Advocacy

Selected Projects

Procedural Justice in Argentina (2025-current): Legitimacy of the Justice

Campaign Finance and Women’s Political Careers (2024-current): research examining barriers to women’s access to campaign finance with Colaboratorio UTDT.

Political Campaign Finance Reform in Argentina (2024-2025): Alternatives to improve Argentina´s campaign financing rules with FUNDAR.

Youth and Politics (2022–2023): Advanced policies to improve youth participation in elections and decision-making, in collaboration with UNICEF Argentina.

Voting Instrument Reform (2018–2024): Provided technical advice to decision makers and Congressional Committees on electoral administration reform.

Elections and Technology (2021–2022): Studied parties’ role in addressing disinformation challenges with NDI.

Online Gender-Based Political Violence (2021–2022): Implemented a survey-based diagnosis with NDI and Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies.

COVID-19 & SDG 16 (2021): Co-led report on Emerging Trends on Peace, Justice and Social Inclusion with Southern Voice, UNDP, and the Oslo Governance Center.

Legislating Remotely (2020–2021): Supported modernization of the Chamber of Deputies during the pandemic, in partnership with NDI and the Chamber’s Modernization Directorate.

Informed Vote (2019–2021): Developed website with information for voters in partnership with National Electoral Justice (Cámara Nacional Electoral) and META.

Argentina Elections Monitor (2019–2021): Coordinated national and subnational electoral analysis with a federal network of researchers and in partnership with Argentina’s Ministry of the Interior.

#Transparency2019 Campaign (2018–2019): Contributed policy recommendations during the legislative debate of the Political Finance Reform Bill.

Op-eds and Newspaper Articles

Tchintian, Carolina. “The Australian Ballot Became Law.” El Economista, Oct 24, 2024. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “Australian Ballot: A Substantive Change.” Télam, Jan 18, 2024. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Gala Díaz Langou. “Australian Ballot for the Next 40 Years of Democracy in Argentina.” Clarín, Dec 12, 2023. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Álvaro Fernández Castex. “Incumbency Advantages in the Argentine Provinces.” Infobae, Jul 3, 2023. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Gerardo Scherlis. “Keys Towards a New Voting Instrument.” La Nación, Jun 15, 2022. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Gala Díaz Langou. “Towards a National Australian Ballot: Fix it Before it Breaks.” Diario AR, May 5, 2022. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “The National Australian Ballot: A Debate on How to Improve Democracy.” La Nación, May 5, 2022. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Gonzalo Vronkistinos. “One More Province: The Australian Ballot is Law in Mendoza.” Infobae, Mar 27, 2022. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Manuel Bertazzo. “Politics and Youth.” La Nación, Mar 10, 2022. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “The National Australian Ballot: A Debate on Access and Equality.” Infobae, Dec 15, 2021. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “Countdown to Argentina’s 40 Uninterrupted Years of Democracy.” Clarín, Nov 16, 2021. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Carolina Caeiro. “Tackling Online Abuse Against Women in Politics.” The World Today, Nov 2, 2021.

Tchintian, Carolina; Santiago Alles; Tiffany D. Barnes. “The Representational Consequences of Electronic Voting Reform.” MIT Election Data Science Lab Blog, Oct 18, 2021.

Tchintian, Carolina; Gonzalo Vronkistinos. “What the Primaries Left Behind.” Clarín, Sep 12, 2021. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “The Lessons from Elections Held in Times of Pandemic.” Perfil, Sep 12, 2021. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “Elections in Argentina: Free and Fair.” Perfil, Jul 10, 2021. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Gonzalo Vronkistinos. “Primaries are Useful, though Some Actors Use them More.” El Estadista, Jun 30, 2021. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “The Logistics of Voting under COVID.” El Estadista, May 30, 2021. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “An Active Congress: Adaptation, Continuity and Transformation after a Year of Virtual Sessions.” La Nación, May 13, 2021. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Julia Pomares. “The Reelection of Angela Merkel and Gildo Insfrán.” Diario AR, Mar 10, 2021. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Belén Abdala. “Primaries Under Attack, Again: COVID-19 as an Excuse.” El Estadista, Nov 25, 2020. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Santiago Alles; Agustina Haime. “Why Primaries in Argentina? An Assessment 10 Years After Adoption.” Panamá Revista, Nov 22, 2020. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Daniel Zovatto; Belén Abdala. “The Challenges of Voting in Pandemic Times.” La Nación, Oct 10, 2020. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Belén Abdala. “Between Exceptionality and Adaptation of Congresses in Latin America.” Agenda Pública, May 20, 2020. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Martín Bohmer. “Congress’s Opportunity to Increase Its Legitimacy.” Clarín, Apr 24, 2020. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “How the Pandemic Challenges the Political Divide.” El Economista, Mar 26, 2020. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Santiago Alles. “The Control of the Legislative Agenda.” El Estadista, Jan 1, 2020. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “Weak Parties, Unstable Policies.” Clarín, Oct 4, 2019. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “The Primaries Are Not the Problem.” Télam, Jun 29, 2019. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; María Page. “Campaign Finance Reform: An Expected Law.” Clarín, May 19, 2019. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “Money and Politics: Between What We Deserve and What We Need.” El Estadista, May 28, 2019. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina. “Between the Temptation and the Reform.” Perfil, Jan 6, 2019. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; María Page. “Political Financing Rule Needs an Intervention.” La Nación, Jul 14, 2018. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Santiago Alles; Tiffany D. Barnes. “What Did We Learn from Electronic Voting in the Provinces?” El Estadista, Oct 17, 2016. Published in Spanish.

Tchintian, Carolina; Nicolás Fernández Arroyo. “How to improve the relationship between local governments and civil society.” El Día, Oct 19, 2010. Published in Spanish. 

Tchintian, Carolina. “History repeated. Testimonial candidacies and nepotism in Greater Buenos Aires.” Diario Hoy, Jun 14, 2009. Published in Spanish.