🗓️Join us for an informal Land Politics happy hour at the APSA Annual Meeting next Thursday, September 3 at 6:00 pm (location TBD)! My colleagues Clara Bicalho, Débora Duque & I are organizing this gathering to build a network for collaboration and intellectual exchange

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - When Reformers Become Spoilers: Discretionary Implementation of Extraordinary Restitution Reform under Extractivism in Colombia - https://cup.org/4vdduvj - Laura García-Montoya, @isabelguiza.bsky.social & Ana Montoya #FirstView

Happy to share this paper on policy conflicts between extraordinary institutional reform & previous rules and interests. Taking the case of Colombia’s land restitution program, we show how governments use discretionary implementation to uphold commitment while accommodating competing priorities

Perspectives on Politics@poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 6mo ago

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! When #Reformers Become #Spoilers: Discretionary Implementation of Extraordinary Restitution Reform under #Extractivism in #Colombia By Laura García-Montoya, @isabelguiza.bsky.social & Ana Montoya doi.org/10.1017/S153...

From our FirstView article: Land, Power, and Property Rights: The Political Economy of Land Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa by @mattkribar.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Land, Power, and Property Rights: The Political Economy of Land Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Land, Power, and Property Rights: The Political Economy of Land Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa

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🚨 New Cambridge Element 🚨 "The Transformation of Protest Politics" by Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso is out now and free to read for the next 2 weeks! https://cup.org/4rye2tJ #Sociology #PoliSci 🗺️ #Politics #PoliSky

The Transformation of Protest Politics

Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - The Transformation of Protest Politics

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Honored to share: Isabel Güiza-Gómez (PhD ’25) wins Kellogg’s 2025 Award for Distinguished Dissertation for her research on how unarmed rural movements spark peace & land reform after conflict. Full story here: https://bit.ly/3LxNhFc Congrats, @isabelguiza.bsky.social!

Thank you to the @repalconference.bsky.social awards committee for selecting our work-in-progress with Madai Urteaga for this honorable mention! Such a honor to collect great feedback from this vibrant community of scholars! @kellogginstitute.bsky.social

Red para el Estudio de la Economía Política de América Latina@repalconference.bsky.social · last yr.

🏅Honorable mention: @isabelguiza.bsky.social & 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗶 𝗨𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗮-𝗤𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲: "Judging Property: Judicial Independence, Elite Influence, and Public Land Allocation in Colombia" (3/5)

Congratulations to isabelguiza.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Contributions Award from the Kellogg Institute! Read more about her important contributions to the Institute's research agenda, programming, and community: bit.ly/4lU5YAN

The latest episode of our Global Stage podcast features @raschwartz.bsky.social discussing state-building, corruption, and accountability in post-war Central America with @isabelguiza.bsky.social. Listen in English or Spanish at bit.ly/42QqMS4 or wherever you get your podcasts.

Interested in post-war state reconstruction? Listen to our latest @kellogginstitute.bsky.social Global Stage podcast! @raschwartz.bsky.social discusses her fantastic work on the state, corruption & human rights in Guatemala and Nicaragua podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

State-Building, Corruption, and Accountability in Post-War Societies with Political Scientist Rachel Schwartz

Podcast Episode · Global Stage · 04/14/2025 · 27m

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New article on Fast Track by Laura García-Montoya, Isabel Güiza-Gómez, and María Paula Saffon, “Entering the Political Arena in Exclusionary Settings: A Grassroots-Led Turn to the Left in Colombia,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

Very pleased to see this work out with awesome co-authors @arturochang.bsky.social & Laura García-Montoya! Here is a full-text view-only version of the paper: rdcu.be/ecZL3

Arturo Chang@arturochang.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to see this article with @isabelguiza.bsky.social and Laura García Montoya now out with @scidjournal.bsky.social. Many thanks to the editors and reviewers for their constructive feedback during the revision process. Access the paper here: rdcu.be/ecZL3 link.springer.com/article/10.1...