The first public workshop on autocracies. Hosted by @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social Siyun Jiang @emisimison.bsky.social Ikromjon Tuhtasunov Subscribe at http://eepurl.com/iJc9FY www.apsg.work
New post in The Conversation! Read this short Q&A about the recent breakup in Senegal between President Faye & (now former) PM Sonko by @ricarthuguet.bsky.social and Alioune Ngom It's in French but tools like Google Translate do wonders. doi.org/10.64628/AAJ...
Looking for something to read in the summer break? Explore the @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org collection featuring over 100 titles on democracy, authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. Read chapter for free and/or get books with 20% off tinyurl.com/57667r4d
Our June Newsletter is out! The newsletter will be on summer break in July, but do send us your news and updates for August by filling this form: forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq... Happy summer!
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forms.gleThis week we hosted our 4º summer conference in QMUL with support from the @qmul-sse-cgd.bsky.social and with this amazing line up! Thank you to all who took part of it! Stay tuned for the CfP for our next edition!
Call for Papers 🚨 Parliaments in the Global South: Challenges and Transformations Hybrid workshop | UNAM, Mexico City + Zoom 6–7 Oct 2026 Organised with IPSA RC08 (Legislative Specialists) Deadline: 31 July 2026 Submit here: forms.gle/VTVu9BSvr2WH...
New publication! "Governing for Growth? Economic Performance and Finance Minister Survival in Democracies and Autocracies" by @jonaswschmid.bsky.social and @jacobnyrup.bsky.social now out in Political Research Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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Ildar DaminovPersonal webpageildardaminov.wordpress.comOur May Newsletter is out! Have something you want to share in the June one? Let us know here: forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq... To receive the newsletter and all our emails, subscribe at: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...
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Apply to Present Your Work!Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Fall 2026 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.docs.google.comAuthoritarian Political Systems GroupAre you an early career scholar? Do you want to be part of the next season of our workshop series and get feedback from experts in the field? There is still time to apply! Fill this form by May 31: forms.gle/R1xqF6G3nQnu... For more information visit: apsg.work/seminar-rules/
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forms.gleNew publication! Why do policymaking processes and outcomes vary even across authoritarian regimes that share a regime type and policy challenges and goals? Read @emisimison.bsky.social take in @govjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gove...
doi.orgJob Alert! Jakob Tolstrup & Alexander Baturo are hiring three 2-year full-time postdocs at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark. Apply by June 1! More information: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Three 2-year Postdoctoral positions at Aarhus University: Projects on personality cults and strategic communication in autocracies - Vacancy at Aarhus UniversityVacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus Universityinternational.au.dkIn @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social et al. argue that tools historically linked to regime liberalization that domestic opposition movements once used to push back against autocracy have lost their utility and even begun to promote illiberalism doi.org/10.1353/jod....
Project MUSE -- Verification required!doi.orgNew publication! Can propaganda mobilize and demobilize at the same time? @plutscher.bsky.social, @draege.bsky.social & @chknutsen.bsky.social show it can with evidence from two preregistered experiments (N = 6,286) in Turkey @ejprjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S147...
Join us tomorrow for the last workshop of the season!
Authoritarian Political Systems GroupJoining us next week for the last workshop of the season! On May 5, @liviosilva.bsky.social (@weatherheadcenter.bsky.social) and Henrique Sposito (Bern) will present "Do Backsliders Defund the Liberal World Order?" Anna M. Meyerrose (Arizona State) and @ccottiero.bsky.social (Utah) will discuss.
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Apply to Present Your Work!Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Fall 2026 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.forms.gleNew publication alert! "Repression of Catholic priests under Nazism durably reshaped identity and politics, boosting CSU support and civic behavior for decades before gradual decline" states @didacqueralt.bsky.social and co-authors in @cpsjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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