Democratic stability and breakdown
Why do some democracies break down, whereas others survive? Find out with this starter pack of experts!
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@suthank.bsky.social
@fabioangiolillo.bsky.social
Postdoc University of Gothenburg & V-Dem Institute | Comparative politics, autocracies, political parties | China & East Asian politics | co-founder APSG https://www.fangiolillo.com
@fcmonstadt.bsky.social
PhD student | Empirical Education Research at Bergische Universität Wuppertal | Political Socialisation, Democratic Values, Civic Education | private account
@sharestuff.bsky.social
Belligerent Optimist. Advocate of sharing stuff. Doing democracy, policy, transparency, participation and space things. Occasionally at the same time. Also writing scifi. https://thebelligerentoptimist.ghost.io/ IDIC🖖
@drnomyn.bsky.social
Political sociologist using the Digital Humanities. Identifying propaganda in Education. Theory of crisis. Associate Professor. Gardener. Reader. Artist. Magan-djin/Brisbane, Australia
@davidrafferty.bsky.social
Historian. ARC DECRA Fellow @ Adelaide with project “How Republics Die: Rome’s democratic breakdown in the 1st century BCE”. Husband and father. I’m the one who set cats and dogs against each other. Not endorsed by employer. https://davidrafferty.org
@sebastianvanbaalen.se
Associate Professor at the Dep. of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University (@uupeace.bsky.social). Researching dynamics of civil war, rebel governance, civil resistance, electoral violence, postwar violence, Côte d’Ivoire. www.sebastianvanbaalen.se
@vldjuve.bsky.social
Postdoc at Uni of Oslo. Autrocracies, regime change, protest movements, repression and resistance.
@mbechseeberg.bsky.social
Associate professor, political science, Aarhus University. Elections, authoritarianism, democratization, women in politics, Africa. https://meretebechseeberg.weebly.com/
@tinepaulsen.bsky.social
AP at USC + Postdoc at UZH || Excited about historical political economy and political institutions || NYU Politics PhD || 🇩🇰 she/her
@felixhaass.bsky.social
Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics @ Humboldt University | political violence & democracy | the inner workings of dictatorships https://felixhaass.de/
@magnusrasmussen.bsky.social
Associate professor (USN) studying historical development of welfare states, working time, unions, political parties and democracy. www.magnusbrasmussen.com
@hannefjelde.bsky.social
Professor in Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Elections, political violence and democracy.
@andrejkokkonen.bsky.social
Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. Interested in historical political economy and political behavior.
@agnescornell.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Gothenburg.
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
@jacobnyrup.bsky.social
I (try to) advance knowledge on the politics of dictatorships, political elites, comparative politics, and 💵🏠 as Associate Professor at University of Oslo. I also collect loads of data on governments.
@seraphinemaerz.bsky.social
Lecturer in Political Science at University of Melbourne || V-Dem Research Associate || Researching democracy in the age of AI || Cutting-edge methods in political science || Mother of 2 || https://seraphinem.github.io/
@acrowinghen.bsky.social
First Gen scholar, whippet mom, trying to understand dictators and democratic resilience
@boesevanessa.bsky.social
Postdoc @WZB, Research Associate @V-dem passionate about democracy, democratization & autocratization (and memes)
@anna-meyerrose.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Politics & Global Studies @ Arizona State University https://annameyerrose.com
@smettler.bsky.social
Political scientist. Thinking about democracy, rural-urban divide, inequality.
@casmudde.bsky.social
Dutchman in the South 🇺🇸 | Politicoloog 👨🎓 | European politics 🇪🇺 | far-right parties ✋ | soccer & politics ⚽ | punkrock 🎸 | movies 🎥 | columnist ✍️ | he/him/his 🚹 the “populism guy” who just wants to talk about soccer and politics 🤷♂️
@liserakner.bsky.social
Political Scientist. Democracy, autocratization, Human Rights, African politics.Recent research projects: Rights Activism Under Political Uncertainty. Program Director Politics and Governance of Global Challenges, Master's, 2 years | University of Bergen
@silindberg.bsky.social
Professor & Director V-Dem Institute, Political Scientist @Univ of Gothenburg.
@jonaslinde.bsky.social
Professor at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. Public opinion, political behavior, and power pop.
@jrovny.bsky.social
Professor at Sciences Po | political competition | political parties | ethnic politics in Europe | guitar music
@alessandronai.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality, Persuasion | Editor at EJPR @ecpr.bsky.social http://www.alessandro-nai.com
@anthlittle.bsky.social
Prof at UC Berkeley. Formal theory, political beliefs, democracy. https://anthlittle.github.io/
@annemeng.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Politics at UVA. Author of Constraining Dictatorship. Authoritarian Politics & Democratic Erosion. http://www.annemeng.com/
@torewig.bsky.social
Political Science Professor at University of Oslo. Working on political violence, war, democracy and autocracy. Visiting 24-25 Nuffield College & DPIR Oxford University.
@sirianned.bsky.social
Professor in Political Science at University of Oslo, visiting scholar at Oxford/Nuffield College 2024-25. Studies democratic stability/instability, citizen's attitudes and mass mobilization. Siriannedahlum.com
@chknutsen.bsky.social
Political science professor, University of Oslo; Research group leader, CIR group; Researcher, PRIO; co-PI, V-Dem
@skaaning.bsky.social
Professor of political science, Aarhus University Democratization, autocratization, state capacity, cross-national comparisons, social science history
@suthank.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University. https://Suthan.dk/