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Tania Groppi

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Constitutional and Comparative Law Professor, University of Siena, Italy. Also teaching Gender Equality Law. Constitutional advisor of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe. Traveler and runner. Here, I express personal opinion

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Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · Dec 18

#Hanoi Some pics from the most amazing academic visit ever #DiscursiveConstitutionalism #Vietnam #ICM @democracytalk.bsky.social @tomginsburg.bsky.social @cherylas1.bsky.social @iureamicorum.bsky.social @argeliaqueralt.bsky.social @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social

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Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · Sep 3

Cosa è accaduto al Judicial Overhaul in Israele dopo il 7 ottobre? Grazie a @yanivroznai.bsky.social La mia intervista su @radioradical.bsky.social www.radioradicale.it/scheda/767984

La Corte suprema di Israele blocca la destituzione dell'Attorney general. Intervista a Tania Groppi

RADIO, 3/09/2025

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 19

Female graduates in the UK fall behind men from the very start of their careers, even when they have taken the same courses, and are out-earned after studying more than four-fifths of university subjects (1/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...

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Elena Escalante-Block @elenaescalanteb.bsky.social · Aug 18

I’m excited to share that my first book came out this summer! The book looks at how EU state aid cases become politicised (and de-politicised) and what this means for the EU’s legitimacy. At its core, the book shows how competition policy is never just technical, but also deeply political.

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Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · Aug 18

#BergenExchanges2025 Thank you @sirigloppen.bsky.social and all the team!

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Chr. Michelsen Institute @cmi.no · Aug 18

The Bergen Exchanges 2025 have begun!

This week there will be a full schedule of events on democracy, autocratisation, and resistance at Kulturhuset in Bergen.

👉 All events are free and open all - come and join us!

⬇️ You can also watch along online via the link below!

#BeEx2025

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Chr. Michelsen Institute @cmi.no · Aug 18

Follow the Bergen Exchanges here - vimeo.com/event/531010...

BeEx2025 – Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation 18-22 August

Join scholars, activists, legal professionals, and artists from around the world at the 2025 Bergen Exchanges, a five-day international conference exploring the…

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Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Within the World Congress of Constitutional Law #WCCL2026
Bogota 6-10 July, we organise a workshop on Constitutional Dialogues (workshop 14).
For more information👉QR code.
You can submit your abstract proposal here: wccl2026.com/en/call-for-...

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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · Jun 25

"What constitutional protections should be afforded to speech authored by artificial intelligence?", a new blog by Marin Roger Scordato, author of After the Realist Revolution (out now)

#LawSky 💙📚 #jurisprudence

What constitutional protections should be afforded to speech authored by artificial intelligence?

Exposure to the current media culture in almost any sphere – news, entertainment, business, politics, or technology – involves near constant contact with reporting on, and often barely concealed promotion of, artificial intelligence (AI) as a new and rapidly emerging area of computer engineering...

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Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · Aug 3

Nuevo Podcast: @kimlanelaw.bsky.social @profpech.bsky.social @tomginsburg.bsky.social @yanivroznai.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/34q9...

Tania Groppi: del constitucionalismo global a los nuevos autoritarismos

Upstanders · Episode

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Jul 28

"Regulation by deal, precisely because it bypasses general lawmaking procedures, leaves open the possibility that any deal can be supplemented with even more demands in the future. It can provide no legal guarantees of security."

ALWAYS read @kimlanelaw.bsky.social 👈

Bullying Universities

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Jakob Weickert @j-weickert.bsky.social · Jul 28

Great piece especially in showing how the Trump administration is able to weaponize the budget against universities.

One should ask if similar methods could be used in one's own jurisdiction. Spoiler for the Germans: probably yes.

Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · Jul 28

Heres my analysis of what Trump is doing to US universities. He is attacking every source of higher ed funding and holding academic freedom hostage for ransom. verfassungsblog.de/trump-univer...

Bullying Universities

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Nicolas Hervieu @nhervieu.bsky.social · Aug 2

Le compte officiel de l'ambassade des Etats-Unis en France en vient désormais à nier l'importance des *faits* dans une démocratie.

