GitHub - xmarquez/democracyData: Access and manipulate most standard scholarly measures of democracy Access and manipulate most standard scholarly measures of democracy - xmarquez/democracyData

New version of my R package {democracyData} available: github.com/xmarquez/dem...

Comparative Political Studies - Volume 59, Number 6 Table of contents for Comparative Political Studies, 59, 6

The special issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social “Back from the Brink: Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies”, co-edited by myself and Isabela Mares, was just published. The issue includes 8 articles, many of which set new research agendas. A🧵w/overview 1/10
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Screenshot of grid of some of my quarto extensions in a grid layout

If you are doing any #quarto slidecrafting, i have been trying really hard to keep this page updated with everything I have done
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Join us in Hannover, Oct 1-2, for the annual meeting of the @dvpw.bsky.social Analytical Political Theory Group!

Call for papers: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us...

Why I don't expect liberal democracy to go away any time soon: My article on the resilience of liberal democracy, published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social.

Perfectly timed to the day after Orbáns defeat and a small spike in "democracy-optimism".

There are, I argue, good reasons for such optimism.

Even if Victor Orbán is ousted on Sunday, Hungary’s return to liberal democracy is not guaranteed | Gabriela Greilinger and Cas Mudde Challenger Péter Magyar is no progressive – and after 16 years of creeping authoritarianism, the PM has embedded Fidesz in the Hungarian state, say Gabriela Greilinger and Cas Mudde of the University ...

BIG day today in Hungary, but at least in the short run, the choice is between authoritarianism and democracy, with liberal democracy at the backburner.

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

Three 2-year full-time postdoctoral positions in autocratic politics at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University (in connection to projects headed by Jakob Tolstrup and Alexander Baturo). Flexible start date. Application deadline: June 1, 2026.
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Syllabus for a course on militant democracy.

The summer term at @powimz.bsky.social is just around the corner, and I'm particularly looking forward to my new course on militant democracy and, hopefully, many stimulating discussions with my students!

Screenshots of the conference program

We are already looking forward to the 2026 "AK Wahlen" @dvpw.bsky.social conference at JGU Mainz on 7–8 May and to welcoming many of you there for an exciting program.

The conference is open to non-presenters.

Registration deadline: 24 April 2026.

More information: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...

Last week, we (@clandwehr.bsky.social, my colleague Leonard and I) had the joy of welcoming some great colleagues working on the topic of democracy to Mainz, for the concluding workshop of our project "Conceptions of Democracy among Citizens and Political Elites". Thank you for three wonderful days!

The old and the “new”: Slovenia’s parliamentary elections - UK in a changing Europe Ahead of the election in Slovenia on Sunday 22 March 2026, Tim Haughton and Alenka Krašovec explain the Slovenian political landscape and where the different parties stand in the polls.

1000 words from me and Alenka Krasovec on this weekend’s parliamentary elections in Slovenia 🇸🇮 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-old-and-...

Jürgen Habermas died today at 96.

Few political theorists shaped how we think about democratic legitimacy in modern societies as profoundly. His lifelong question was straightforward but demanding:

How can political authority be justified under conditions of pluralism?
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This article by Joep van Lit and Carolien van Ham is very useful for those interested in empirically studying democratic erosion in all its complexities.

📍Democratic Resilience Syllabus 📑

I'm sharing my master’s seminar syllabus on democratic resilience. I *loved* teaching it and had great students. I hope I get to do it again some day. ❤️

If you use it or adapt the syllabus, I’d love to hear how it goes.

klaudiawegschaider.com/media/democr...

Landtagswahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2026 | bpb.de Zur Landtagswahl in Rheinland-Pfalz 2026 am 22. März 2026 treten 12 Parteien an. Hier finden Sie zu jeder ein Kurz-Profil.

