📢New Entitled Episode Out Now 📢 Electing the Bench: Mexico’s Judicial Overhaul and the Rule of Law with Julio Ríos-Figueroa Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4dcy... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... YouTube: youtu.be/XXq6cCES8Nk?...
Cordula Tibi Weber
@tibi-weber.bsky.social
Political scientist, working on high courts in Latin America.
From Transition to Democratic Erosion, From the South to the Global North: #GIGA's @millanos.bsky.social opens #ALACIP2026 with a lecture tracing four decades of comparative political institutions across #LatinAmerica and the Global North. 🗨️🌎
‼️With my @giga-hamburg.de colleagues, David Kühn and Thomas Richter, I had the pleasure of co-editing this #JustPublished Special Issue. Several articles—including our introduction and our own research contribution—are #OpenAccess. Check them out!‼️1/2 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fdem20/c...
Democratization
The Personalization of Political Power Revisited; Guest Editors: David Kuehn, Mariana Llanos and Thomas Richter. Volume 33, Issue 5 of Democratization
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Call for papers for a Special Issue! If you are interested in participating, please contact the guest editors 👇 journals.sagepub.com/page/pla/cal...
Hungary's courts are packed with Orbán's judges. DAVID KOSAŘ argues that Magyar should not just play tit-for-tat but innovate: restructure appointments, limit the chief justice's powers, and build a judiciary that earns public trust. verfassungsblog.de/fixing-the-h...
The data from our surveys of the public are available here, along with reports on each survey wave: www.dialogojudicial.com
Home | Judicial Legitimacy Around the World
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My new Focus on Latin American legislatures, co-authored with @magna-inacio.bsky.social and @milagroscampos.bsky.social
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)@giga-hamburg.de · 5mo agoAcross #LatinAmerica, congresses have been reshaping how #presidentialism operates, often utilising significant decision-making authority. ➡️ In this #GIGAFocus, @millanos.bsky.social, Milagros Campos & Magna Inácio analyse the power of congress in the region: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
Come work at Stanford! I'm hiring a post-doc who will work with me on projects about prosecutors and trial courts in the US. Feel free to contact me with any questions, or apply here: hoover.smapply.us/prog/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Fellowship at Hoover Institution, Stanford University – Tom Clark - Hoover Apply
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Call for Applications: The #GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies offers a one-month visiting fellowship for researchers with a PhD in the #SocialSciences, at any career stage, working on #LatinAmerican politics. ➡️ Apply now: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/one...
One-month Visiting Fellowship at the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies
The GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies invites applications for a one-month visiting fellowship in Hamburg. The fellowship supports advanced research on Latin American politics and encourages s...
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A US military strike on #Venezuela and mounting pressure on Colombia, Cuba, and Mexico signal a return to coercive power politics. 10 things to watch in #LatinAmerica this year - outlined in the latest #GIGAFocus by @berthoffmann.bsky.social. ➡️ Read now: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
📢 New book chapter 👤 Øyvind Stiansen (ISV) @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social 🔎 The Courts 📖 Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
The Courts
AbstractCourts frequently decide politically important cases in Norway. Yet, despite voicing concerns about the consequences of judicialization for represe
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Nach #Venezuela: Folgen #Kolumbien oder #Kuba? #GIGA-Expertin @skurtenbach.bsky.social spricht bei Der Tag im Deutschlandfunk über Trumps Machtansprüche und seine Drohungen gegen andere lateinamerikanische Staaten. ➡️ Zum Beitrag: www.deutschlandfunk.de/trump-kolumb...
Trumps Machtansprüche - Erst Venezuela, dann Kolumbien oder Kuba?
US-Präsident Trump hat weiteren lateinamerikanischen Staaten offen gedroht. Erst Venezuela, dann Kolumbien oder Kuba?
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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-...
📣 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...
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The Junior Law and Politics research community and seminar series is a vibrant network of junior researchers (graduate students, post-docs, assistant professors, other non-tenured faculty) in the fiel...
