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Lisa Gastaldi, Program Manager Demscore; Melina Liethmann, Data Manager; @StaffanILindber, Demscore Director, presents the possibilities that Demscore gives researchers. Short summary: Be happy you don’t have to do this (see picture) yourself!

Pleased to share new research in Journal of Conflict Resolution by me, Saipira Furstenberg Sebastian Hellmeier & @red_scales "The Long Arm and the Iron Fist: Authoritarian Crackdowns and Transnational Repression" And it's open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Trending in #IR: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Trump, Russia & Ukraine (@iajournal_ch) 2) White Supremacists as Terrorists (@secstudies_jrnl) 3) COVID, global hierarchies & racial capitalism 4) 🇳🇿Maori foreign policy & China 5) Authoritarian Crackdowns & Transnat'l Repression

Trending in #IR: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Dataset: Colombian peace process 2) French nuclear weapons 2023 (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) 3) Episodes of regime transformation (Journal of Peace Research) 4) An emotions agenda for peace (Cooperation and Conflict) 5) Meanings of Internationalism (Millennium Journal)

Friends: I’m pleased to announce that Tyranny of the Minority, my new book with Steven Levitsky is out on 9/12. Preorder your copy here prh.com/tyranny

New dataset alert: The episodes of regime transformation (ERT) dataset captures 680 episodes of regime transformation from 1900 to 2019 and offers novel insights into regime change over the past 120 years.

Come work with me! Full-time scientific staff member (research fellow, m/f/d) for two years with expertise in empirical research as well as in research data management for the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS): fu-berlin.de/universitaet/b…

📚 New paper out in Research & Politics! The paper describes protest dynamics during the #COVID19 pandemic and explores cross-country variation in protest issues. Check it out; it's open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20… WZB Democracy Uni Konstanz Department of Politics & Public Admіn

🗞️How did protest issues change globally over the course of the #pandemic? WZB-researcher Sebastian Hellmeier found significant variations across countries in his paper for Research & Politics. 🧵1/2 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

New article published, which traces the rise and fall of pandemic-related protests and changes in protest issues, and explores potential explanations for differences in the prevalence of pandemic-related protest issues between countries. Read more here: doi.org/10.1177/205316….

🚨 New op-ed in The New York Times by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt : "Democracy’s Assassins Always Have Accomplices." A deep dive into how Republican leaders' actions endanger democracy. ➡️nytimes.com/2023/09/08/opi… 🧵1/6

🗞️Liberal democratic systems lead to a permanent increase in economic #growth. In their study, WZB-researcher Vanessa A. Boese-Schlosser & Markus Eberhardt (UoNEconomics) show which democratic institutions make this effect possible. #EconTwitter #democracy 👉wzb.eu/en/news/democr…

Cool to see that this recent article w/ Saipira Furstenberg Sebastian Hellmeier & @red_scales is one of the most read Journal of Conflict Resolution articles in the last 6 months "The Long Arm and the Iron Fist: Authoritarian Crackdowns & Transnational Repression" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

👩‍🎓 #Academicjob 👨‍🎓 We are looking for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (f/m/x) for our research department “Transformations of #Democracy” (Director: Daniel Ziblatt ). 🚨 Apply until January 14, 2024. 👉 wzb.eu/en/jobs/postdo… WZB Democracy Fabio Ellger Sebastian Hellmeier Heiko Giebler

Cool to see that this article by me Saipira Furstenberg Sebastian Hellmeier & @red_scales is the most read piece in the last 6 months at the Journal of Conflict Resolution. If you're interested in transnational repression check it out here open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Liberale Demokratie und unabhängige Wissenschaft stehen unter Druck. Das Junge Akademie Magazin #30 „Demokratie & Wissenschaft “ zeigt verschiedene Perspektiven auf, wie sie sich gegenseitig bedingen oder stärken können. Jetzt Herunterladen oder Bestellen: diejungeakademie.de/de/publikation…

Sebastian Hellmeier hat sich für Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung die Daten der Die Bundeswahlleiterin angeschaut und hinsichtlich Hochburgen, Herzkammern und knappen Wahlkreisen angeschaut - daraus hat sich dann dank Nicole M. Loew und Annika Arnold eine spannende interaktive Karte entwickelt. Have a Look!👀

New publication! We ran a Survey Experiment in several European countries before the 2022 World Cup to examine how different framings of the event affect perceptions of Qatar as host. See Heiko Giebler post 👇🏻

How do European publics perceive autocratic hosts of sport events? New study PLOS One w/ Johannes Gerschewski, Heiko Giebler, Sebastian Hellmeier & Michael Zürn. ➡️ doi.org/10.1371/journa… Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS) Uni Konstanz Department of Politics & Public Admіn Universität Konstanz