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
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!
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
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
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
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
Powerful example of Justice Jackson bearing witness to what is now evident to all - especially the lower federal courts:
June 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Powerful example of Justice Jackson bearing witness to what is now evident to all - especially the lower federal courts:
In Europe, the promises/perils of frontsliding are clear in Poland. A pro-democracy gov't won an election in '23, but struggled to break up autocratic enclaves. Our restorative disobedience argument charts a path for the Polish gov't & the EU (one the EU has already strayed from, to its detriment)
June 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In Europe, the promises/perils of frontsliding are clear in Poland. A pro-democracy gov't won an election in '23, but struggled to break up autocratic enclaves. Our restorative disobedience argument charts a path for the Polish gov't & the EU (one the EU has already strayed from, to its detriment)
Building on @tomginsburg.bsky.social & Huq, we theorize "democratic frontsliding" as a subtype of democratization. The obstacles to frontsliding are "autocratic enclaves" surviving a democratizing election. We make the normative & legal case for "restorative disobedience" to break up these enclaves
June 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Building on @tomginsburg.bsky.social & Huq, we theorize "democratic frontsliding" as a subtype of democratization. The obstacles to frontsliding are "autocratic enclaves" surviving a democratizing election. We make the normative & legal case for "restorative disobedience" to break up these enclaves
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....
In Europe, the promises/perils of frontsliding are clear in Poland. A pro-democracy gov't won an election in '23, but struggled to break up autocratic enclaves. Our restorative disobedience argument charts a path for the Polish gov't & the EU (one the EU has already strayed from, to its detriment)
June 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In Europe, the promises/perils of frontsliding are clear in Poland. A pro-democracy gov't won an election in '23, but struggled to break up autocratic enclaves. Our restorative disobedience argument charts a path for the Polish gov't & the EU (one the EU has already strayed from, to its detriment)
Building on @tomginsburg.bsky.social & Huq, we theorize "democratic frontsliding" as a subtype of democratization. The obstacles to frontsliding are "autocratic enclaves" surviving a democratizing election. We make the normative & legal case for "restorative disobedience" to break up these enclaves
June 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Building on @tomginsburg.bsky.social & Huq, we theorize "democratic frontsliding" as a subtype of democratization. The obstacles to frontsliding are "autocratic enclaves" surviving a democratizing election. We make the normative & legal case for "restorative disobedience" to break up these enclaves
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
I’m so grateful to @lisasundstrom.bsky.social for penning a truly insightful & generous review of #TheGhostwriters. Lisa raises illuminating similarities/contrasts between Euro-lawyers in the EU & lawyering before the ECtHR- a promising path for future research! Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/lsi....
April 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I’m so grateful to @lisasundstrom.bsky.social for penning a truly insightful & generous review of #TheGhostwriters. Lisa raises illuminating similarities/contrasts between Euro-lawyers in the EU & lawyering before the ECtHR- a promising path for future research! Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/lsi....
One week until @bernardharcourt.bsky.social’s keynote lecture at @uoft.bsky.social on “Cooperation in Conflictual times!” Do join us for this timely and important conversation on March 14 at 5PM: register to attend & get more info here: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/cooper...
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
One week until @bernardharcourt.bsky.social’s keynote lecture at @uoft.bsky.social on “Cooperation in Conflictual times!” Do join us for this timely and important conversation on March 14 at 5PM: register to attend & get more info here: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/cooper...
February 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Midnight update: we have received 10-15cms of snow in the St. George neighborhood of Toronto so far (snow depth around 35-40cms). & The worst of this blizzard isn't until tomorrow, where 30+cms will fall. GTA in the bullseye for this snowmageddon, forecast on track #onwx #onstorm
February 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Here’s my (almost final) forecast: historic storm for southern ON that may rival the Jan ’’22 blizzard. Many spots from the GTA thru Montreal will receive 45cms+ & high winds will cause major drifting. Light snow begins this PM, brief lull overnight, then chaos tomorrow #onwx #onstorm
February 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Here’s my 1st guesstimate @ a snow map. A lot of spread in the forecast models, but growing confidence in a major storm/blizzard for the Great Lakes, ON, & QC-including for areas hit by significant snow this week. Some north/south shifts likely/details to pin as models converge #onwx #onstorm
February 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Another potentially significant winter storm will develop over the Great Lakes Sat into Sun. Details to be sorted but this would be my initial guess of who’s most likely to be impacted & how. Some computer models are going very crazy w/ it, others less so. Keep 👀 out, Toronto friends! #onwx #onstorm
February 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Another potentially significant winter storm will develop over the Great Lakes Sat into Sun. Details to be sorted but this would be my initial guess of who’s most likely to be impacted & how. Some computer models are going very crazy w/ it, others less so. Keep 👀 out, Toronto friends! #onwx #onstorm