I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Radboud University in Nijmegen, NL. In my research I focus on the impact of clientelism and populism on different facets of representative democracy in Latin America and beyond.
I hold a Diploma in Latin American Studies and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Cologne (Germany). Between 2013 and 2019 I worked as a Postdoc at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and as a Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of Latin America Studies, in Hamburg (Germany). In the winter term 2018/2019 I was an interim professor at the Goethe University Frankfurt (‘Vertretungsprofessur’ for Prof. Dr. Brigitte Geißel).
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News – Just Published
- Ruth-Lovell, S.P. and Welp, Y. (forthcoming): Are Latin American populists more likely to introduce direct democracy? Contemporary Politics. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2023.2296716
- Ruth-Lovell, Saskia P. and Sandra Grahn (2023): Threat or corrective to democracy? The relationship between populism and different models of democracy. European Journal of Political Research, 62: 677-698. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12564
- Berens, Sarah and Saskia P. Ruth-Lovell (2021): Does Clientelism Hinder Progressive Social Policy in Latin America? Acta Politica, 56: 694-718. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-020-00189-x
News – Miscellaneous
- http://www.demogames.eu
Erasmus+ KA2, Strategic Partnership, Project: DEMOGAMES – Democracy and Games: Analog and Digital Game-Based Learning Tools for Youth Work.
Contact Details
Radboud University
Department of Political Science
Postbus 9108
6500 HK Nijmegen, NL
saskia.ruth-lovell(at)ru.nl
Dr. Saskia P. Ruth-Lovell 
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