Tommaso Pavone
@tommasopavone.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, @utoronto.ca | Director, CEFMF @uoft.bsky.social | Researcher, @unioslo-arena.bsky.social | Princeton PhD | European & EU politics, law & society, law & political development | Book: The Ghostwriters @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy - https://cup.org/4oWD6ZT
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Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy - https://cup.org/4oWD6ZT
- @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, @tommasopavone.bsky.social & @louisabo.bsky.social
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Friends, my article w/ @silje-hermansen.bsky.social and @louisabo.bsky.social on how/why the "have nots" come out ahead in litigation @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We propose a theory of judicial leveling & spotlighting to explain these contrarian results: take a look!
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So delighted to see this out 🤩🤩
NEW -
Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy - https://cup.org/4oWD6ZT
- @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, @tommasopavone.bsky.social & @louisabo.bsky.social
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Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy - https://cup.org/4oWD6ZT
- @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, @tommasopavone.bsky.social & @louisabo.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
So delighted to see this out 🤩🤩
Friends, my article w/ @silje-hermansen.bsky.social and @louisabo.bsky.social on how/why the "have nots" come out ahead in litigation @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We propose a theory of judicial leveling & spotlighting to explain these contrarian results: take a look!
NEW -
Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy - https://cup.org/4oWD6ZT
- @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, @tommasopavone.bsky.social & @louisabo.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy - https://cup.org/4oWD6ZT
- @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, @tommasopavone.bsky.social & @louisabo.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Friends, my article w/ @silje-hermansen.bsky.social and @louisabo.bsky.social on how/why the "have nots" come out ahead in litigation @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We propose a theory of judicial leveling & spotlighting to explain these contrarian results: take a look!
The @utoronto.ca continues to recruit talent: two leading economists & a physicist from Stanford & MIT are coming to Toronto! This is the value of being @ a large research university in a multicultural city, a liberal democracy & a state committed to research funding: www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
New constellation of academic stars headed to U of T
In a “big win for Canada,” the University of Toronto is further strengthening its academic ranks with three top researchers from U.S. universities whose work ranges from the search for new planets to ...
www.utoronto.ca
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The @utoronto.ca continues to recruit talent: two leading economists & a physicist from Stanford & MIT are coming to Toronto! This is the value of being @ a large research university in a multicultural city, a liberal democracy & a state committed to research funding: www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
The 2025 Carney Gov't budget includes this "brain gain" provision to recruit/retain int'l scholars in Canadian universities like @utoronto.ca: excellent! Would like to see even more emphasis on junior scholars (postdocs, assistant profs): they're the future, are often under-placed, & they'd stay!
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The 2025 Carney Gov't budget includes this "brain gain" provision to recruit/retain int'l scholars in Canadian universities like @utoronto.ca: excellent! Would like to see even more emphasis on junior scholars (postdocs, assistant profs): they're the future, are often under-placed, & they'd stay!
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💫Second great news of the day
The book “Dissensus over Liberal Democracy: Insights from European Judges” is finally out with
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @hartpublishing.bsky.social
I’m truly happy to have co-edited this volume with Ramona Coman, Viktor Kazai, and Andrew Bradley.
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The book “Dissensus over Liberal Democracy: Insights from European Judges” is finally out with
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @hartpublishing.bsky.social
I’m truly happy to have co-edited this volume with Ramona Coman, Viktor Kazai, and Andrew Bradley.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
💫Second great news of the day
The book “Dissensus over Liberal Democracy: Insights from European Judges” is finally out with
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @hartpublishing.bsky.social
I’m truly happy to have co-edited this volume with Ramona Coman, Viktor Kazai, and Andrew Bradley.
A thread 🧵 1/N
The book “Dissensus over Liberal Democracy: Insights from European Judges” is finally out with
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @hartpublishing.bsky.social
I’m truly happy to have co-edited this volume with Ramona Coman, Viktor Kazai, and Andrew Bradley.
A thread 🧵 1/N
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Hurricane #Melissa is strengthening right up until landfall: 180+MPH sustained winds, 220+MPH gusts, 896MB surface pressure in the eye...terrifying & by far strongest hurricane on record to hit #Jamaica. This will be a humanitarian & ecological disaster, & I hope the int’l community is ready to help
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Hurricane #Melissa is strengthening right up until landfall: 180+MPH sustained winds, 220+MPH gusts, 896MB surface pressure in the eye...terrifying & by far strongest hurricane on record to hit #Jamaica. This will be a humanitarian & ecological disaster, & I hope the int’l community is ready to help
The crisis afflicting US politics has antecedents predating Trump; the same is true for the crisis of US universities. Read Clifford Ando’s parable & warning from the University of Chicago- my dear alma mater, whose administration abandoned “the life of the mind:” www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump
The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...
www.compactmag.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The crisis afflicting US politics has antecedents predating Trump; the same is true for the crisis of US universities. Read Clifford Ando’s parable & warning from the University of Chicago- my dear alma mater, whose administration abandoned “the life of the mind:” www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
Kudos to my former employer, @uarizona.bsky.social, for this brave decision! Tying research funds to anything other than merit opens the gates to political capture. UofA was under intense pressure from the state legislature, yet it thankfully listened to students/faculty: tucson.com/news/local/e...
