๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ด! ๐ต๐ท You can find the blog post by the journal Deputy Lead Editor @marielylopezs.bsky.social here ๐ www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2026/pu...
Mariely Lopez-Santana
@marielylopezs.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of PoliSci at ScharSchool (GMU). Co-editor of Regional and Federal Studies; MPE co-director. Comparative PolEcon, Welfare, Federalism, and Debt. UMICH grad. Jerezana. ๐ต๐ท
Delighted to be part of this amazing editorial team. Looking forward to what is yet to come.
๐ Great news for @regfedst.bsky.social! ๐ The 2025 ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น #impactfactor has grown from 1.4 to ๐ญ.๐ด! ๐ A ๐ต๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ to all authors, reviewers, editorial board members, and readers! #AcademicPublishing #PoliticalScience #JournalMetrics
El tema de la infrastructura de PRASA no es nuevo ya que viene arrastrandose desde los anos 80. En aquel momento la EPA habia multado a PR pues PRASA no cumplia con nuevas regulaciones y el sistema debia ser โupdated.โ Por anos este problema quedo sobre la mesa (1/2)
@davidevampa.bsky.social and I explore the process of publishing, as well as Regional & Federal Studiesโ mission. Thank you @theirthinker.bsky.social for the opportunity
For my book, I have analyzed close to 90 years of Puerto Rico's bonds. 2 interesting findings from the 1980s: Gov. Hernandez Colon attempted to sell "Samurai" bonds to Japan. He was scolded by the US, PR does not have the ability to have independent relationships with other countries (1/2)
I will be attending the Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago) conference this week. As Deputy Editor of the journal Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social, I am happy to meet to discuss potential submissions. Feel free to DM me. #federalism #multilevelgovernance #regionalism
Hey students in DC, DE, MD, WV & VA (including @scharschool.bsky.social) the deadline to apply is approaching. Note that MA students are also elegible, see: government.georgetown.edu/ps-psi
โโโช ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐๐ฆโฆ ๐ช๐ธ @santiagolagop.bsky.social @mariacadaval.bsky.social A. Herrero-Alcalde & Xoan Fernรกndez-Leiceaga examined the influence on knowledge of and preferences for #fiscal #equalisation in #Spain. ๐ฐ What is the role of regional identities? Read the article here๐ doi.org/10.1080/1359...
๐๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐! ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ What drives ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ to seek statehood? Read the article by Dingkun Lei and Huming Li on Telangana statehood movement here ๐ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #identity #statehood #Telangana #India
โโโช ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐๐ฆโฆ ๐ง๐ชAnn-Mireille Sautter used the example of ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ต-๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ด๐ถ๐๐บ to show how different generations understand ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. Is the 'consociational mood' coming to an ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ? Read the article here ๐ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Belgium #Dutch #regionalization
๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ! Take a look at the new Issue of Regional & Federal Studies, Volume 36, Issue 1 (2026) ๐ www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/c...
๐๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐! ๐ ๐ช๐ธ What shapes Spainโs regional ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐? Read the article by @anddreupm.bsky.social @msanjaume.bsky.social and @marinampuig.bsky.social here ๐ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Spain #power #federalism #decentralization
๐ Good news for Italian academics! Our journal has already been ranked as a top one (Fascia A) for political science (14/A2) in the Italian system. It has now also been recognised as ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ (๐ญ๐ฐ/๐๐ฏ). We look forward to receiving your contributions!
๐๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐! ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ How do ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ affect state-level fiscal behaviour and growth differently across India? Read the article by Steffy Antony and P. S. Renjith here ๐ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #India #fiscal #capital #deficit
โโโช ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐๐ฆโฆ ๐ช๐น Nigussie Daba Heyi investigated the level of the ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ in the Ethiopian federation. How does ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ compare with other federal countries? Read the article here ๐ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Ethiopia #autonomy #federalism
๐๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐! ๐ ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ธ Do pro-periphery parties assign greater salience to ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ compared to centralist parties? Read the article by Pablo Sallabera, Laura Cabeza Pรฉrez & Braulio Gรณmez here ๐ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Spain #green #nationalism #party #politics
๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ด! ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐บ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช You can find the blog post by our new editor, @jos38.bsky.social, and Antonios Souris here ๐ www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2026/wh...
โโโช ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐๐ฆโฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ง @allimcculloch.bsky.social Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif & Sahar Ammar investigated power-sharing agreements' adoptability and durability in #Lebanon and #Iraq. What conditions lead to power-sharing agreements? ๐Read the #openaccess article here๐ doi.org/10.1080/1359...
Hey @scharschool.bsky.social students & recent graduates. We are now part of the Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute Consortium: a (paid) week-long residential program at Georgetown. Info Zoom sessions Feb 17 5:30 PM Feb 25 12:00 PM DEADLINE: March 1 government.georgetown.edu/ps-psi/
Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute - Department of Government
The Institute offers an opportunity to meet other prospective graduate students with similar interests, and to interact and network with faculty and Ph.D. students from Georgetown University and beyon...
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๐ต๐ท Nearly 4 million Americans live in Puerto Rico without formal representation in institutions that determine their laws and budgets. @maraceci.bsky.social et al will amplify PR's political voice with the island's first large, representative panel survey: racialjustice.umich.edu/research-eng...
I almost cried during the Bad Bunny show when I saw the workers repairing the electrical system. I spent years working on Puerto Rico's crisis, and this was the one thing I couldn't resolve before moving to the academy. Thanks to the @lpeblog.bsky.social and @lpeproject.bsky.social for sharing this.
If you were confused by the part of Bad Bunnyโs halftime show where dancers re-enacted Puerto Ricoโs economic struggles under PROMESAโs bankruptcy process, hereโs a breakdown of what that moment was all about: lpeproject.org/blog/how-ban...
If you were confused by the part of Bad Bunnyโs halftime show where dancers re-enacted Puerto Ricoโs economic struggles under PROMESAโs bankruptcy process, hereโs a breakdown of what that moment was all about: lpeproject.org/blog/how-ban...
How Bankruptcy Prioritizes Property Rights Over Public Good
After a recent First Circuit decision, private creditors' bankruptcy rights pose an existential threat to the only electric utility in Puerto Rico. As this outcome shows, we need a new approach toโฆ
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After Benitoโs amazing performance, perhaps you are intrigued by PRโs ambiguous status. Check this one out if interested. #puertorico
Extending the literature on the political economy of US federalism to the US territories, @marielylopezs.bsky.social unpacks the two asymmetric political logics that have produced Puerto Rico's uniquely ambiguous territorial status.
Join us next week to start the season! @yezhang.bsky.social (@mitpolisci.bsky.social) presents "Political Control in the Workplace: How Autocrats Use Firms to Discipline Citizens". Lynette H Ong (@utoronto.ca), @woldense.bsky.social (Minnesota), & @linshengqiao.bsky.social (@utoronto.ca) discuss
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Puerto Rico's ruling statehooders introduced a bill today to amend the Criminal Code so that murder includes "conceived human beings in any stage of gestation." They've stopped short of saying it's an abortion ban so they can call opponents liars and then call it an abortion ban after they pass it.
Latin American Coups promoted by the United States