Academic Forum for the New Constitution in Chile

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The Forum brings scholars, practitioners, and opinion leaders for high-caliber academic debate as Chile seeks to build a more inclusive, participatory, and responsive system. 

Chile’s constitutional process is being closely watched across the world. Not only does reform offer a path out of the profound legitimacy crisis threatening Chilean democracy, but it offers Chileans an opportunity to build a more inclusive, participatory, and responsive democratic system. As such, the repercussions of Chile’s constitutional process will likely extend past its borders, to the region and beyond. Thanks to strong State institutions and an effective rule of law, any innovations produced by Chile’s Constitutional reform will likely have an enduring influence in the country’s legal and political foundations.

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The Academic Forum for the New Constitution in Chile videos recorded more than 8,000 views, 2,200+ webinar participants and attracted virtual attendees from 49 countries. The forum became an analytical tool to discuss in-depth the most pressing topics throughout the constitutional process. We invite you to visit this link to learn more about the key takeaways from this important series that ran from December 2020 to February 2024.

 

Why Chile's Constitutional Reform Failed - Twice

Thuesday, February 6, 2024, 12:00 pm -1:20 pm ET 

Claudia Heiss, Patricio Navia, Marcela Ríos Tobar, Steven Levitsky.

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A new Constitution: Analyzing the Proposal Ten Days Before the Plebiscite

Thursday, December 7, 2023, 8:30 am -10:00 am ET 

Steven Levitsky, Lorena Gallardo, Carlos Frontaura,  Domingo Lovera, María Pardo, Sebastián Soto.

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NEW CONSTITUTIONAL COUNSELORS ELECTION: PROCESSING THE RESULTS AND REFLECTING ON THE WAY FORWARD

Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 9:30 am ET (9:30 Chile Time)

Steven Levitsky, Manuel Jose Cepeda, María Cristina Escudero, Gabriel Negretto, Julieta Suárez-Cao, Verónica Figueroa Huencho

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Chilean Constitutional Forum Day (First in-person event)

Thursday, October 6, 2022, 12:00 pm - 6:30 pm  ET

Claudia Bobadilla, Pablo Andrés Eguiguren, Patricio Fernández Chadwick, Claudio Fuentes, David Landau, Ximena Rincón, Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle, Sol Serrano, Mark Tushnet, Rodrigo Vergara, María Elisa Zavala, Steven Levitsky.

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HOW DOES THE PROPOSAL OF CHILE'S NEW CONSTITUTION LOOK?

Wednesday, July 13, 2022, 9:30 am ET (9:30 Chile Time)

Steven Levitsky, Roberto Gargarella, David Landau, Miriam Henríquez, Alejandra Ovalle, Juan Pablo Luna.

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GREEN CONSTITUTION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 12:30 pm ET / Chile Time

Forest Reinhardt, Jorge Viñuales, Dominique Hervé, Ricardo Irarrázabal, Verónica Delgado, Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle.

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PLURINATIONALITY AND CONSTITUTIONALISM: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND LESSONS FOR CHILE

Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 06:00 pm ET (07:00 pm Chile Time)

Steven Levitsky, Sofia Cordero, Deborah J. Yashar, Salvador Millaleo, Daniel Loewe, Sol Serrano.

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PUBLIC DELIBERATION AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN A MORE INCLUSIVE SOCIETY: CAN WE HAVE BOTH?

Thursday, December 9, 2021, 9:00 am ET (11:00 Chile Time)

Steve Levitksy, Archon Fung, Patricio Bernedo, Paula Molina, Chiara Saez, Francisco Urbina.

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Chile's New Constitutional System: Presidencial, Semi-Presidential, or Parlamentary?

Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 9:00 am EDT (10:00 am Chile)

Steve Levitsky, John Carey, Pamela Figueroa, Valeria Palanza, Flavio Quezada, Lucas Sierra, Ignacio Walker, Claudio Fuentes

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Democratic Innovations: The Role of Direct Democracy

Wednesday, October 6, 2021, 9:00 am EDT (10:00 am Chile)

Steve Levitsky, David Altman, Yanina Welp, Patricio Zapata, Claudia Heiss

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The New Constitution and the Chilean Economy: A Break with the Past?

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 9:30 am ET / Chile Time

Steve Levitsky, Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle, Dani Rodrik, Claudia Sanhueza, Rodrigo Valdés, Rodrigo Vergara

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Why should you care about the Convention's regulation?

Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 6:30 pm ET / Chile Time

Javiera Ascencio de la Fuente, Rosalind Dixon, Claudia Heiss, Steven Levitsky, Gabriel Osorio, Sergio Verdugo

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Constitutional Change and Social Demands: Can the Gap be Closed?

Friday, March 19, 2021, 11:00 am ET (12:00 Chile Time)

Daniel Brinks, Rossana Castiglioni, Marisol Peña, Sebastián Soto, Yanira Zúñiga

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Constituent Elections in Chile: How to Provide Representation during a Representation Crisis?

Friday, January 29, 2021, 10:30 am ET (12:30 Chile Time)

Isabel Aninat, Verónica Figueroa, Claudio Fuentes, Manuel Antonio Garretón, Jennifer Piscopo, Kenneth Roberts

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Launch: Academic Forum for the New Constitution in Chile

Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 3:00 pm ET

Claudia Heiss, Steven Levitsky, Juan Pablo Luna, Sebastián Soto

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News/Noticias

The Right to Health in the Upcoming Constitutional Debate in Chile

By Veronica Vargas At this unprecedented COVID moment, health has been revealed as one of our most precious possessions and protecting it has become imperative. The right to health was articulated by the WHO in the Declaration of Alma-Ata of 1978. The...

Pragmatism and the Chilean Constitutional Moment

By Sebastián Soto Chile is heading into a constitutional change. After 40 years, the Chilean 1980 Constitution, enacted under Pinochet’s rule, but subsequently amended over fifty times, will probably be replaced. On October 25 th, a referendum will decide...

Publications

In recent months, there has been intense activity of public deliberation and information surrounding Chile's constituent process. Listed below are some of the publications and initiatives of think tanks, universities, civil society organizations, and social movements that are part of this discussion.
Publications  are mainly in Spanish 

 

Advisory Committee

 

Online Resources

Organized by

Chile Regional Office and Andes & Southern Cone Program

Chile Regional Office and Andes & Southern Cone Program

 

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School of Law, Universidad Católica

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School of Government, Universidad Católica

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Institute of Political Science, School of History, Geography and Political Science, Universidad Católica

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School of Government, Universidad de Chile

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Instituto Milenio Fundamentos de los Datos

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Constitutional Laboratory, Universidad Diego Portales

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Harvard Chilean Student Association

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