U of A rejects Trump compact, says it will compete on merit for funding
The University of Arizona has rejected the White House education compact, with its president Suresh Garimella writing to a Trump administration official Monday:
tucson.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Kudos to my former employer, @uarizona.bsky.social, for this brave decision! Tying research funds to anything other than merit opens the gates to political capture. UofA was under intense pressure from the state legislature, yet it thankfully listened to students/faculty: tucson.com/news/local/e...
@utoronto.ca, do better! The Uni is excluding recent hires from cost-of-living adjustments that an arbitrator decided ALL faculty/librarians deserve. This harms junior colleagues struggling w/ inflation: we’ve organized a petition demanding @utoronto.ca change course. Spread the word! www.utfa.org
University of Toronto Faculty Association
The University of Toronto Faculty Association exists to protect and advance the well being of the faculty, librarians and research associates of the University of Toronto, the University of St. Michae...
www.utfa.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@utoronto.ca, do better! The Uni is excluding recent hires from cost-of-living adjustments that an arbitrator decided ALL faculty/librarians deserve. This harms junior colleagues struggling w/ inflation: we’ve organized a petition demanding @utoronto.ca change course. Spread the word! www.utfa.org
𝐈𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞? Are judges letting their guard down as the French state consolidates executive power? On Nov 4, CEFMF @utoronto.ca will host a keynote by Stéphanie Hennette Vauchez and Antoine Vauchez sounding the alarm. Join us & register!: tinyurl.com/4w7p8twb
October 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
𝐈𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞? Are judges letting their guard down as the French state consolidates executive power? On Nov 4, CEFMF @utoronto.ca will host a keynote by Stéphanie Hennette Vauchez and Antoine Vauchez sounding the alarm. Join us & register!: tinyurl.com/4w7p8twb
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Missing Guardian of the Treaties (latest). Nothing new however unfortunately
www.politico.eu/article/curi...
@rdanielkelemen.bsky.social @tommasopavone.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/curi...
@rdanielkelemen.bsky.social @tommasopavone.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Missing Guardian of the Treaties (latest). Nothing new however unfortunately
www.politico.eu/article/curi...
@rdanielkelemen.bsky.social @tommasopavone.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/curi...
@rdanielkelemen.bsky.social @tommasopavone.bsky.social
Time to re-up my @verfassungsblog.de post from 2023 about the "EU's Faustian Bargain" w/ Orbán: "if the EU continues to treat the rule of law as a bargaining chip and to make promises it won’t keep, for how much longer will our Union remain a club worth joining?": verfassungsblog.de/the-eus-faus...
September 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Time to re-up my @verfassungsblog.de post from 2023 about the "EU's Faustian Bargain" w/ Orbán: "if the EU continues to treat the rule of law as a bargaining chip and to make promises it won’t keep, for how much longer will our Union remain a club worth joining?": verfassungsblog.de/the-eus-faus...
The Centre for the Study of France & the Francophone World (CEFMF) is hosting many brilliant francophone scholars @utoronto.ca in 2025/26 via two speaker series: “States & Legalities under Stress” & the “French History Seminar.” Find out more/join our listserv: munkschool.utoronto.ca/cees/centre-...
September 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Centre for the Study of France & the Francophone World (CEFMF) is hosting many brilliant francophone scholars @utoronto.ca in 2025/26 via two speaker series: “States & Legalities under Stress” & the “French History Seminar.” Find out more/join our listserv: munkschool.utoronto.ca/cees/centre-...
And Justice Sotomayor remains one of only two voices on the "Court" who consistently show us what "speaking truth to power" looks like. Unfortunately, as an institution the SCOTUS instead seems intent to remind us daily what "faustian bargains" look like
September 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
And Justice Sotomayor remains one of only two voices on the "Court" who consistently show us what "speaking truth to power" looks like. Unfortunately, as an institution the SCOTUS instead seems intent to remind us daily what "faustian bargains" look like
New York LGA to Toronto YYZ this evening. Stunning @aircanada.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
New York LGA to Toronto YYZ this evening. Stunning @aircanada.bsky.social
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🗳️ Restoring democracy after years of erosion is hard work 🇪🇺
In a new IGCC blogpost, @chrishillion.bsky.social , @tommasopavone.bsky.social & I argue that "frontsliding" may require restorative disobedience—proportionate defiance of entrenched illiberal structures.
👉 ucigcc.org/blog/poland-...
In a new IGCC blogpost, @chrishillion.bsky.social , @tommasopavone.bsky.social & I argue that "frontsliding" may require restorative disobedience—proportionate defiance of entrenched illiberal structures.
👉 ucigcc.org/blog/poland-...
