Ezequiel González-Ocantos
@egocantos.bsky.social
🇦🇷/🇬🇧 Professor of Comparative and Judicial Politics @Politics_Oxford @NuffieldCollege || Judicial Politics, Transitional Justice, Corruption Prosecutions, Latin America ||
https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/ezequiel-gonzalez-ocantos
https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/ezequiel-gonzalez-ocantos
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_...
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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_...
My top four reads of 2025. A tad eclectic…
December 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My top four reads of 2025. A tad eclectic…
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I am very grateful to the QMMR editors Juan Masullo and @egocantos.bsky.social. It is an honor to be part of their last issue as editors, alongside so many thoughtful contributions.
Full issue here:
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Full issue here:
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December 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I am very grateful to the QMMR editors Juan Masullo and @egocantos.bsky.social. It is an honor to be part of their last issue as editors, alongside so many thoughtful contributions.
Full issue here:
www.qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7...
Full issue here:
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The new issue of QMMR, our last as editors, is out! It’s been a privilege to work with Juan Masullo over the past four years. We leave a publication with a growing number of submissions, a more diverse pool of contributors, & that peer-reviews most pieces
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December 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The new issue of QMMR, our last as editors, is out! It’s been a privilege to work with Juan Masullo over the past four years. We leave a publication with a growing number of submissions, a more diverse pool of contributors, & that peer-reviews most pieces
www.qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7...
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PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/
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Strong partisans, conditional democrats? Partisanship and reactions to electoral outcomes in Argentina
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Paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social and Carlos Meléndez
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Paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social and Carlos Meléndez
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November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Strong partisans, conditional democrats? Partisanship and reactions to electoral outcomes in Argentina
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Paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social and Carlos Meléndez
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Paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social and Carlos Meléndez
In this paper we use data from Argentina to contribute to the debate about the dangers of polarisation. We explore if partisans rely on regime stereotypes to stigmatise rivals; are more emotional in victory/defeat; and display conditional democratic commitments
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Strong Partisans, Conditional Democrats? Partisanship and Reactions to Electoral Outcomes in Argentina - Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, Carlos Meléndez, 2025
Partisans who back self-interested illiberal measures jeopardize democracy. We explore important precursors of support for backsliding using survey and focus gr...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In this paper we use data from Argentina to contribute to the debate about the dangers of polarisation. We explore if partisans rely on regime stereotypes to stigmatise rivals; are more emotional in victory/defeat; and display conditional democratic commitments
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Strong partisans, conditional democrats? Partisanship and reactions to electoral outcomes in Argentina
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Paper forthcoming in @cpsjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social and Carlos Melendez
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Paper forthcoming in @cpsjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social and Carlos Melendez
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Partisans who back self-interested illiberal measures jeopardize democracy. We explore important precursors of support for backsliding using survey and focus group data from severely polarized…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Strong partisans, conditional democrats? Partisanship and reactions to electoral outcomes in Argentina
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Paper forthcoming in @cpsjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social and Carlos Melendez
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Paper forthcoming in @cpsjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social and Carlos Melendez
This year’s call for applications for the Prize Post Doctoral Fellowships in Politics at Nuffield College is now live! It’s a fantastic opportunity for newly minted PhDs to spend three years in a wonderful academic environment:
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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
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November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This year’s call for applications for the Prize Post Doctoral Fellowships in Politics at Nuffield College is now live! It’s a fantastic opportunity for newly minted PhDs to spend three years in a wonderful academic environment:
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We are looking for a new Latin Americanist to join our wonderful department - open-rank. Happy to answer questions about the advert.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We are looking for a new Latin Americanist to join our wonderful department - open-rank. Happy to answer questions about the advert.
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Thrilled to join @notredame.bsky.social London on Thu, Oct 16, 6pm to discuss trends in democracy from a Latin American perspective, with former @apsa.bsky.social and @ipsa.org president D. Pinderhughes, E. Gonzalez Ocantos, B. Forjwuor and L. Keita. 4 Suffolk St www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspectiv...
Perspectives on US Democracy in Challenging Times
Perspectives on US Democracy in Challenging Times: Historical and Comparative Reflections
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September 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thrilled to join @notredame.bsky.social London on Thu, Oct 16, 6pm to discuss trends in democracy from a Latin American perspective, with former @apsa.bsky.social and @ipsa.org president D. Pinderhughes, E. Gonzalez Ocantos, B. Forjwuor and L. Keita. 4 Suffolk St www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspectiv...
