Sivaram Cheruvu

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

Do Citizens in Backsliding Democracies Support International Courts’ Judicial Power? Evidence from Hungary 2025 - Journal Article

Are European Court of Justice judges biased towards their member states? 2025 - Journal Article

Do Preliminary References Increase Public Support for European Law? Experimental Evidence from Germany 2024 - Journal Article

Are Judges on Per Curiam Courts Ideological? Evidence from the European Court of Justice 2024 - Journal Article

Education, public support for institutions, and the separation of powers 2023 - Journal Article

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

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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

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