Et emprunte le phrasé habituel (« élites mondiales ») des complotistes de tous poils.

Quelle incroyable déchéance sans fin pour un tel pays.

Message sur X U.S. Embassy France @USEmbassyFrance

Nous devons démanteler l’industrie de la vérification des faits qui censure les opinions impopulaires auprès des élites mondiales.

Affiche où figure le mot "Censorship" barré d'une croix blanche, sur fond jaune pâle

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Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · Jul 31

Here’s hoping university administrators are as clear eyed about protecting academic freedom and faculty governance as the signatories of this excellent letter.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Jul 31

Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump.

Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.

Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · Aug 2

The Brazilian Supreme Court is fearless in the face of sanctions -and will ensure that the trial of Bolsonaro stays on track. Trump is once again attempting to obstruct justice when it comes to holding former presidents accountable. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Brazil's Justice Moraes ignores US sanctions, says he will continue doing his job

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing a criminal case against an ally of President Donald Trump, told a court session on Friday that he will continue to do his job and "ignore the sanctions" imposed by the United States that effectively block him from the country's wide-reaching financial system.

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Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · Jul 21

The IACL World Congress will take place in Bogotá: July 6 to 10, 2026. The calls for papers are now open. We organise a workshop on the role of local authorities in defending human rights, rule of law, democracy. Submit your abstract : wccl2026.com/en/call-for-...

Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · Jul 8

Looking forward #2026IACLWorld Congress ‼️ Call for abstract ‼️Workshop 16: Local authorities as guarantor of democracy, human rights, rule of law - SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE: wccl2026.com/en/call-for-...

Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · Jun 19

Judicial overhaul in Italy: in Spanish open.spotify.com/episode/0Vdk... @argeliaqueralt.bsky.social @yanivroznai.bsky.social @ibericonnect.bsky.social @micaelaalterio.bsky.social

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Giuseppe Martinico @martinicogi.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thanks to Malkhaz Nakashidze for his excellent seminar in Siena, and to DIPEC (in particular @taniagroppi.bsky.social) for the invitation to comment on his presentation

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · May 26

🚨🚨 The Secretary General of @coe.int, Alain Berset on Saturday pushed back against a call by nine EU Member States to make it easier to expel #migrants who commit crime warning that courts must not be “weaponized” for political gain. 🧵
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Council of Europe hits back at EU leaders calling to ease migrant expulsions

Secretary-General Alain Berset warned that courts must not be “weaponized” for political gain.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · May 26

⏰ TOMORROW ⏰

Don't miss our online event tomorrow with UK Ambassador to the EU Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby & EU Ambassador to the UK Pedro Serrano for key insights into the future of the UK-EU relationship 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

Sign up now 👇

UKICE Lunch Hour: A new era of UK-EU relations - UK in a changing Europe

Join us online to hear Ambassador to the EU Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby and EU Ambassador to the UK Pedro Serrano discuss the key outcomes of the UK-EU Summit.

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Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · May 26

#hanoi ItaCentro - Italia Center @Università di Siena @DIPEC SIENA A wonderful teaching week #ICM

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Lise Brun @lisebrun.bsky.social · Feb 13

(1/2) I am delighted to see the publication of the fantastic edited volume Judicial Bricolage. The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges in the 21st Century (by Groppi, Ponthoreau & Spigno) & my first paper from the empirical part of my doctoral thesis on the Supreme Court of Canada!

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Facultat de Dret UB @dretub.bsky.social · May 5

#AgendaDretUB| Presentació del llibre «Secession and European Law: the deferential attitude» de Núria González Campañá

🗓️ 8 de maig

🕙 A les 12:00h

📍 Sala de Juntes Maria Soteras A-411

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Tania Groppi @taniagroppi.bsky.social · Apr 29

#CanadaElections Today, while celebrating #MarkCarney
electoral triumph, I would like to remember my dear friend, professor #StephenClarkson ❤️🙏Canada in my ❤️
@richardalbert.bsky.social