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🧡 “El uso del derecho como herramienta de transformación en América Latina”. Acceso abierto: ➡️ publicaciones.dejusticia.org/items/ab2fac... @redpolitologas.bsky.social @lawtransform.bsky.social @andreacastagnola.bsky.social @egocantos.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🧡 “El uso del derecho como herramienta de transformación en América Latina”. Acceso abierto: ➡️ publicaciones.dejusticia.org/items/ab2fac... @redpolitologas.bsky.social @lawtransform.bsky.social @andreacastagnola.bsky.social @egocantos.bsky.social
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👏🎉 Congratulations to @egocantos.bsky.social - awarded the 2025 Alexander George Best Article Award from @apsa.bsky.social’s Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research section for his article 'Aligning Interviewing with Process Tracing'!: www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/dpirs-e...
DPIR’s Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos wins APSA Best article award
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August 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
👏🎉 Congratulations to @egocantos.bsky.social - awarded the 2025 Alexander George Best Article Award from @apsa.bsky.social’s Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research section for his article 'Aligning Interviewing with Process Tracing'!: www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/dpirs-e...
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Thank you so much to @apsa.bsky.social and to Professors Wendy Martinek, Alyx Mark, and Rachel Stern for recognizing my dissertation with the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award
Benjamin Garcia-Holgado Receives the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award for “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy”
The Edward S. Corwin Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of…
The Edward S. Corwin Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of…
Benjamin Garcia-Holgado Receives the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award for “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy”
The Edward S. Corwin Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public law. Citation from the Award Committee: Benjamin Garcia-Holgado’s “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy” is an ambitious examination of the conditions under which courts can promote or prevent the process of autocratization by populist executives.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thank you so much to @apsa.bsky.social and to Professors Wendy Martinek, Alyx Mark, and Rachel Stern for recognizing my dissertation with the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award
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The deadline is August 8!
If you are thinking about attending LASA 2026, this is a great opportunity to get the panel accepted (before you commit to paying membership and conference fees) and give more visibility to the papers.
If you are thinking about attending LASA 2026, this is a great opportunity to get the panel accepted (before you commit to paying membership and conference fees) and give more visibility to the papers.
LAPIS invites applications for sponsored panels on political institutions for LASA 2026. Apply by Aug 8 via this form: forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba.... Selected panels are guaranteed conference acceptance.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The deadline is August 8!
If you are thinking about attending LASA 2026, this is a great opportunity to get the panel accepted (before you commit to paying membership and conference fees) and give more visibility to the papers.
If you are thinking about attending LASA 2026, this is a great opportunity to get the panel accepted (before you commit to paying membership and conference fees) and give more visibility to the papers.
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Congratulations to our wonderful DPIR 2025 DPhil prize winners!
Meet @vivianabh.bsky.social (DPhil in Politics) who's won the PSA's Walter Bagehot prize for the best dissertation in the field of government and public administration: ow.ly/Kwjf50WmpIK
Meet @vivianabh.bsky.social (DPhil in Politics) who's won the PSA's Walter Bagehot prize for the best dissertation in the field of government and public administration: ow.ly/Kwjf50WmpIK
July 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Congratulations to our wonderful DPIR 2025 DPhil prize winners!
Meet @vivianabh.bsky.social (DPhil in Politics) who's won the PSA's Walter Bagehot prize for the best dissertation in the field of government and public administration: ow.ly/Kwjf50WmpIK
Meet @vivianabh.bsky.social (DPhil in Politics) who's won the PSA's Walter Bagehot prize for the best dissertation in the field of government and public administration: ow.ly/Kwjf50WmpIK
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The Spring issue of QMMR is out! You’ll find essays on archival/interview methods, a symposium on case study research, a discussion of Kreuzer’s new book, a note from the field on the role of care & a note from the classroom on teaching digital ethnography.
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July 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Spring issue of QMMR is out! You’ll find essays on archival/interview methods, a symposium on case study research, a discussion of Kreuzer’s new book, a note from the field on the role of care & a note from the classroom on teaching digital ethnography.
www.qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7...
