The Personalization of Political Power Revisited; Guest Editors: David Kuehn, Mariana Llanos and Thomas Richter. Volume 33, Issue 5 of Democratization

The GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies invites applications for a one-month visiting fellowship in Hamburg. The fellowship supports advanced research on Latin American politics and encourages s...

AbstractCourts frequently decide politically important cases in Norway. Yet, despite voicing concerns about the consequences of judicialization for represe

On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.

US-Präsident Trump hat weiteren lateinamerikanischen Staaten offen gedroht. Erst Venezuela, dann Kolumbien oder Kuba?

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...

Ein großer Erfolg für das GIGA und die Metropolregion Hamburg als Wissenschaftsstandort: Der Senat der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft hat die Förderung der GIGA-Wissenschaftlerin Dr. Julia Grauvogel im Rahmen d...

Wir wollen, dass unsere Kinder und unsere Enkel in einer freiheitlichen, toleranten, vielfältigen und offenen Gesellschaft aufwachsen können, die die Grundrechte eines jeden Menschen achtet. Wir sind ...

Under what conditions do courts implement mechanisms of social participation in judicial decision-making? Over the last two decades, Latin American constitutional and supreme courts have been opening...

European Consortium for Political Research

In a historic conviction, Brazil’s courts have found former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of attempting a coup, among other serious charges. This sends out a powerful signal of institutional strengt...

Análisis L21 | La democracia brasileña no solo está juzgando a un expresidente, está midiendo su propia capacidad. Democracia en juicio.

This event series delves into the evolving field of Global International Relations, highlighting research and practices at GIGA and beyond. It examines how IR can move beyond Western-centric framework...

The GIGA is partner of the University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) that investigates climate dynamics and climate-related social dynamics, as wel...

How do chief executives personalize power? In this paper we conceptualize the personalization of executive power based on observable processes initiated by the chief executive aiming to increase po...