About

I am a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Houston. My current research focuses on studying high courts comparatively, predominantly in Latin America and Europe, as well as comparative research on the rule of law and democratic backsliding in developing countries. My book, Judicial Vetoes: Decision-Making on Mixed Selection Constitutional Courts was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022. I also am a co-PI for an NSF-funded grant on Community Responsive Algorithms for Social Accountability (CRASA), https://uh-crasa.org/ Email: lbtiede@uh.edu

Research Interests

Democratisation, Development, Human Rights, Latin America, Developing World Politics, Jurisprudence, War, Mixed Methods, Technology

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Central and East European Politics
• Comparative Political Institutions
• Critical Peace and Conflict Studies
• Human Rights and Transitional Justice
• Law and Courts
• The Sciences of the Democracies
• Politics and Technology
• Latin American Politics
• Mediterranean Politics and Society