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Russia is not a textbook example in the innovation studies literature – it is either ignored or considered an outlier because of its political regime. Russia’s current innovation system is largely fragmented. Yet it remains capable of making significant advancements in certain sectors of national importance. Authoritarianism alone cannot explain this pattern. The desire to […]
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Both climate change and the ocean have always been topics I felt drawn to. Both felt scientific, urgent, and practical, and they somehow involved the outdoors, which, for me, as a lawyer working inside all day, sounded very tempting. When it came to writing my Master’s thesis, I just couldn’t decide which topic to explore. […]
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Few things stir emotions and financial markets quite like artificial intelligence, yet too few people understand how it’s made, how it’s measured, how it intersects with the law, and what its societal implications may be. The most well-known issues, such as misinformation, hallucinations, “nudify” apps, and the like, are the tip of the iceberg. I […]
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Presidents have long sought to shape the federal bureaucracy. But few have challenged it as aggressively as Donald Trump. Throughout his political career, Trump has argued that unelected bureaucrats—the so-called “deep state”—exercise too much influence over government policy. In his March 4, 2025 address to Congress, he declared, “The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are […]
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice (ECOWAS Court)’s transformation from an economic tribunal into one of Africa’s leading regional human rights courts is nothing short of remarkable. Since 2005, when the ECOWAS Court was given a human rights mandate, nearly 90% of the cases it handles have been human […]
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How does law – and, in particular, global law – structure the social space within which we live our lives? My new book, Twa in Rwanda: Situating Global Discourses of Indigeneity, Conservationism and Development in Daily Life, shifts focus from the top-down framing of global law to how legal power is enacted in everyday practices […]
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The twentieth century taught us (at least offered a costly learning opportunity) how to respond to military coups, revolutionary ruptures, and open assaults on democratic government. The twenty-first century presents a different challenge. Increasingly, constitutional democracy is not dismantled outside the legal order but transformed from within. Constitutions are amended, courts are restructured, electoral laws […]
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What is common in the production of an earring from broken porcelain cups and plates, an evening dress form curtains, a handbag from the cassettes of audio tapes, a lampshade out of discarded Coca Cola glass bottles, or to decorate jackets with worn but functional scarves? All of these activities represent a form of the […]
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