CCP and Constitutional Studies are organizing several important workshops at the International Association of Constitutional Law’s World Congress of Constitutional Law, taking place in Bogotá, Colombia from July 6-10, 2026. People interested to participate must submit an abstract at the links below by January 23, 2026.
Working with Concepts: Knowledge Representation in Constitutional Law Workshop
Constitution drafters and analysts have long explored the origins and evolution of constitutional ideas—to understand why constitutions succeed and falter, when constitutional ideas gain traction, and how they shape people’s lives. The call for sustainable constitutionalism presents a new challenge—for governance but also for the research informing that governance. The call for sustainable constitutionalism responds to the need for new approaches to address long-simmering democratic, societal, and environmental challenges, as well as rapidly escalating new risks to constitutionalism itself amid dramatic political, social, economic, and technological changes globally. Answering this call requires new conceptual frameworks to understand how constitutions contribute to both these challenges and their solutions.
The Comparative Constitutions Project will convene a workshop to examine concepts that are crucial to understanding current challenges to sustainable, democratic societies and to conceiving new pathways that advance a more sustainable constitutionalism. Read more and apply to join the workshop by January 23, 2026.
Innovations in Sustainable Constitutionalism in an Age of Extremes Workshop
Countries today face a complex set of challenges amid political polarization, economic and social crises, extreme weather events and pandemics, and growing disaffection with democratic institutions and their ability to handle these threats. These challenges are often exacerbated by social divisions based on race, gender, religion, class, or other identities that have become a driving force in politics. These extremes have led to persistent polarization and political stalemate, discrimination, protests, mass migration and xenophobia, disinformation, violence, and even wars.
Traditional constitutional approaches to governing, building social cohesion, and resolving conflicts do not always apply in our new age of extremes. As exceptions have become the norm, we often find normal rules incapable of addressing the extreme situations that are now constant or find the application of exceptional rules that never come to an end. Yet countries around the world are developing new constitutional strategies to address the unique and shared challenges they face in today’s age of extremes.
Constitutional Studies will convene a workshop to explore innovative constitutional responses to these extremes. The workshop aims to share and learn from strategies from diverse regions and contexts. Read more and apply to join the workshop by January 23, 2026.
Legal Journals and Blogs on Constitutional Law Workshop
Constitutional law journals have been increasing in recent years, as has the number of legal blogs specializing in constitutional law. This workshop will feature editors of legal journals and blogs specializing in constitutional law, as well as individuals interested in this field, to analyze the challenges faced in publishing high-impact and thematically relevant articles. The aim is to create a space for discussion and sharing experiences from various journals and blogs specializing in constitutional law, to see how they are managed and how they can best contribute to the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge on the subject.
Constitutional Studies, Cuestiones Constitucionales, and Revista Derecho del Estado have partnered to convene a workshop for editors of journals and blogs specializing in constitutional law. The workshop will address a range of issues related to publishing constitutional journals and blogs. Read more and apply to join the workshop by January 23, 2026.