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New public pre-print with @aarslew.bsky.social and Martin Bisgaard 🧵 We introduce a perspective on democratic erosion that focuses on quiet anticipation among political elites: what do they think happens to those who cross a strongman that challenges democracy? www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Come join us in Aarhus at one of Europe’s largest and highest ranking departments of political science. Positions as assistant and associate professors are vacant. Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil...

The Myth of Authoritarian Efficiency. Article published with Jørgen Møller in Persuasion. www.persuasion.community/p/the-myth-o...

Meget læseværdig 👇 Historien kan være et anker for at spejle os i. Og bruges tit "historiy doesn't but rhymes" etc. Her om hvordan vi i dag alligevel står anderledes end i mellemkrigstiden, hvor den generelle frygt i den sammenligning er et demokratisk kollaps og potentielt verdenskrig.

Article published in Persuasion: No, We’re Not Reliving the 1930s. History shows us that there’s reason for hope. www.persuasion.community/p/no-were-no...

IN NEW ISSUE: How do different forms of state capacity protect democracy? D Andersen, @chknutsen.bsky.social & @skaaning.bsky.social argue coercive & administrative capacity affect stability in distinct ways depending on threat: buff.ly/XP4pinB @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci #polsky

New book on democracy. #OpenAccess Seven Myths about Democracy by Jørgen Møller & Svend-Erik Skaaning, Routledge taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon.... Challenges (full or partial) misunderstandings about the meaning, trajectory, causes, and consequences of democracy.

If you send them an e-mail, they provide the data (as it says on their webpage). Btw, thanks for collecting all the datasets in this way. Much appreciated!

New version of my R package {democracyData} available: github.com/xmarquez/dem...

One of my students is on the list. I hope he will do a good job :-)

Three 2-year full-time postdoctoral positions in autocratic politics at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University (in connection to projects headed by Jakob Tolstrup and Alexander Baturo). Flexible start date. Application deadline: June 1, 2026. international.au.dk/about/profil...

At #STOA’s High-Level Conference on #EP4AcademicFreedom on 4/3, policymakers, researchers et al. discussed measures to safeguard scientific independence & #democracy With @president.europarl.europa.eu, Commissioner Zaharieva, MEP Ehler & Prof @skaaning.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zr2...

A 🧵on how the @vdeminstitute.bsky.social accountability indices help us understand how democratic backsliding is occurring in the United States. tl;dr: in principle, vertical constraints on the president remain strong; in practice, horizontal and diagonal constraints have been greatly weakened.

This post raises a several important questions about the @vdeminstitute.bsky.social indices that I'll try to discuss broadly, then specifically in the case of Mongolia. Important caveat: I am not a Mongolia expert, so can't speak substantively about the case; I can discuss the V-Dem methodology.

📢 Out Now! V-Dem Dataset v16 & the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 💾 The V-Dem Dataset: v-dem.net/data/the-v-d... 📰 The Report "Unraveling The Democratic Era?”: v-dem.net/publications... 📈 Explore the new data with the V-Dem Graphing tools: v-dem.net/graphing/gra... #PoliSky #PoliSciSky 1/3

The V-Dem Steering Committee's release statement for v.16 of the dataset (link in the post below):

In the run-up to Wednesday's high-level #EP4AcademicFreedom conference: 👉Interview with academic keynote speaker Prof @skaaning.bsky.social of @aarhusuniint.bsky.social on #Democracy & #AcademicFreedom: wp.me/panTdn-4vZ #ESMH @ep-eprs.bsky.social @linagalvez.eu @eua.eu @guildeu.bsky.social

How do different forms of state capacity protect democracy? D Andersen, @chknutsen.bsky.social & @skaaning.bsky.social argue coercive & administrative capacity affect stability in distinct ways depending on threat: buff.ly/6lpO8S3 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Joint work with the brilliant @kristianvsf.bsky.social @sirianned.bsky.social @aykutozturk.bsky.social Open access article here 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our 32-country conjoint study on which societal characteristics citizens prioritize is now published at @bjpols.bsky.social w. excellent @anjaneundorf.bsky.social @sirianned.bsky.social @aykutozturk.bsky.social