Sivaram Cheruvu researches comparative institutions with an emphasis on the conditions under which checks and balances can constrain the behavior of governments. Specifically, Dr. Cheruvu investigates how judicial and compliance-monitoring institutions can uphold the legal order while facing potentially noncooperative executives, legislatures, and citizens.Dr. Cheruvu’s research is featured inEuropean Union Politics, International Organization, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Law and Courts, Journal of Politics, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy,andPolitical Science Research and Methods.He has received the 2022 Sage Award for best article published inEuropean Union Politics,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. Dr. Cheruvu is also the founder and organizer of the Junior Law and Politics Research Community (https://sites.google.com/view/jlprc/home), a forum designed for junior scholars to present and receive feedback on their work and connect with other academics studying law and politics.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Cheruvu, Sivaram and Jay N. Krehbiel. 2025. “Do citizens in backsliding democracies support international courts' judicial power? Evidence from Hungary.” Journal of Law and Courts, 13(1): 148–165. https://doi.org/10.1017/jlc.2024.25
Cheruvu, Sivaram. 2025. “Are European Court of Justice Judges biased towards their member states?” European Union Politics, 26(2): 281–295. https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165251320841
Cheruvu, Sivaram, Jay N. Krehbiel, and Samantha Mussell. 2025. “Partisanship, Pragmatism, or Idealism? Evaluating Public Support for International Courts in Backsliding Democracies.” Journal of European Public Policy, 32(2): 578–608. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2024.2351921
Cheruvu, Sivaram. 2024. “Are Judges on per curiam courts ideological? Evidence from the European Court of Justice.” Journal of Law and Courts, 12(1): 185–197. https://doi.org/10.1017/jlc.2023.17
Cheruvu, Sivaram and Jay N. Krehbiel. 2024. “Do Preliminary References Increase Public Support for European Law? Experimental Evidence from Germany.” International Organization, 78(1): 170–187. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818323000243
Cheruvu, Sivaram. 2023. “Education, Public Support for Institutions, and the Separation of Powers.” Political Science Research and Methods, 11(3): 570–587. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2022.29
(formerly titled “How does Education affect Public Support for Courts?”)
Winner of 2021 Neal Tate Award for best paper on judicial politics presented at the 2020 conference, Southern Political Science Association
Winner of 2020 Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Law and Courts Section, American Political Science Association
