Please type your desired tags, e.g. Actuarial Science, Environmental Humanities, EODIAH, regularization, geology, Law, FilmTheory and Criticism, lunar and extraterrestrial resources, HUMA, variable selection semiparametric models, and etc.
Press the 'enter' key or type a comma (,) after each new tag.
Professional Preparation
PhD - Political Science Emory University - 2021
MA - Political Science Emory University - 2020
MSc - Politics and Government in the European Union London School of Economics and Political Science - 2015
BA - Political Science Rutgers University - 2014
Research Areas
Sivaram researches comparative institutions with an emphasis on the conditions under which checks and balances can constrain the behavior of governments. Specifically, Sivaram investigates how judicial and compliance-monitoring institutions lacking the tools of enforcement can uphold the legal order, while facing potentially noncooperative executives, legislatures, and citizens.
His research is featured in European Union Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Law and Courts, Journal of Politics, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, and Political Science Research and Methods. He also received the 2022 APSA European Politics and Society Section Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award, the 2022 APSA Law and Courts Section Service Award, the 2021 Neal Tate Award for best paper on judicial politics presented at the 2020 SPSA conference, and the 2020 APSA Law and Courts Section Best Graduate Student Paper Award.
Publications
When does the European Commission Pursue Noncompliance? 2022 - Journal Article
Delegation, Compliance, and Judicial Decision Making in the Court of Justice of the European Union 2022 - Journal Article
Can International Courts Enhance Domestic Judicial Review? Separation of Powers and the European Court of Justice 2022 - Journal Article
Improving the efficiency of pretrial bargaining in disputes over noncompliance with international law: encouraging evidence from the European Union 2022 - Journal Article
Education, public support for institutions, and the separation of powers 2022 - Journal Article
How Much Influence Do Opinion-Writers Have on Per Curiam Courts? Uncovering Author Drift in Written Decisions 2022 - Other
Improving the efficiency of pretrial bargaining in disputes over noncompliance with international law: encouraging evidence from the European Union 2021 - Journal Article
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Support for European Integration: Evidence from Germany 2021 - Journal Article
Awards
Sage Award for Best Journal Article - European Union Politics [2022]
Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award - European Politics and Society Section, American Political Science Association [2022]
Service Award - Law and Courts Section, American Political Science Association [2022]
Neal Tate Award - Southern Political Science Association [2021]
Best Graduate Student Paper - Law and Courts Section, American Political Science Association [2020]
Additional Information
Teaching
Undergraduate PSCI 3350: Comparative Politics - Spring 2024 PSCI 3351: Comparative Courts and Law - Fall 2021, Fall 2023 PSCI 4309: Politics of the European Union - Fall 2023 PSCI 4363: International Law - Fall 2022 Graduate PSCI 6342: Comparative Courts and Law - Spring 2022, Spring 2024 PSCI 6321: Proseminar in Comparative Politics - Fall 2022
The University of Texas at Dallas welcomed 25 new tenured and tenure-track faculty members in 2021, with many of them joining the University this fall.