Robert Elgie

Keynote address on the best systems of government. "There are no easy answers" Goodluck @robertelgie. @nrna2003

My special issue article with Tapio Raunio on executive leadership in semi-presidential regimes is published online. @prespow @Gia_Passarelli @AnnaFruhstorfer @PresidPolitics @pres_activism @cristinabucur @robertelgie @sujit_choudhry @SumitBisarya bit.ly/32rdLNK

Delighted to announce 2 scholarships for access students to study on @DublinCityUni's MSc in #ClimateChange. Scholarships cover EU fees & stipend. Deadline 29 July. Many thanks to @ntrfoundation for continuing funding of these scholarships. Details at: shapingthefuture.dcu.ie/2019/07/09/ntr…

@shanepaulwoods @LawGovDCU @tanyanim @aislingdepaor Comhghairdeas Shane! You will benefit hugely from two great supervisors!

Organized by a colleague, this event is sure to be great! With @robertelgie as keynote speaker!

Join the Malahide Clean Coasts Group for a beach clean tomorrow morning! Find all the info in the link below and do your part in protecting our beautiful coastline! 😊🌊 facebook.com/events/4304183… #CleanCoasts #Ireland #MarineLitter

💡💡WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTH ASIA? In our latest Symposium post, Radhika Agarwal highlights a few recent constitutional developments in South Asia, including some related to #judicialreview + #presidential pardons and #equality and #ReligiousFreedom blog-iacl-aidc.org/2019-posts/201…

#Dominican Republic opposition groups protest planned constitutional amendment to #extend term limits @Zovatto55 @prespow @robertelgie buff.ly/2xn8yrQ

Congrats on the book chapter with José, Ale (@amedina030)!

Very proud that my chapter on presidential term limit reforms in Senegal (1970-2016) is just published in The Politics of Presidential Term Limits. Thank you Alex Baturo and @robertelgie for organizing such an amazing volume!

Congrats to @robertelgie and team - this looks to be a beautiful and important volume on presidential term limits. I am delighted to have a chapter in it.

Look what just arrived in the post. Thanks among others to @tomginsburg @ZedTex @roznaiy @leivm_academic @Fromagehomme @CharlotteHeyl @PChaisty @CMM_CPT_SA @amedia030 @AnastasVangeli @MarianaLlanosHa @juanma616 @OUPPolitics and to Alex Baturo @LawGovDCU

Guinea-Bissau’s national assembly approves a resolution to remove President Jose Mario Vaz from office and replace him with the head of the legislature bloom.bg/2NiUwCl

‘Coup attempt' in Ethiopia is an important reminder of how fragile the political system is and the potential for unrest-and the fact that the challenges to the regime come from multiple sources. #ethiopia #ethiopiacoup #AbiyAhmed #teamabiy #africademocracy bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…

Good suggestion. Try Chernobyl Children International @Chernobyl chernobyl-international.com

In #Kenya, push for #referendum to pass #constitutional #amendments changing to a #parliamentary system of #government buff.ly/2MZ13St

This is not paper about whether modern democracies have turned towards presidentialism. But thank you @PolStudiesRev for the mention. Instead, the paper aims to show that the concept of 'presidentialisation' is used by scholars in two mutually exclusive ways.

Congratulations Stephanie. Great news and well deserved.

A new paper: "Term Limits and the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Doctrine: Lessons from Latin America" co-authored with D. Landau & R. Dixon, in The Politics of Presidential Term Limits, edited by Baturo & Elgie. On this new book from OUP: global.oup.com/academic/produ…