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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This year we awarded our first APSG Best Paper Award from all papers presented in our events during 2025. The committee was formed by Lauren Young (@ucdavis.bsky.social), @jacobnyrup.bsky.social (Oslo), and @elvinongpolsci.bsky.social (Singapore) 🏆 An the winners are...

This 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...

On the market! @ildardaminov.bsky.social: PhD candidate at @weareceu.bsky.social working on domestic and foreign policies of authoritarian and hybrid regimes, socio-political impacts of digitalization and digital technologies, governance, conflict and methodologies ildardaminov.wordpress.com

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Are 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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New 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...

Job 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 University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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In @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....

New 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...

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group@apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Joining 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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New 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...

Another monthly newsletter is out! If you have publications, grants, calls for papers or anything else you would like to share with the APSG community let us know! forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq...

Joining 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.

Join us next week!! On April 21, @nvasilenok.bsky.social (Stanford) will present her work "Reading Orwell in Moscow" @sgehlbach.bsky.social (Chicago) and @eugenian.bsky.social (@liverpooluni.bsky.social) will discuss.

Join us tomorrow for our first APSG-APSA Democracy & Autocracy roundtable! Anya Schiffrin, Bardia Rahmani, Erin Baggott Carter, @linettelim.bsky.social and @scottrw630.bsky.social will discuss attacks on media freedom during democratic decline To register: t.co/yeyXAuX0G5

New publication alert! Read Arina Loginova's new piece on Co-optation for authoritarian regime stability in post-war Russia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New Publication Alert! Go read @zalifung.bsky.social's piece in Political Geography on pursuing accountability under authoritarian rule to learn more about how authoritarianism unfolds and is challenged in specific places and times www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The APSA Democracy and Autocracy Section is partnering with @apsgworkshop.bsky.social to launch a new series of public-facing panels. Our first event on April 9 (12:30 to 1:30 PM EST) will focus on attacks on media freedoms. You can register here: tinyurl.com/3ds284p6. Please join us!

Join us next week! On April 7, @sahibjafarov.bsky.social (@utoronto.ca) will present "Defection in Silence: Theory of Elite Subversion in Authoritarian Regimes". The discussion will be lead by @annemeng.bsky.social (UVA) and Martin Dimitrov (@tulaneu.bsky.social)

New publication! @govjournal.bsky.social Many authoritarian regimes seek mass support through policy perf. When do citizens respond? @andrewleber.bsky.social and @draege.bsky.social highlight the role of hist. legacies of development in labor-market views in Saudi Arabia doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Evaluating Authoritarian Performance: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Attitudes in Saudi Arabia

Many authoritarian regimes seek mass support through policy performance – delivering material benefits to citizens. When do citizens respond to these appeals? Standard explanations emphasize national...

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Join us for our first APSG-APSA Democracy & Autocracy roundtable! With Anya Schiffrin (@columbiasipa.bsky.social), Bardia Rahmani (Harvard), Erin Baggott Carter (USC, @hooverinstitution.bsky.social), @linettelim.bsky.social (@ucdpolitics.bsky.social) and @scottrw630.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk).

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