Más de la mitad del presupuesto consolidado de Puerto Rico - que incluye fondos federales y corporaciones públicas - se va en contratos, dice un nuevo estudio de la ONG Sembrando Sentido elnuevodia.com/noticias/local…

1/2 #PuertoRico's gov't is increasingly privatized & its payroll & internal resources are shrinking, says a study by Sembrando Sentido. In FY23, 61% of gov't expenses went towards contracting, far exceeding global parameters set by the World Bank & OECD. elnuevodia.com/noticias/local…

2/2 The trend is highly problematic given most corruption in #PuertoRico can be linked to gov't contracting, and PR is lacking in proper oversight, preventive monitoring, auditing protocols, and overall transparency, says Sembrando Sentido Director Issel Masses.

1/2 Yet another luxury real estate/hotel/golf course development in #PuertoRico, this time by selling off a piece of Roosevelt Roads to a subsidiary of Discovery Land Company. Investment would total $1.5BN over 30yrs. Project still pending OBoard approval elnuevodia.com/negocios/turis…

2/2 The founder of the real estate company Discovery Land Company is Michael Meldman, who's also one of the three founders of Casamigos tequila alongside actor George Clooney and businessman Rande Gerber.

The world is burning & calls for #ClimateAction are getting louder. Look at the costs! Do #BigOil consider these things when they talk about the future? We analyzed earnings calls & find that #ClimateChange is ignored. Social Problems doi.org/10.1093/socpro… Annika Rieger

Packed and all set for the first lecture of my new third year UG module tomorrow - Crimes and Harms of the Powerful At this particular juncture, it's hard to see how it could fit in 10 weeks, but let's see 🫰🏾

Want to think about law & society and the audiovisual in the 21st century at the Law and Society #LSA2025Chicago? Check out (and share) this call! Creative roundtables organised by RIVERS ERC PROJECT & the Amazon of Rights project. Link to the call here: drive.google.com/file/d/1e09Ea3…

Not many days left before the deadline now, so if you are interested, do send us your abstract!

Just received the first copies of my book Crisis by Design! Huge thanks to Stanford Press and Marcela Maxfield for making this possible, and to Luis Eslava, Marisol LeBrón, and David Whyte for their wonderful blurbs. So happy to see it out in the world!

A certified banger! Congrats, José, on such an important book!!

Woohoo!! So excited for my friend jose atiles on his new book!!

Crisis by Design: Emergency Powers and Colonial Legality in Puerto Rico Jose Atiles

Me hace infinitamente feliz anunciar que El Estado rural acaba de aparecer en español bajo el sello del Fondo Editorial del IEP. Pueden ordenarlo, ya mismo, en la tienda del Fondo. Nos vemos en Lima en unas semanas para la presentación de rigor. fondoeditorial.iep.org.pe/producto/el-es…

We are extending the deadline to submit papers and session proposals for the #LSA2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago! You now have until October 22, 2024 at 5pm ET. Submit here (LSA Login Required): bit.ly/4e02R5W

New article from our special issue Greening the Economy: Toward a New Political Economy in Regulation & Governance. Ritwick Ghosh and co-authors compare biodiversity governance in the US and France. Make sure to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/rego.1…

We're looking to appoint a new assistant editor at the London Review of International Law to help with the journal. If you're interested, get in touch here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental History at Tulane School of Liberal Arts! Joint position with Tulane History and Environmental Studies. . Deadline 11/01 apply.interfolio.com/150037 Please share widely!

Hey, NACLA Report is hiring! We seek a part-time web editor, starting in November, to join our NYC-based team. Perfect for a PhD or MA student with editing experience & interest in Latin America! Details: nacla.org/employmentinte…

Pre-LSA Workshop on The Law & Political Economy of Social Reproduction CFP: dropbox.com/scl/fi/f9mi008… Submit abstracts by Jan. 15, 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…