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Sección de Estudios de Instituciones Políticas de LASA (https://sections.lasaweb.org/sections/political-institutions/)
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📢 Call for Nominations – LAPIS (2025)
Now open: 🏆 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline Jan 16)
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Political Institutions | Call for Nominations Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award 2025
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A department on the rise: Notre Dame political science turns heads with big hires, impactful research, and vibrant centers and institutes
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February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
📢 The LAPIS Best Paper Committee extended the deadline for the LASA 2025 Best Paper Award to Feb 13, 2026. To nominate, you must be an active section member. If you’re not a LASA member, join via Friends of LASA.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
📢 El Comité del Mejor Paper de LAPIS extendió el deadline del premio al mejor paper presentado en LASA 2025 hasta el 13 feb 2026. Para nominar, debe ser miembro activo. Si no es miembro LASA, puede unirse vía Friends of LASA.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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La reforma judicial introdujo los Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial como pieza clave para investigar, sancionar o evaluar el desempeño de jueces y magistrados en todo el país

Ricardo Alexys Valencia escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos

federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/01/trib...
Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial en las entidades federativas
La reforma judicial de 2024 introdujo los Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial como pieza clave para investigar, sancionar o evaluar el desempeño de jueces y magistrados en todo el país. Aunque su implem...
federalismo.nexos.com.mx
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Apply to join UCL’s Institute of the Americas as Lecturer in International Relations of the Americas 👇
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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February 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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The AIM-3D Lab is a new Kellogg Research, Policy & Practice Lab sponsored with @lucyinstitute-nd.bsky.social. Led by Michael Coppedge and Dmitry Zaytsev and others, the team uses AI to model and forecast democratic and autocratic change worldwide. See their new website: https://sites.nd.edu/aim3d/
February 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Just accepted for publication at Socio-Economic Review, my new paper co-authored with brilliant Princeton undergraduate Aishwarya Swamidurai!

The "power to pollute" and "post-neoliberal" climate
finance
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Interested in studying in Germany? Come to the information session about available programs on Feb. 6. More info here: miamieuc.fiu.edu/events/gener...
German Research & Exchange Organizations Present Their Programs for Students and Faculty | Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence
Interested in Germany? Join German funding organizations to explore Research & Exchange Opportunities in Germany for Faculty and Students.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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How does democracy erode when the state itself is weakened?

In The Democracy Paradox, Javier Pérez Sandoval (Kellogg Institute) explains why populist leaders "hollow out" state capacity – and what that means for justice, security, and elections.

Listen: https://bit.ly/4qW9i0d
February 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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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
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Escucha el episodio más reciente del podcast Global Stage con la artista cubana Tania Bruguera sobre la relación entre arte, política y vida cotidiana: https://bit.ly/3NNzeMR
#performanceart #cuba #latinamerica
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Want expert commentary on Venezuela? Media appearances by FIU Green School faculty can be found here: sipa.fiu.edu/news-events/...
January 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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How institutional arrangements and coordination practices influence the temporal evolution and layering of policy design choices?

Acciai & Terlizzi

The Role of Institutions in Policy Design

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis

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The Role of Institutions in Policy Design: The Case of Research and Innovation Policies
This article investigates the diachronic evolution of institutional approaches to research and innovation policies (R&I) in France and the UK, with a focus on how institutional arrangements and coo...
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January 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
📣 Recordatorio final: Las nominaciones para el Premio al Mejor Artículo LAPIS 2025 cierran el 23 de enero. Celebra la investigación innovadora en política latinoamericana—¡envía una nominación antes de la fecha límite!
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Political Institutions | Call for Nominations LAPIS Best Paper Award 2025
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January 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
⏰ Recordatorio: ¡Ya están abiertas las nominaciones LAPIS 2025! Presenta nominaciones para el Premio Donna Lee Van Cott antes de enero 16. No pierdas la oportunidad de reconocer investigaciones destacadas sobre instituciones políticas en América Latina.
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Political Institutions | Call for Nominations Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award 2025
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January 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
📣 Final reminder: Nominations for the LAPIS Best Paper Award 2025 close January 23. Celebrate innovative research in Latin American politics—submit a nomination before the deadline! More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Political Institutions | Call for Nominations LAPIS Best Paper Award 2025
A section of the Latin American Studies Association
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January 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
⏰ Reminder: LAPIS 2025 nominations are open! Submit nominations for the Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award by January 16. Don’t miss the chance to recognize outstanding scholarship in Latin American political institutions.
More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Political Institutions | Call for Nominations Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award 2025
A section of the Latin American Studies Association
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January 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Open call for papers, Economic Analysis of Regulation. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on April 24, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on February 10, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
January 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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📣 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...
Junior Law and Politics community sign-up
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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January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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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-...
January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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PIR’s Dr. Eduardo Gamarra was recently featured in NPR’s “U.S. interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean haven't always gone as planned.” Read it here: www.npr.org/2026/01/02/n...
U.S. interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean haven't always gone as planned
President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuela is the latest in a long saga of U.S. intervention in the region that is rooted in the 1823 Monroe Doctrine — and is a mix of success and failure.
www.npr.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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🚨Just a week left to apply for the 2025 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award. Deadline is January 16, 2026.

The instructions to apply are here: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Political Institutions | Call for Nominations Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award 2025
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January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
🚨Just a week left to apply for the 2025 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award. Deadline is January 16, 2026.

The instructions to apply are here: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Political Institutions | Call for Nominations Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award 2025
A section of the Latin American Studies Association
sections.lasaweb.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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✨The NLP+CSS workshop is returning to ACL 2026!✨

And this year, we have a new shared task with prizes!

Website/CfP: sites.google.com/site/nlpandc...
Deadlines: March 5 (direct), March 24 (pre-reviewed ARR)

#NLProc #CompSocialSci #ComputationalSocialScience #ACL2026NLP
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NLP+CSS Workshops
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December 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
📢 Call for Nominations – LAPIS (2025)
Now open: 🏆 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline Jan 16)
🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Political Institutions | Call for Nominations Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award 2025
A section of the Latin American Studies Association
sections.lasaweb.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM