The issue in PS: Political Science & Politics on democracy measurement & democratic backsliding containing this article came out today!

Open access: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Do pre-modern institutions matter for later support for democracy?
Using a geographical natural experiment, I find that historical experience with self-government is related to lower support for autocratic parties in Germany. Out now at British Jnl Poli Sci: cup.org/3TGNZSi

We are recruiting a postdoc for our project on itinerant rule in medieval Europe. web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/…

This volume has many really interesting chapters on various aspects of autocratization! Reviewing the literature and presenting new large-n analysis, Svend-Erik Skaaning and I write on economic development —> autocratization (i.e., the reverse relationship of Masaaki Higashijima (東島 雅昌) ‘s chapter).

The defense of democracy is everyone's responsibility. Here I focus on what academics (I include myself) should do.

These nine points reflect my reactions to the discussions I follow in Latin America and things I take from others.👇

Check out our new working paper demonstrating - with experimental evidence from more than 30 countries - that substantial proportions of citizens are willing to trade liberal aspects of democracy for economic prosperity 🚨

Excellent postdoc opportunity on an exciting project that I am happy to be part of! Come join us!

How much progress has been made toward women’s political equality? How far do we still have to go?

For #InternationalWomensDay , I have written an article @OurWorldinData on women’s political rights and representation:

ourworldindata.org/women-politica…

A thread with the highlights:

There is a strong tendency to claim that public support for democracy is a key determinant of the health of democracy (ability to resist democratic backsliding). But this paper highlights the issue of measurement uncertainty & questions this popular claim

cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚨NEW PAPER🚨

Which societal conditions breed online hostility?

We surveyed experiences of victims in 30 countries across the world (N=15,202) to show that political & economic inequality drive global differences in abuse on online platforms: osf.io/preprints/psya…

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My article on the impact of Latin America’s semi-patrimonial states on the region's poor-quality but durable democracies is now out in 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 Democratization 👇

An early preprint version can be downloaded here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Warning - problematic democracy measure! Limited access to disaggregated data, untransparent review/revision of scores, arbitrary thresholds for categorization into regime types, not accompanied with systematic evaluation of reliability and validity: v-dem.net/media/publicat…

In the face of severe challenges, democracy is under stress – but still supported – across Latin America and the Caribbean theconversation.com/in-the-face-of… via The Conversation U.S.

I et nyt preprint viser vi, at Danmark er et af de lande i verden, hvor folk oplever mindst fjendtlighed på sociale medier (faktisk det laveste niveau ud af 30 lande).

Det skyldes vores demokratiske institutioner og økonomiske lighed.

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