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Jordi Díez

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College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, Department of Political Science, Guelph Institute of Development Studies

jdiez@uoguelph.ca
(519) 824-4120, Ext. 58937
Office:MacKinnon Building, Room 539
@buenosdiez
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Research Areas

  • Comparative Politics
  • Latin American Politics
  • Comparative judicial politics
  • Sexual and Reproductive Rights

About

HSD (Saint Robert's, ON), BA (Toronto), MA (Essex, UK), PhD (Toronto).

A comparativist by training, Díez teaches and does research in the areas of Latin American politics, judicial politics, public opinion, and sexual and reproductive rights.

His current research program investigates the politics of sex work in five cities: Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Medellín and Rio de Janeiro.

He has been a visiting professor at the University of California-San Diego, Science po-Paris, the El Colegio de México, the Universidad Diego Portales (Chile) and the Universidad de Costa Rica.

Díez held the Peggy Rockefeller Visiting Scholarship at Harvard University.

A devout Leafs fan, some of his hobbies include playing hockey, scuba-diving, downhill skiing, opera, wine-tasting, cooking, doing drag, boating and spending time at his cottage in the Almaguin Highlands.

Select Publications

  • Under Review (and Michelle Dion and Gustavo Díaz). "Two-Sided Sensitivity Bias in List Experiments: Support for Same-Sex Marriage in Argentina." Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.
  • In Press (and Michelle Dion). "The Effectiveness of Discursive Frames Deployed by Radical Rightwing Populists: Evidence from Costa Rica." Latin American Politics and Society.
  • 2025. The Judicial Politics of Abortion in Latin America: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico. Chappell Hill, NC: North Carolina University Press.
  • 2025 (and Alba Ruibal). "The Decriminalization of Abortion in Latin America: A Tale of Gradual Judicialization." Political Science & Politics 58(1): 48-51.
  • 2023. “The Gay and Lesbian Movements” in Federico M. Rossi (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Social Movements. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 406-21.
  • 2022 (and Michelle Dion). “Social Contact with Same-Sex Married Couples and Support for Marriage Equality: Evidence from Argentina.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 10(2): 313-33.
  • 2020. “The Record of Latin America’s Left on Sexual Citizenship" in Manuel Balán and Françoise Montambeault (eds.) Legacies of the Left Turn in Latin America: The Promise of Inclusive Citizenship. South Bend, IN: The University of Notre Dame Press, 252-79.
  • 2019 (and Viviana Bohórquez and Nora Picasso). “La judiciarisation de l’avortement en Amérique Latine et les limites de la citoyenneté.” Problèmes d’Amérique Latine 3(4): 53-79.
  • 2018 (and Michelle Dion). “Support for Same-Sex Marriage and Social Media in Latin America.” Latin American Research Review 53(3): 466-84.
  • 2018. “Institutionalizing Same-Sex Marriage in Argentina and Mexico: The Role of Federalism” in Bronwyn Winter (ed.) Global Perspectives in Same-Sex Marriage: A Neo-Institutional Approach. New York, NY: Palgrave-McMillan, 19-38.
  • 2018. La política del matrimonio gay en América Latina: Argentina, Chile y México. México, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica.
  • 2017 (and Michelle Dion). “Democratic Values, Religiosity and Support for Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America.” Latin American Politics and Society 59(4): 75-98.
  • 2015. The Politics of Gay Marriage in Latin America: Argentina, Chile and Mexico. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • 2013. "Explaining Policy Outcomes: The Adoption of Same-Sex Unions in Buenos Aires and Mexico City.” Comparative Political Studies 46(2): 1-24.