Today, I celebrate my 5th anniversary as a professor of comparative politics at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito ! #USFQ

New article: "Favouring the incumbent... again? Exploring the voting behaviour of non-resident citizens in the 2025 Ecuadorian elections" Co-authored with @sumpierrez.bsky.social in the journal Democracias #Externalvoting #Ecuador revistainstitutodemocracia.com/index.php/de...

This is the time of year when you have to fill out evaluation surveys of your fellow political scientists...

Send you paper abstract before 15 October here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... and join us at the Congress of European Studies at the USFQ !

In the framework of my #JeanMonnet course ‘Elections in Europe and Latin America’ at the USFQ, I had the pleasure to receive Prof. Gian Luca Gardini from the University of Udine for a special lecture on ‘Una evaluación contextualizada de la relación Unión Europea–América Latina y el Caribe’

Call for articles ! I am editing a special issue on Election Observation, in the journal 'Frontiers in Political Science’ (indexed in Scopus). Do not hesitate to send your abstract ! #ElectionObservation www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure to co-organize the seminar “Election Observation and Democracy Assistance” at the Waseda University. The event gathered practitioners and scholars on #ElectionObservation such as Hyo-sook Kim, Hiroyuki Urabe, Takashi Nagatsuji and myself.

Participating to the Seoul International Forum on Elections #SIFE2025 in the margin of the @ipsa.org world congress in Seoul #IPSA2025, together with a nice group of scholars working on #ElectionObservation

Panel on ´Restoring Trust in Elections’ now at the Seoul International Forum on Elections #SIFE2025 with great panelists such as @ipsa.org president Pablo Onate, @theresareidy.bsky.social @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social Won-ho Park and Bum-soo Kim

While I am attending the Seoul International Forum on Élections #SIFE2025 and a panel on electoral reform, #Ecuador is getting ready for a referendum aimed at eliminating public funding for political parties

While I am attending the Seoul International Forum on Élections #SIFE2025 and a panel on electoral reform, #Ecuador is getting ready for a referendum aimed at eliminating public funding for political parties

If you are today around Incheon or Seoul, join me for an international conference on #ElectionObservation ! The event is co-organized by A-WEB and the #JeanMonnet chair hosted at the USFQ

Join us on the 9 July at Waseda University to discuss #ElectionObservation and #Democracy Assistance ! www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/ne...

My university USFQ ranks #1 in #Ecuador in the QS World University Rankings 2026 ! 🥂

I was honored to receive a recognition from the National Ecuadorian Council for the activities of the #JeanMonnet chair on #ElectionObservation at the USFQ

Call for papers: @eulasnetwork.bsky.social International Conference on Trade, Investment, Finance and Sustainable Development in EU-LAC Relations (10-12 November 2025, Rosario, Argentina) Deadline: 30 June 2025 www.eulas.network/event-detail...

We're Live! We're pleased to announce the launch of our new multilingual website: www.eulas.network - the hub for collaboration across #latinamerica, the #Caribbean & #europe. 📚 Coming soon: Research, events, webinars, podcasts & more! Explore, connect, and join the journey! Subscribe for updates ✨

🚨 #CallforPapers 🌍 Join us in Rosario, Argentina this Nov for the 1st EULAS Conference on #Trade, #Investment #Finance & #SustainableDevelopment. Organised w. @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social & the National University of Rosario. 📅 Deadline: June 30, 2025 Join us: www.eulas.network/event-detail...

Last - but not least - event of the #EUIA25 conference: Roundtable with journal editors

Today, I presented a paper on EU missions of #ElectionObservation #EUEOM and their impact on democracy at the #EUIA25 conference in Brussels

Last day of the grounbreaking #EUIA25 conference in Brussels: Kenote lecture by Ian Manners on the EU’s normative power

Day 2 of the amazing #EUIA25 conference ends with a @ethz.ch panel on « Strategic trends in 2025 and their implications for Europe »

Now at the #EUIA25 conference: Panel on « Opportunities and challenges to EU’s global influence »

Roundtable for the 25th anniversary of UNU-CRIS @ununiversity.bsky.social at the #EUIA25 conference in Brussels

Inspiring keynote speech by European commissionner for Enlargement @martakos.ec.europa.eu yesterday evening at the #EUIA25 conference

Starting now: Panel on « European Union external relations towards South America » at the #EUIA25 conference in Brussels

Full house for the panel « The @europarl.europa.eu in global affairs: Geopolitics, agency and influence » now at the #EUIA25 conference

Now at #EUIA25: Panel on « Between norms and strategy: The @europarl.europa.eu’s role in EU international affairs »

Ready for a 3-days conference on EU external policy and politics #EUIA25 in Brussels

Join us today at the conference "European Union in International Affairs" #EUIA25 (Brussels, 21-23 May 2025) !

