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Maria Florencia Gayraud

Research Topic:

Gendering Jurisprudence: What explains variation in the extent to which Latin American courts rule with a gender perspective?
AFFILIATION
College
Balliol College
Course
DPhil Politics

I am a DPhil candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford, supported by Balliol College and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). My research examines why Latin American high courts differ in the extent to which they rule with a gender perspective, combining comparative judicial politics, gender and law, and computational text analysis with in-depth case studies. More broadly, I am interested in how new legal ideas related to gender equality emerge, circulate, and become institutionalised in judicial reasoning across Latin America.

Prior to beginning my doctorate, I worked as a Senior Analyst at Fundar, an Argentine think tank, where I led projects on the digital transformation and efficiency of the judiciary. I taught at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella on courses related to Political Institutions, Statistics, and Law and Public Policy, and was part of the coordination team of the COLAB/DIGES initiative to build gender-focused databases of court rulings across Latin America. I have also collaborated on research with institutions including the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Nuffield College (University of Oxford), and the Pulte Institute (University of Notre Dame).