Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado

@bgarciaholgado.bsky.social

99 followers 100 following 14 posts

Assistant Professor, University of Delaware Democracy, populism, judicial politics, qualitative methods https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/cas/units/departments/political-science-international-relations/our-people/benjamin-garcia-holgado/

www.udel.edu

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Reposted by Benjamin Garcia-Holgado

Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame @kellogginstitute.bsky.social · Aug 11

We learned last week of the passing of Carlos Acuña, professor of political science at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín. He was an early Kellogg visiting fellow and part of the Institute's formative years. Our gratitude to @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social‬ for this beautiful tribute: bit.ly/45HIVTw

2 1

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Aug 11

Remembering Carlos H. Acuña (1953-2025): Scholar, Institution Builder, and Mentor kellogg.nd.edu/news/remembe...

Remembering Carlos H. Acuña (1953-2025): Scholar, Institution Builder, and Mentor | Kellogg Institute For International Studies

kellogg.nd.edu

Reposted by Benjamin Garcia-Holgado

Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thrilled that this book, with Driscoll and Krehbiel, is out this week. Its topic that become surprisingly relevant: under what conditions does the public punish presidents who ignore court decisions?

3 12 36

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thank you Laura!! ❤️

Reposted by Benjamin Garcia-Holgado

Laura Gamboa @lgamboa.bsky.social · Jul 30

Congratulations to all our @notredame.bsky.social and former @kellogginstitute.bsky.social political science fellows: @jolechartre.bsky.social , @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social and @natanski.bsky.social whose dissertations won several APSA awards this year. You should check their work! 👇

2 1 6

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Jul 30

IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!

Latin American Political Institutions Section (LAPIS) @lapislasa.bsky.social · Jul 22

LAPIS invites applications for sponsored panels on political institutions for LASA 2026. Apply by Aug 8 via this form: forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba.... Selected panels are guaranteed conference acceptance.

forms.gle

1 1

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thanks, Daniel!! As I told Julio the other day, it has been a fantastic experience to be at UD.

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you so much Daniel!! I am very happy about this

1 1

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Jul 25

I will be at LSA next year! Maybe we can organize a panel :)

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you, Tom!! I hope to see you at APSA this year and have another lunch :)

1 1

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you so much to @apsa.bsky.social and to Professors Wendy Martinek, Alyx Mark, and Rachel Stern for recognizing my dissertation with the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award

APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Jul 24

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado Receives the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award for “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy”

The Edward S. Corwin Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of…

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado Receives the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award for “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy”

The Edward S. Corwin Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public law. Citation from the Award Committee: Benjamin Garcia-Holgado’s “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy” is an ambitious examination of the conditions under which courts can promote or prevent the process of autocratization by populist executives.

politicalsciencenow.com

1 2 6

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thanks Christina!! ❤️

Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · Jun 16

Make that a hat trick! A 3rd Notre Dame grad, Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social, won the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award for the best dissertation in the field of public law. (Also: all 3 of our awarded students are just lovely people).

Send you best students to ND! Hire an ND PhD!

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Mar 8

Mil gracias Azul!!! Es una gran iniciativa

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Mar 6

Va a quedar grabado en youtube, no?

1 1

Reposted by Benjamin Garcia-Holgado

Azul Aguiar @azulaguiar.bsky.social · Mar 6

✳️Mañana a las 11 empezamos la conversación sobre las
Implicaciones en materia de reforma judicial.

1 3 2

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Feb 20

Scheppele highlights the strategies autocrats use, and the ten steps countries can take towards an autocracy. She gives examples from Hungary, Poland, Russia, and elsewhere, but she also highlights our present situation in the US.

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Feb 3

Gracias a vos Sandra!!! Fue genial trabajar con vos (que se repita).

Reposted by Benjamin Garcia-Holgado

Sandra Botero @sboteroc.bsky.social · Feb 3

Con @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social estudiamos cómo la Corte Suprema Arg y la Corte Constitucional Col han respondido en décadas recientes a la polarización política.
academic.oup.com/icon/advance...

Tapa del artículo: Jueces en tensión: la Corte Suprema argentina (2003-2023) y la Corte Constitucional colombiana (2002-2023) frente
a la polarización.

1 5 5

Reposted by Benjamin Garcia-Holgado

Rodrigo Castro Cornejo @rcastrocornejo.bsky.social · Jan 30

Mesa redonda donde discuriremos nuestro artículo "Is Mexico at the Gates of Authoritarianism?" (con @azulaguiar.bsky.social y Alejandro Monsiváis) recientemente publicado (@jodemocracy.bsky.social):

Los esperamos:

1 3 3

Reposted by Benjamin Garcia-Holgado

Sandra Botero @sboteroc.bsky.social · Dec 5

Here’s a starter pack of Kellogg Institute (ND ☘️) Fellows: current and former PhD students, faculty, visiting. 😊 Let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/CoZB5N8
And help spread the word. @marcjacob.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social @aperezli.bsky.social

6 5

Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · Jan 13

Excited to share my latest #OpenAccess publication!

I develop a theory on how courts can counter executive aggrandizement—even in unlikely contexts—offering a fresh perspective on #DemocraticResilience.

I welcome any feedback, reactions, or questions!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Overruling the Executive: Judicial Strategies to Resist Democratic Erosion | Journal of Law and Courts | Cambridge Core

Overruling the Executive: Judicial Strategies to Resist Democratic Erosion

www.cambridge.org

9 15