Authoritarian Political Systems Group

Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go! Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below. To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

Our October newsletter is out! If you have any calls, awards, or publications to share, let us know! forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq...

Join us next week! On November 3, @ludwigschulze.bsky.social (@sciencespo.bsky.social) will present "From Peasants to Communists: How Ordinary Citizens Invest in Authoritarian Parties" followed by comments by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Milan Svolik (Yale)

Do you have any new publications, CfPs or any other news you would like to share with the APSG community? Let us know and we will include it in our October newsletter and/or share over here! forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq...

apsg.workCall for Papers Spring 2027The Authoritarian Political Systems Group is pleased to announce a Call for Papers. We are accepting submissions for our new season of online workshops taking place from 26 January 2027 to 4 May 20…

Remember you still have time to apply to be part of our Spring 2027 virtual workshops season! Apply here by October 31st: forms.gle/jnjdq5K1X9Nk...

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The call for papers for our Spring 2027 workshop season is now open! We welcome applications by early-career scholars who study authoritarian political regimes regardless of their methodological approaches. For more information and to apply visit: apsg.work/cfp/

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Join us next week! On October 20, @immyungheelee.bsky.social (MSU), Wooseok Kim (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Wonjun Song (Hanyang) will present "Leaders and Competence-Loyalty Tradeoff in Government Agencies". Christian Gläßel (@tcddublin.bsky.social) and Emily Ritter (Vanderbilt) will discuss

tandfonline.comWiring the Leviathan: state capacities and the political economy of ‘digital authoritarianism’ in Central AsiaWhy do some authoritarian regimes build strong information control despite rapid digital proliferation? The political effects of digital uptake in autocracies are known to be context-specific, but ...

New publication! Why do some authoritarian regimes build strong information control despite rapid digital uptake? Comparing Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, @ildardaminov.bsky.social shows how exactly state capacities shape bureaucratic responses and effectiveness www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Join us next week! On October 5 @vladsurdea.bsky.social (@bokuvienna.bsky.social) will present "Building Fascism: How Consensual Mobilization Creates Persistent Far-Right Legacies" with comments from @eliasdinas.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and Ethan vanderWilden (Utah) Date changed to Monday

Our September newsletter is out! If you have any news or updates you would like to share with us, let us know here: forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq... To get the next one register here: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

21 Sept

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Join us next week! Kirill Chmel (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) will present "Waves of Resistance: Media and Identity Preservation in the Making of Republican Turkey" and Seyhun Sakalli (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and Güneş Murat Tezcür (ASU) will discuss.

15 Sept

10 Sept

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tandfonline.comStability through rupture: elite splits and coalition realignment in Serbia and MontenegroThis article challenges the assumption that elite splits inherently destabilise autocratic regimes. It proposes that some elite ruptures facilitate adaptive reorganisation, through three stabilisin...

9 Sept

New publication! Claudia Laštro has published a new article in @eepolitics.bsky.social, asking do elite splits stabilise autocratic regimes under certain conditions? Give it a read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

8 Sept

Happening today! 8-9am PST, 11am-12 EST, 4-5pm UKT, 5-6pm CET

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Join us next week for the start of the Fall 2026 season! Pin Lu (Rutgers) will present "On Surviving Repression: Politicization, Popularization, and the Adaptive Resilience of China's #MeToo Movement in 2018-2020" with comments by Ruby YS Lai (Lingnan) and Meera Choi (Lafayette College)

2 Sept

Job Alert! The Department of Political Science at the University of Iowa invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with focus on the intersection of public opinion and public policy. For more information see below or visit jobs.uiowa.edu and reference Requisition #76004.

1 Sept

31 Aug

Call for Submissions! Submit your proposal for the "Politics and Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop (MPSA 2027)" You have time until Sept 15.

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28 Aug

New publication! "The onset of civil armed conflicts and personalization of power in dictatorships" argues that dictators concentrate power after the outbreak of civil conflicts. By @bernatpuertas.bsky.social in @conflictmanagement.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

tandfonline.comBorrowed blueprints, broken systems: the moderating effect of state capacities on the diffusion of “digital authoritarianism” in EurasiaAuthoritarian diffusion theories explain cooperation among autocracies to sustain stability through resources or policy learning. Existing research centres on autocracy promotion or “authoritarian ...