🗓Am 22. März 2026 ist in #Rheinland-Pfalz #Landtagswahl. Wir in der Abteilung Innenpolitik/Politische Soziologie des @powimz.bsky.social haben im Auftrag der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung Profile für alle zur #Wahl stehenden #Parteien verfasst. ⬇️ www.bpb.de/themen/parte...

Are the upper chambers a source of democratic resilience? Evidence from elite perceptions in the Czech Republic In recent years, several Central and Eastern European countries, including Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, have experienced significant democratic backsliding. The Czech Republic was also perceived ...

Teamed up with the excellent Jan Hruška ( Masaryk Uni 🇨🇿 / Adam Mickiewicz Uni Poznań 🇵🇱) to explore how upper chambers can guard against democratic backsliding. A neglected topic.Our new piece in Democratization:
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Free eprints: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

In our new paper in G&O, we show that US legislators have more people-centred process preferences, while German legislators are more balanced between people-centred and elite-centred preferences overall - but party affiliation matters.

Link to the paper:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Elections in #Slovenia next month. For those looking for a primer on the development of the party system over the past few decades and insights into the last elections in 2022 check out our article in @europe-asia.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

⏳ Final 7 days for Early Bird rates!

Join the MethodsNet Summer School 2026 in Vienna. Rigorous methodological training for researchers, by researchers. Secure your spot at the best rate before February 25.

Register now: docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...

#MethodsNet #AcademicSky #ResearchMethods

NEW PUBLICATION
“How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social
🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808
I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.

SAVE THE DATE für alle Fans der #Demokratieforschung: 1. bis 2. Oktober Jahrestagung des AK Demokratieforschung 2026 an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin @dvpw.bsky.social @dvpwtheoriesektion.bsky.social @dvpw-regieren.bsky.social @akpf-dvpw.bsky.social @ecib-dvpw.bsky.social @dvpw-ipe.bsky.social

Und nun ist auch der Party-Check Rheinland-Pfalz online! Parteipositionen werden in den kommenden Tagen bei Dataverse hochgeladen.

Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies: Information, Legacies, Temporalities - Giovanni Capoccia, 2026 The article lays the foundations of a research agenda on the conditions favoring short-term success against emerging illiberal challenges—necessary for democrat...

New article and special issue!
Just out in Comparative Political Studies: “Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies: Information, Legacies, Temporalities", the intro to a special issue on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies.
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Out for @ejprjournal.bsky.social with @lucatomini.bsky.social!

With many data, e.g. @vdeminstitute.bsky.social & @demerosiondec.bsky.social, we show comparative patterns of democratic survival related to resistance actions during autocratization episodes in democracies.

Here: shorturl.at/gOhba

Publication alert ❗📘👀
New open access article on autocratization and democratic survival on @ejprjournal.bsky.social together with the brilliant Guido Panzano (Kiel): what configuration of resistance actions account for democratic survival during autocratization? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Geehrt wird sie für ihr herausragendes Engagement in Forschung und Lehre und ihre bedeutenden wissenschaftlichen Beiträge zur Erforschung der digitalen Parteienkommunikation.

Wir gratulieren @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social zu dieser außergewöhnlichen, hochdotierten und hochverdienten Auszeichnung!

🚨 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

It was a very special day when my book arrived, and I got to open the package with my family :)
Constitutional Change under Autocracy explores how autocrats use constitutional amendments not as mere legal tweaks, but as strategic tools.

By way of preparing for teaching and making sense of current events, I spent today trying to synthesise the demand-side literature on democratic backsliding (see figure below). The starting point of most of this literature is simple: Do voters punish politicians who violate democratic norms, or do

🎧 JETZT REINHÖREN: #Forschungspodcast #MindsOfMainz – #DerGutenbergTalk | Folge 28: Demokratie im Fokus: Warum Politische Theorie heute die Gesellschaft bewegt | mit Prof. Claudia Landwehr 👉 www.magazin.uni-mainz.de/minds-of-main…

#Demokratie #Politikwissenschaft #PolitischeTheorie