Democratic Institutions in the Global South (DEMINGS)

Latin American Democracies in Crisis, Online Event, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Red Euro-Latinoamericana de Gobernabilidad para el Desarrollo Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Panelist, Organiser)

RedGob Workshop: Latin American Democracies in Crisis. Causes, Processes, and Remedies

Organiser: Coventry University Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

RISING is a threeway partnership between the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, the Cathedral and City Council. It’s a vital part of the Coventry’s unique city of peace and reconciliation status. RISING brings together leading politicians, policymakers, academics and community organisers to discuss and promote new ways to make and sustain peace, both in local communities and on an international level. It highlights the extensive work undertaken at the university to create impact worldwide through its portfolio of research on peace and security. Participation at the event is open to anyone with an interest in creating peaceful communities.The 2021 theme is Leadership for Peace, with a full line-up of speakers to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Organiser: Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

Opening of the Academic Year 2021/22

Perú retorna a la bicameralidad -un poder legislativo de dos cámaras- con temas pendientes y con la estabilidad política dependiendo más de sus políticos que de la reforma. 

IPSA 27th World Congress of Political Science, Buenos Aires Eduardo Tamaki (Speaker)

Presentation of my 1st PhD Paper

NoPSA 2024 XX Nordic Political Science Congress, Radisson Blu Bryggen, Bergen Organisers: Nordic Political Science Association Eduardo Tamaki (Chair)

Workshop on Comparative Political Institutions: For the workshop, we aim to bring together scholars who employ a variety of methodological approaches (e.g.: observational data analysis, formal modelling, experiments) and scopes.

Nicaragua released 222 imprisoned government opponents and deported them to the United States. This maneuver advances a path of violations of elementary constitutional and international norms, and of a criminalization of political, social and cultural leaders.

(R)evolutions in International Human Rights Law and Politics: Actors, Norms, and Strategies, France, Toulouse, Toulouse Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Alina Ripplinger (Speaker)

The paper on Strategic Civil Resistance was discussed during the Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) at Toulouse, France, 2023, in the scope of the Workshop “(R)evolutions in International Human Rights Law and Politics: Actors, Norms, and Strategies”.

Retreat of the Graduate Center Effective and Innovative Policymaking in Contested Contexts (EIPCC), Willy Brandt School at the University of Erfurt, GIGA, Hamburg Organisers: Willy Brandt School of Public Policy Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Organiser)

The annual retreat of the EIPCC graduate center dealt with digital and AI tools for research, ethics in exploratory field research, and best practice in grant applications.
It included doctoral fellows from both Erfurt and GIGA as well as senior members of both institutions.

En esta entrevista, Mariana Llanos analiza cómo funcionan los sistemas presidenciales y parlamentarios, sus diferencias, principalmente haciendo referencia a Argentina y Brasil.

Breakdowns and (De)Democratization in South America and beyond, University of Trento, Trento Organisers: University of Trento Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

The 22 October 2023 general elections in Argentina commemorate 40 years of uninterrupted democratic rule. However, citizens are expressing discontentment and anger with the established parties. The prospects for democracy and the economy look gloomy in what should be a year of civic celebration.

Organiser: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

Panelists reflected on how well their past work explains the recent inter-branch crises in Peru and Ecuador. Do the same theoretical frameworks still apply or did we see new dynamics develop during these recent crises that went against their predictions?

Lasa 2023, Vancouver Organisers: Latin American Studies Association Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker), Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber (Speaker), Dr. Pedro Costa (Speaker)

Over the last two decades, Latin American high courts have been opening themselves to the public through a variety of institutional innovations for social participation in the judicial decision-making process, such as public hearings and the acceptance of amicus curiae briefs. This paper explores such court behaviour through the analysis of an expert survey designed and implemented by the authors in ten Latin American countries during 2022.

Organiser: Federal University of Minas Gerais Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

Presentation of forthcoming volume edited by Llanos and Marsteintredet (Routledge, 2023)

Organiser: University of Brasília Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

Presentation of the forthcoming volume edited by Mariana Llanos and Leiv Marsteintredet

Latin America in Times of Turbulence: Presidentialism under Stress, Online Event, Rio de Janeiro Organisers: State University of Rio de Janeiro  Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

Invited Talk

Milagros Campos (PUCP) y Mariana Llanos (GIGA) dialogan sobre la posibilidad del retorno a la bicameralidad en el Perú. Descubre el impacto que podría tener este cambio en el Poder Legislativo en el 2do episodio de Construyendo Diálogo Democrático, un podcast de Perú Debate.

Annual MPSA Conference 2022, Chicago Organisers: Midwest Political Science Association Eduardo Tamaki (Speaker)

Negative emotions are often associated with populism, as feelings of fear and anger are seen as one of the key motivating factors underlying populist support. Both from the supply and demand side, or the elite and individual perspectives, populism is commonly associated with fear and anger.

The 2022 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Brazil. Results and Impacts, Online Event Organisers: Kooperation Brasilien e.V. Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

The Online Event Series brings together scholars from Brazil and Europe to discuss the results of the 2022 elections in the context of the Brazilian political system, to draw a balance of the Bolsonaro presidency, and to provide an outlook on expected developments from 2023 onwards.

Lecture and discussion with author Bernd Rother of the book of the same name, University of Erfurt, Erfurt Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Discussant)

The event featured the book's presentation by Dr. Bernd Rother, Historian and Senior Fellow at the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation and a subsequent discussion with Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos, Extraordinary Professor for Democratic Institutions in the Global South at the Brandt School.

Organiser: University of Erfurt Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

Guidelines for PhD students on how to get published in a journal

Democratic Institutions in Latin America, Erfurt Universität, Erfurt Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

Paper presentation at workshop on "Democratic Institutions in Latin America", University of Erfurt

This workshop is jointly organised by the GIGA and the University of Erfurt within the framework of the DEMINGS project (Leibniz Foundation). It brings together renowned European and Latin American scholars to discuss and present their most recent research on the state of democratic institutions in Latin America.

Latin American Democracies in Crisis, Online Event, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Red Euro-Latinoamericana de Gobernabilidad para el Desarrollo Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Panelist, Organiser)

RedGob Workshop: Latin American Democracies in Crisis. Causes, Processes, and Remedies

Organiser: Coventry University Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

RISING is a threeway partnership between the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, the Cathedral and City Council. It’s a vital part of the Coventry’s unique city of peace and reconciliation status. RISING brings together leading politicians, policymakers, academics and community organisers to discuss and promote new ways to make and sustain peace, both in local communities and on an international level. It highlights the extensive work undertaken at the university to create impact worldwide through its portfolio of research on peace and security. Participation at the event is open to anyone with an interest in creating peaceful communities.The 2021 theme is Leadership for Peace, with a full line-up of speakers to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Organiser: Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker)

Opening of the Academic Year 2021/22