I had the pleasure of hosting Mélissa Augustin, a PhD student from @ubmontaigne.bsky.social (France), during her three-month research stay in #Ecuador Today, she presented the fascinating results of her research at the #USFQ

Join us next week at AmericaS-ULB and @sciencepoulb.bsky.social to discuss the 2025 general elections in #Ecuador ! msh.ulb.ac.be/fr/agenda/se...

On the eve of #EuropeDay, I met with 3-times #JeanMonnet chair Eric Tremolada Álvarez from the Universidad Externado de Colombia to discuss future collaborations

Join us on Thursday at the Universidad Externado de Colombia in Bogota for a panel on "Trade war: an opportunity or a threat for the #EU and the #CELAC?", together with Eric Tremolada and Bernardo Vela

Very happy to see this piece out! 🎉 Huge thanks to @wepsocial.bsky.social for the opportunity, and to my colleagues Pierre Baudewyns, @regisdandoy.bsky.social and Min Reuchamps for the great collaboration! #BelgianPolitics #2024FederalElections

Online first: "The 2024 Belgian federal elections: a race to the right" by @stecam.bsky.social Pierre Baudewyns @regisdandoy.bsky.social & Min Reuchamps 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Day 1 of the @consilium.europa.eu #EUCO simulation at the USFQ, with last minute training of the participants on the EU-US relations

Can the EU stay a global rule-maker amid rising pushback? 🌍 @mattiylonen.bsky.social reconceptualises the ‘Brussels effect’, showing how lobbying, third-country influence and shifting power dynamics challenge the EU’s regulatory clout. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We're launching a new book series to showcase interdisciplinary research on contemporary Europe—open to both new and established scholars! Topics include inequality, migration, identity, trade, gender & more. 🔗 Learn more: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/announcement...

A few minutes ago, voting started in Sidney and Canberra for the presidential in #Ecuador Tomorrow, more than 13 million voters will also elect their new president I was honored to be invited to the inauguration ceremony of external voting for these election

My university enters the QS World University Rankings 2025 in Political Science ! Congratulations to my colleagues of the #PolSci and #IR departments ! 🍾

Yesterday, we launched the publication of the proceedings of the 1st Congress of European Studies held in 2023 at the USFQ ! #JeanMonnetChair Thanks to your all the authors, among others @nicobuckley.bsky.social You can download the proceedings here: revistas.usfq.edu.ec/index.php/ar...

Join us next week at the #USFQ for the launch of the proceedings of the 1st congress of European studies ! #JeanMonnet chair

Two Belgian 🇧🇪 universities (ULB and VUB in Brussels) will open 36 postdoctoral positions specifically targeting US scholars whose work is in jeopardy www.rtbf.be/article/welc...

A group of European countries is devising a strategy to poach researchers in the United States in response to American government cuts in education and research.

The QS World University Rankings 2025 in Political Science is out ! #60 @sciencepoulb.bsky.social #60 Waseda University #73 @ipz.bsky.social #100-150 UCLouvain #152-200 UGent #301-400 USFQ (Ecuador) Congratulations to all my colleagues ! 🥂 www.topuniversities.com/university-s...

Response of UK Ambassador Neil Holland to the report by the Director of the OSCE/ODIHR: "I call on the countries concerned to provide the necessary conditions for effective and unrestricted operation of future ODIHR #ElectionObservation missions" www.gov.uk/government/s...

Second day of the annual conference of the Miami-Florida #JeanMonnet Center of Excellence at the Florida International University on "Democratic Values and Civic Participation in Europe and Beyond" sipa.fiu.edu/news-events/...

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