27 Aug

New Publication! Ildar Daminov's new article in East European Politics looks at how state capacity shapes the diffusion of digital authoritarianism by combining a regression analysis of a novel dataset with a comparative case study of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

26 Aug

Our August Newsletter is out! As always, if you have something to share, let us know here: forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq... To get the next one, subscribe here: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7... And stay tuned over here for updates from the community!

apsg.workMentorship ProgramThe APSG Mentorship Program connects PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers studying authoritarian politics with volunteer mentors who provide research and professional guidance. Open Applicat…

19 Aug

Applications are open for our new mentorship program! We are launching a program to connect PhD candidates and postdocs studying authoritarian politics with volunteer mentors who provide research and professional guidance. To find more info and apply: apsg.work/apsg-mentors...

Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go! Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below. To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

On December 1, @fcastrog.bsky.social (@uc3m.es) will present "Do Memory Sites Influence Far-right Vote? Evidence from Chile" followed by comments by Giancarlo Visconti (Maryland, College Park) and Toni Rodon (@upf.edu)

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On December 15, Sophie Jaeger and @ildardaminov.bsky.social (@weareceu.bsky.social .bsky.social) will present "Trajectory of Defiance: Dual Opportunity Struct and the Evolution of Oppo Com Strategies in Exile". Elizabeth Nugent (@princeton.edu) and @janeesberg.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) will discuss

Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go! Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below. To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

On November 3, @ludwigschulze.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) will present "From Peasants to Communists: How Ordinary Citizens Invest in Authoritarian Parties" followed by comments by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Milan Svolik (Yale)

On November 17, Austin Matthews (East Carolina), Gabriel Lönn and @jacobnyrup.bsky.social (Oslo) will present "Who Rules in Dictatorships?" introducing the new database AutGov. @jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social (Royal Holloway) and Alex Kroeger (Texas State) will discuss.

Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go! Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below. To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

On October 6, we will have @vladsurdea.bsky.social (@bokuvienna.bsky.social) presenting "Building Fascism: How Consensual Mobilization Creates Persistent Far-Right Legacies" followed by comments from @eliasdinas.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and Ethan vanderWilden (Utah)

On October 20, @immyungheelee.bsky.social (James Madison), Wooseok Kim (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Wonjun Song (Hanyang) will present "Leaders and Competence-Loyalty Tradeoff in Government Agencies". Christian Gläßel (@tcddublin.bsky.social) and Emily Ritter (Vanderbilt) will discuss

Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go! Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below. To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

On September 8 we will start the season with Pin Lu (Rutgers) presenting "Surviving Repression: Politicization, Popularization, and the Adaptive Resilience of China's #MeToo Movement in 2018-2020". Ruby YS Lai (Lingnan) and Meera Choi (Lafayette College) will discuss

On September 22, Kirill Chmel (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) will present "Waves of Resistance: Media and Identity Preservation in the Making of Republican Turkey" and Seyhun Sakalli (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and Güneş Murat Tezcür (ASU) will discuss.

26 June

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...

25 June

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

24 June

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!

22 June

Any exciting news to end the semester? There is still time to share them in our June Newsletter! If you have any publication, achievement, calls for papers, or anything else you would like us to include in our next newsletter, please let us know by completing this form forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq...

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...

Honorable mention: @hannafolsz.bsky.social (Stanford) for “Elite Economic Coercion and Opposition Political Selection in Authoritarian Dominant-Party Regimes”

Honorable mention: @bardiarahmani.bsky.social (@weatherheadcenter.bsky.social) for “Media Access, Independent News, and Regime Support: Experimental Evidence from an Autocracy”

Best paper: Malika Talgatova (@tum.de) for "Targeted Media Repression: General Consequences and the Role of Collaborative Networks"

17 June

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!

3 June

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...

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2 June

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...

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1 June

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

27 May

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26 May

There is still time to apply to present your work in our next season of virtual workshops! Fill this form by May 31st: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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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/

14 May

13 May

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...

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international.au.dkThree 2-year Postdoctoral positions at Aarhus University: Projects on personality cults and strategic communication in autocracies - Vacancy at Aarhus UniversityVacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

12 May

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...