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Ein großer Erfolg für das #GIGA & den Wissenschaftsstandort #Hamburg: Die @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de hat die Förderung von @grauvogelj.bsky.social im Leibniz-Professorinnenprogramms beschlossen, in Kooperation mit @leuphana.bsky.social. Wir gratulieren! 👏💐 ➡️ Mehr: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/gi...
GIGA-Forscherin Dr. Julia Grauvogel erfolgreich im Professorinnenprogramm der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Ein großer Erfolg für das GIGA und die Metropolregion Hamburg als Wissenschaftsstandort: Der Senat der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft hat die Förderung der GIGA-Wissenschaftlerin Dr. Julia Grauvogel im Rahmen d...
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Wie ist es in #Syrien ein Jahr nach Ende der #Assad-Diktatur? #GIGA-Experte André Bank berichtet von seinen Eindrücken aus #Damaskus. Ein Gespräch über Alltag, Politik & Sicherheit, und darüber, was das Land jetzt am dringendsten braucht. ➡️ Zu den #GIGAInsights: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/re...
The Junior Law and Politics Research Community is accepting proposals for its spring seminar series on zoom! Submit by January 12 for full consideration. To apply to present or to get on our email list to attend our seminars see 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #psworkshop
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Hier geht’s zu den Ergebnissen des Justiz-Projekts (Open Access): verfassungsblog.de/book/das-jus.... 🔗
Das Justiz-Projekt: Verwundbarkeit und Resilienz der dritten Gewalt - Verfassungsblog
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Die @zeit.de hat uns ein paar Fragen zum Justiz-Projekt gestellt. 🎙️ In dem Gespräch mit Anna-Mira Brandau, Co-Projektleiterin, ging es darum, was wir im letzten Jahr zur Verwundbarkeit und Resilienz der Justiz herausgefunden haben. Den ganzen Text gibt’s hier: www.zeit.de/politik/deut....
Wir fordern, dass #Hamburg sich Bremen und SH anschließt und ein Prüfverfahren zur AFD fordert. Darum möchten wir gern noch mal auf diese Petition aufmerksam machen: weact.campact.de/petitions/om...
OMAS GEGEN RECHTS Hamburg fordern die Prüfung eines AfD-Verbots
Wir wollen, dass unsere Kinder und unsere Enkel in einer freiheitlichen, toleranten, vielfältigen und offenen Gesellschaft aufwachsen können, die die Grundrechte eines jeden Menschen achtet. Wir sind ...
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Our last Issue of the year is now published! Check it out 📣 It included wonderful articles and authors writing on #Brazil #Chile #Mexico #Ecuador #Argentina All articles #openaccess in the link 👇 journals.sagepub.com/toc/pla/current
Out now — die Ergebnisse des Justiz-Projekts.💥 Ein Jahr Arbeit, rund 70 Gespräche mit Expertinnen und Experten, in denen wir der Frage nachgegangen sind: Wie verwundbar ist die deutsche Justiz? Ab sofort Open Access verfügbar: verfassungsblog.de/book/das-jus... 🔗 Antizipation beginnt jetzt.
Under what conditions do courts implement mechanisms of social participation in judicial decision-making? Read this newly published article by @tibi-weber.bsky.social, @millanos.bsky.social, and Pedro Martins da Costa to find out!
Cordula Tibi Weber@tibi-weber.bsky.social · 9mo agoSo happy to see our article on "Courts and Social Participation in Latin America: The Use of Public Hearings and Amici Curiae" published! Many thanks to @millanos.bsky.social and Pedro Martins da Costa for the great collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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
So happy to see our article on "Courts and Social Participation in Latin America: The Use of Public Hearings and Amici Curiae" published! Many thanks to @millanos.bsky.social and Pedro Martins da Costa for the great collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Courts and Social Participation in Latin America: The Use of Public Hearings and Amici Curiae
Under what conditions do courts implement mechanisms of social participation in judicial decision-making? Over the last two decades, Latin American constitutional and supreme courts have been opening...
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Congratulations to Andreas Asplén Lundstedt who has been awarded our Best Conference Paper Award for an Early-Career Researcher for the #ecprgc25 conference!