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The Spring issue of QMMR is out! You’ll find essays on archival/interview methods, a symposium on case study research, a discussion of Kreuzer’s new book, a note from the field on the role of care & a note from the classroom on teaching digital ethnography.
www.qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7...
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July 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Spring issue of QMMR is out! You’ll find essays on archival/interview methods, a symposium on case study research, a discussion of Kreuzer’s new book, a note from the field on the role of care & a note from the classroom on teaching digital ethnography.
www.qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7...
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belatedly celebrating the successful conclusion of the third Nuffield-UCL workshop on social science approaches to law and courts. Special thanks to @icuervo.bsky.social and @egocantos.bsky.social for making everyone feel welcome in Oxford
June 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
belatedly celebrating the successful conclusion of the third Nuffield-UCL workshop on social science approaches to law and courts. Special thanks to @icuervo.bsky.social and @egocantos.bsky.social for making everyone feel welcome in Oxford
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Next up, Carlos Meléndez (Lisbon University, @eljorobado.bsky.social) presents work on voters' responses to authoritarian stances by political leaders, with survey experimental data from Brazil 🇧🇷.
(joint work with Ezequiel González Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social)
(joint work with Ezequiel González Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social)
June 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Next up, Carlos Meléndez (Lisbon University, @eljorobado.bsky.social) presents work on voters' responses to authoritarian stances by political leaders, with survey experimental data from Brazil 🇧🇷.
(joint work with Ezequiel González Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social)
(joint work with Ezequiel González Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social)
I feel a tad better knowing I’m not the only one who’s terrified of going through US immigration at the moment…
April 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I feel a tad better knowing I’m not the only one who’s terrified of going through US immigration at the moment…
Re the Le Pen verdict, these decisions raise vexing questions about the relationship btw accountability and democracy & can have complicated conseq for public opinion, judiciaries and politics more broadly. We explore them in our book on Latin America’s Lava Jato
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France: Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (RN-PfE) has been sentenced to 4 years in jail and banned from holding public office for 5 years for embezzlement.
The ban, which disqualifies her from the 2027 presidential election, will come into force even if she appeals.
The ban, which disqualifies her from the 2027 presidential election, will come into force even if she appeals.
March 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Re the Le Pen verdict, these decisions raise vexing questions about the relationship btw accountability and democracy & can have complicated conseq for public opinion, judiciaries and politics more broadly. We explore them in our book on Latin America’s Lava Jato
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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Great opportunity to work with the wonderful Federica Genovese! Apply
Be part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Climate Vulnerability team 🚀
I’m looking for a 2-year postdoc to join my group at @politicsoxford.bsky.social. Apply if you’re an empirically minded junior researcher who just finished or abt to finish a PhD!
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⏰ midday Feb 26 ⏰
I’m looking for a 2-year postdoc to join my group at @politicsoxford.bsky.social. Apply if you’re an empirically minded junior researcher who just finished or abt to finish a PhD!
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January 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Great opportunity to work with the wonderful Federica Genovese! Apply
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You probably saw this but if not would recommend this excellent piece by @gralefrit.bsky.social
'The Traitors', Agatha Christie, and The Kierkegaard Edit
How we consume story, versus how it's made.
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January 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
You probably saw this but if not would recommend this excellent piece by @gralefrit.bsky.social
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Argentina’s ‘Judicial Family’: Mapping Family Connections in the Argentine Provincial Federal Judiciary
doi.org/10.1515/9781... book chapter by Andrea Castagnola & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social #NuffSky #PoliSky
doi.org/10.1515/9781... book chapter by Andrea Castagnola & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social #NuffSky #PoliSky
Chapter 11 Argentina’s ‘Judicial Family’: Mapping Family Connections in the Argentine Provincial Federal Judiciary
Chapter 11 Argentina’s ‘Judicial Family’: Mapping Family Connections in the Argentine Provincial Federal Judiciary was published in Informality and Courts on page 188.
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January 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Argentina’s ‘Judicial Family’: Mapping Family Connections in the Argentine Provincial Federal Judiciary
doi.org/10.1515/9781... book chapter by Andrea Castagnola & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social #NuffSky #PoliSky
doi.org/10.1515/9781... book chapter by Andrea Castagnola & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social #NuffSky #PoliSky