechartre. Consulten el cartel para más detalles y regístrense aquí; recibirán el enlace de Zoom el día del evento: forms.monday.com/forms/e0aefb...

Join us for the first Charlemos presentation of the semester featuring Joséphine Lechartre. Check the flyer for details and register here, you’ll get the Zoom link the day of the event: forms.monday.com/forms/e0aefb...

Explore Laura Neftaly López-Pérez’s dissertation research in this short video. She examines how relatives – especially women – of the disappeared mobilize and demand justice after violent conflict in Latin America, focusing on Mexico’s criminal wars.