Demscore v3: New Thematic Dataset on Media! Measurements of journalistic freedom, access to media sources, censorship, media ownership, communication, regulations etc. Social science data about Media-related issues w/o having to merge variables yourself at shorturl.at/noxOZ

📢New report! Clean Elections Across the World
More voters than ever in history will head to the polls this year. But more than half of the countries holding elections are experiencing a decline on democracy, posing a risk to election integrity.
Read at shorturl.at/cCMW8

Trump’s bizarre, vindictive incoherence has to be heard in full to be believed theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Le V-Dem Institute a publié en mars 2024 une mise à jour de ses données sur la liberté académique dans le monde.
À consulter ici :
academic-freedom-index.net/research/Acade…

Great to have Staffan I. Lindberg @[email protected] back in #Copenhagen to present the V-Dem Institute annual report 2024 - #Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot - though lots of concerns and much for all to do to counter #autocrats .

#Gráficosdelasemana 📊 En promedio, los ciudadanos de países de ALyC calificados como más democráticos por el V-Dem Institute apoyan más a la democracia.

#ChartoftheWeek 📊On average, citizens of LAC countries that are rated more democratic by the V-Dem Institute are more supportive of democracy.

Donald Trump is again describing immigrants as not humans, but animals. Make no mistake. This is the language of fascism.

Le Monde and FAU/V-Dem Academic Freedom Index! lemonde.fr/article-offert…

Two years ago, the entire world saw the real sense of our fight. Including those for whom, unfortunately, it was 'just one more war'. They have seen what this war really is. And that Ukraine defends not only its state borders and sovereignty, but everything that makes people…

Launch of report on elections today at #S4D in Seoul! Coauthored with Marina Nord & Juraj Medzihorsky
v-dem.net/media/publicat…

New report out on elections around the world.
v-dem.net/media/publicat…
Launched at #S4D this week in Seoul.

In case you missed last Thursday's presentation of the latest V-Dem Institute report with Staffan I. Lindberg @[email protected], the recording is now available! #DR24 #Democracy #Democracy Report2024

Watch it here: youtu.be/9V9bYfzTfaE

Proud of the team!

Mitt Romney: “President Trump has over the years written love letters to Kim Jong Un, has praised Vladimir Putin and welcomed Viktor Orban. Authoritarians.

We’re the leaders of the free world. We're not the leader of the authoritarian world.”

Our Democratization special issue 'Agents of Resistance: Resolve and Repertoires Against Autocratization in Asia' is out! Shout out to Nhu Truong Elvin Ong 翁加运
The intro article is open access thx to APSA Asia Program & Penn State Behrend Scholarly Fund
doi.org/10.1080/135103…

Liz Cheney:

“If Trump wins we’ll be living in a nation that’s unrecognizable, and the danger is so grave that, for the first time in my life, I will be working with every fiber of my body against the Republican nominee for president.”

New report out on elections around the world.
v-dem.net/media/publicat…
Launched at #S4D this week in Seoul.

V-Dem Institute @staffanILindber on #DR24 tomorrow at the #SummitforDemocracy in South Korea, ”Joint reflections: Taking stock of the state of democracy: challenges and opportunities globally”

Watch live (or afterwards) on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=WWSGV7…

Hosted by International IDEA

Looking forward!