It was great to spend the past two days talking about authoritarian politics with so many researchers from around the world! See you next year!

Authoritarian Political Systems Group@apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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!

Post-doc position at @scripts-berlin.eu! If you are a survey researcher interested in cross-national research on how people perceive liberalism, democracy etc, take a look! You’ll get to work with 🥳 @swenhutter.bsky.social: www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/post...

Last three days to apply!!

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

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/

Our 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...

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...

We would love to see how you use #DEMSCORE data in your #Master’sThesis! Submit your thesis for the DEMSCORE Best Master Thesis Award by May 25 for the chance to win and get the opportunity to present your thesis at the DEMSCORE Conference in Gothenburg in June.🏆 www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

📣 New Call for Papers out 📣 Please submit your abstracts and share with your networks!!

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

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? Apply by May 31 here: forms.gle/5SSuuybK3739... For more information visit: apsg.work/seminar-rules/

Thank you to @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social for awarding us this prize!! Over the past few years, it’s been great to establish and grow this new section. Now there is a vibrant space for researchers from across the UK (and beyond!) interested in authoritarian politics and regime change.

PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group@psaautocracy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are excited to have won @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social's joint prize for Specialist Group of the Year! If you are a researcher studying autocracies, come join this great community!

Excited to share that this Fall I will be joining the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame as a Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow! Looking forward to keep advancing my research alongside an exceptional community of scholars. kellogg.nd.edu/news/announc...

‘𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 is driven by a steady building of cold dread, as the reader is led to appreciate the extent to which life in Germany has been corroded by hatred and fear.’ Dinah Birch on novels exploring the rise of Nazism. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Dinah Birch · Born with a Hitler moustache: How to write about fascism

Sally Carson’s dissection of the question that has disturbed the European mind for decades – how did it happen? –...

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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).

‘The book’s limits keep crumbling: 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 is starting to circle ideas about our interwovenness as people, and what we owe to one another while we are stuck in this container together.’ Joanna Biggs reads Solvej Balle’s serial novel. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Joanna Biggs · Bleeding in the Dishes: Solvej Balle’s Time Loop

Solvej Balle’s serial novel takes the idea of repetition and uses it to make these ancient, impossible problems of...

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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.

Mongolia Focus@mongoliafocus.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Notable uptick across all democracy indices with @vdeminstitute.bsky.social for #Mongolia. Had been puzzled by steady declines (see mongoliafocus.com/2025/12/self... for implications), now I fail to be able to point to any factor in past 18 months that should lead to improvement. #vdem

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.

Don't miss our next workshop! Join us tomorrow for a conversation on authoritarian linkages and repression!

Authoritarian Political Systems Group@apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join us next week! On March 10, Liza Popkova (@au.dk) will present "Authoritarian linkages and diffusion of repression". The discussion will be in charge of @rgolar23.bsky.social (@dublincityuni.bsky.social) and @debremaria.bsky.social (Zeppelin). See you then!

Come join the team! Happy to answer questions, send them in DM or on our email address!

Authoritarian Political Systems Group@apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Do you want to become part of the APSG team? There is still time to apply! We welcome applications from people in all levels of the academic career, working in any place, and researching any aspect of authoritarian politics. For more info: apsg.work/join-the-team/

Join us next week! On March 10, Liza Popkova (@au.dk) will present "Authoritarian linkages and diffusion of repression". The discussion will be in charge of @rgolar23.bsky.social (@dublincityuni.bsky.social) and @debremaria.bsky.social (Zeppelin). See you then!

New Publication Alert! Why are legislatures in some authoritarian regimes more powerful and influential than in others? In their book, Alejandro Bonvecchi and @emisimison.bsky.social answer this question by analysing past dictatorships in Argentina, Brazil, and Spain www.cambridge.org/9781009676243

NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10

🧺 Paper Picnic 2.0 is here! More journals. New features. An easier way to keep up with the latest research in political science and adjacent fields. 🧵👇

New publication! Fascinating new book by @ascharpf.bsky.social and Christian Glaessel shows how notorious phenomena of authoritarianism are triggered by banal career problems. Essential reading for anyone interested in how authoritarian organizations and regimes work global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Our February Newsletter is out! To receive the next one, subscribe at: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7... And if you have anything to share, let us know here: forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq...

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

We are expanding the team! If you have any questions, please get in touch!

Authoritarian Political Systems Group@apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Do you want to become part of the APSG team? We are recruiting up to two new members! We welcome applications from people in all levels of the academic career, working in any place, and researching any aspect of authoritarian politics. For more information: apsg.work/join-the-team/

Join us next week! On February 24, @gmelios.bsky.social (LSE) will present "Propaganda, party mobilisation and Electoral Oppression". @felixhaass.bsky.social (Humboldt), @serkant.bsky.social (Sabancı), & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) will comment.

Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ... Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups? Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com: tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf

🚨 Deadline is tomorrow! 🚨 Submit your abstract for the 4th APSG Conference in London 15-16 June here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Authoritarian Political Systems Group@apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Come join us 15-16 June 2026 at @qmulsse.bsky.social for our 4th APSG Annual Conference co-organized with @qmul-sse-cgd.bsky.social ! To apply, fill this form by 1 February 2026: forms.gle/5eQ1NHMtK5GS... For more information visit: apsg.work/call-for-pap...

Our first newsletter of the year is out! To stay updated on the APSG community, subscribe here: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7... To send us your updates, please fill this form: forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq...

Join us next week to start the season! @yezhang.bsky.social (@mitpolisci.bsky.social) presents "Political Control in the Workplace: How Autocrats Use Firms to Discipline Citizens". Lynette H Ong (@utoronto.ca), @woldense.bsky.social (Minnesota), & @linshengqiao.bsky.social (@utoronto.ca) discuss

New season is out! Very much looking forward to reading and discussing all these works in the coming months!

Authoritarian Political Systems Group@apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Welcome to our Spring 2026 season! To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...