September 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🗳️ Restoring democracy after years of erosion is hard work 🇪🇺
In a new IGCC blogpost, @chrishillion.bsky.social , @tommasopavone.bsky.social & I argue that "frontsliding" may require restorative disobedience—proportionate defiance of entrenched illiberal structures.
👉 ucigcc.org/blog/poland-...
In a new IGCC blogpost, @chrishillion.bsky.social , @tommasopavone.bsky.social & I argue that "frontsliding" may require restorative disobedience—proportionate defiance of entrenched illiberal structures.
👉 ucigcc.org/blog/poland-...
Restoring democracy after years of erosion is hard work: it takes more than democrats winning an election. This is the lesson @chrishillion.bsky.social, @ascherz.bsky.social & I derive from Poland in a new blogpost discussing our paper on “democratic frontsliding” in the EU: tinyurl.com/mvz3acbz
Poland Shows that Restoring Democracy Takes More than an Election - IGCC
tinyurl.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Restoring democracy after years of erosion is hard work: it takes more than democrats winning an election. This is the lesson @chrishillion.bsky.social, @ascherz.bsky.social & I derive from Poland in a new blogpost discussing our paper on “democratic frontsliding” in the EU: tinyurl.com/mvz3acbz
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@silje-hermansen.bsky.social presented work with @louisabo.bsky.social and @tommasopavone.bsky.social on the conditions under which the European Court of Justice will accept novel legal arguments advanced by private parties #ecprgc25
August 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
@silje-hermansen.bsky.social presented work with @louisabo.bsky.social and @tommasopavone.bsky.social on the conditions under which the European Court of Justice will accept novel legal arguments advanced by private parties #ecprgc25
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Nice to see @economist.com discussing my research with @tommasopavone.bsky.social on the decline in law enforcement by the @ec.europa.eu - “The sleeping policeman at the heart of Europe”
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from The Economist
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from The Economist
The sleeping policeman at the heart of Europe
Enforcement of EU law has become an afterthought
economist.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Nice to see @economist.com discussing my research with @tommasopavone.bsky.social on the decline in law enforcement by the @ec.europa.eu - “The sleeping policeman at the heart of Europe”
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from The Economist
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from The Economist
The neighborhood raccoons didn’t know my flights were cancelled today, and that I’d be there to witness them “moving in” to my outdoor deck to live their best summer life 😂🥰 videos in the replies below @toronto.ca #TorontoRaccoons
July 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The neighborhood raccoons didn’t know my flights were cancelled today, and that I’d be there to witness them “moving in” to my outdoor deck to live their best summer life 😂🥰 videos in the replies below @toronto.ca #TorontoRaccoons
Toronto has been on a hiring spree! Some context though: @uoft.bsky.social has long attracted int’l talent. I’m lucky to be on faculty at a world-class university in a diverse global city. Coming here is an incredible opportunity regardless of what happens down south: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
Canada’s Trump-Fueled Brain Gain
www.nytimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Toronto has been on a hiring spree! Some context though: @uoft.bsky.social has long attracted int’l talent. I’m lucky to be on faculty at a world-class university in a diverse global city. Coming here is an incredible opportunity regardless of what happens down south: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
100%. Today's ruling highlights as clearly as ever that the US Supreme Court -packed/coopted during Trump's 1st term- is at war w/ the lower federal courts. The lower courts are trying to defend rights & the rule of law, but the Supreme Court is enabling executive aggrandizement & trampling rights
The S Court just struck a major blow against democracy and the rule of law, stripping lower courts of the long standing power of “universal injunctions,” the ability to stop administrative illegal action in its tracks. The timing couldn’t worse given the authoritarian threat that is Trump.
June 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
100%. Today's ruling highlights as clearly as ever that the US Supreme Court -packed/coopted during Trump's 1st term- is at war w/ the lower federal courts. The lower courts are trying to defend rights & the rule of law, but the Supreme Court is enabling executive aggrandizement & trampling rights
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 w/ @chrishillion.bsky.social & @ascherz.bsky.social! How can governments restore liberal democracy after a period of democratic erosion? We theorize "democratic frontsliding" & how obstructions to frontsliding can be overcome, using Poland/the EU as a case: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 w/ @chrishillion.bsky.social & @ascherz.bsky.social! How can governments restore liberal democracy after a period of democratic erosion? We theorize "democratic frontsliding" & how obstructions to frontsliding can be overcome, using Poland/the EU as a case: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 in @bjpols.bsky.social! We show the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social neither favors the "haves" nor has a pro-business bias: it consistently levels the odds for disempowered individuals & spotlights support for their rights. Why 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 the haves come out ahead? Read on: tinyurl.com/28662tae
June 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 in @bjpols.bsky.social! We show the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social neither favors the "haves" nor has a pro-business bias: it consistently levels the odds for disempowered individuals & spotlights support for their rights. Why 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 the haves come out ahead? Read on: tinyurl.com/28662tae