4 November 2026 | 10:00 AM
Guest Speaker: Joris Alberdingk Thijm
Invitee: Susana Nina
LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges welcomes Dr. Joris Alberdingk Thijm for an open lecture entitled “Are the Dangers of Presidentialism Back? The Evolution of the Debate on Presidentialism and Parliamentarism from 1990 to the Present.”
The lecture explored the evolution of academic debates on presidential and parliamentary systems since the 1990s, examining their implications for democratic stability, institutional performance, and contemporary political developments.
Joris Alberdingk Thijm is a postdoctoral researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and an associate researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa), where he earned his PhD in Political Science. His research focuses primarily on political parties and coalition formation in presidential systems.
Guest Speaker: Joris Alberdingk Thijm
Invitee: Susana Nina
LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges welcomes Dr. Joris Alberdingk Thijm for an open lecture entitled “Are the Dangers of Presidentialism Back? The Evolution of the Debate on Presidentialism and Parliamentarism from 1990 to the Present.”
The lecture explored the evolution of academic debates on presidential and parliamentary systems since the 1990s, examining their implications for democratic stability, institutional performance, and contemporary political developments.
Joris Alberdingk Thijm is a postdoctoral researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and an associate researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa), where he earned his PhD in Political Science. His research focuses primarily on political parties and coalition formation in presidential systems.