Don't miss the opportunity! Deadline for #internship applications at DEMSCORE coming up this Sunday, April 12.
Application information: www.demscore.se/about/intern...
#Polisky #PolDataSky #SocialScience @qoginstitute.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org @repdem-org.bsky.social
An image of a crowd with graduation caps in the background, with the text "Demscore Conference 2026: Best Master's Thesis Award. Deadline May 25".
Writing your #Master’sThesis using #DEMSCORE data? Or did you already finish it? Submit your paper for the DEMSCORE Best Master Thesis Award! 🏆
📆 Deadline: May 25
More information: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
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Flag of University of Gothenburg, hanging from the wall of the Department of Political Science building. With and arrow saying: "Deadline extended. Apply by April 15." and the added text: "We're Hiring! Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cross-National Survey Methodology in Political Science. Combined position at V-Dem Institute and Governance and Local Development Institute."
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝! Postdoc Position at V-Dem Institute and GLD ❗
Applications still open for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cross-National Survey Methodology in Political Science.
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 15 here: tiny.cc/au61101
#PoliSky #PolDataSky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceJobs #AcademicSky
💡What is a V-Dem Country Coding Unit?
A V-Dem “country” is a political unit enjoying at least some degree of functional and/or formal sovereignty. Watch the video or read in the thread to find out more. 👇
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🔜 Deadline April 1st! Just one week left to apply for the joint #postdoc position at Governance and Local Development Institute and V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
Application and more details here: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
#Polisky #PolDataSky #PoliSciSky #Academia #Research
Coming very soon: DEMSCORE Data version 7.0 released March 25th!
The DEMSCORE v. 7.0 release includes the most recent data updates from @viewsforecasting.org, @repdem-org.bsky.social, @qoginstitute.bsky.social, @vdeminstitute.bsky.social and #COMPLAB.
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💡 What does V-Dem Data not cover?
Watch the V-Dem Methodology video or read in the thread to find out! 👇
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A graph showing 20 V-Dem indicators and the number of countries they are declining in. Top of the list is the indicator "government censoship efforts of media" which is declining in 44 countries. More examples of indicators and how many countries they are declining in are mentioned in the post text.
#DR26 What were the aspects of Democracy that declined in the most countries over the last decade?
The figure displays the top 20 indicators that register decline in the largest number of countries between 2015 and 2025.
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Graph showing how fast democracy has declined in the USA compared to five prominent cases of autocratization in the last 25 years. The U.S. line show a sharp drop over just two years, while it took Hungary over four years, Serbia eight years, and both India and Türkiye about a decade and Russia almost 14 years to reach the same total drop.
#DR26 The U.S. democracy is currently in a much faster deterioration process than any other democracy in modern times. Within only one year, the USA’s score on the V-Dem Liberal Democracy index (LDI) has declined by 24 %, from 0.75 in 2024 to 0.57 in 2025.
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💡 When does a Country decline on the V-Dem Democracy Indices?
Watch the video or read in the thread to find out!
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#VDemMethodology #VDemDataset
@vdemamlat.bsky.social
💡What does V-Dem mean by 'Liberal Democracy'?
The liberal principle of democracy emphasizes the importance of protecting individual and minority rights against a potential “tyranny of the majority” and state repression.
Watch the video or see the thread below to find out more 👇
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💡 How does V-Dem assess the levels of democracy in a country?
Watch the video or read the thread below to find out!
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@vdemamlat.bsky.social @digitalsocietyproject.org
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👉 Registation Open for DEMSCORE Conference 2026
Join us in Gothenburg for the 4th DEMSCORE Conference!
Registration is now open on the DEMSCORE website: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
📅 Registration deadline is May 22
#Polisky #PolDataSky #SocialScienceData #CompSocialScience #PoliSciSky
The V-Dem Regional Center Caucasus logo together with a photo of the small Ushguli village, in Svaneti, Georgia. The village is in a valley surrounded by green hills and snowy mountains.
We proudly announce the launch of a new V-Dem Regional Center in #Caucasus! 🎉
The V-Dem Regional Center Caucasus, launched this month, is located in Tiblisi, Georgia, and covers the countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
#Polisky #PolDataSky #PoliSciSky
#Georgia #Armenia #Azerbaijan
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The December edition of the #DEMSCORE Newsletter is out.
In this issue, we look back at 2025 and offer a preview of what’s coming in 2026.
The newsletter:
mailchi.mp/demscore/new...
See you again in 2026! Until then, we wish you happy and peaceful holidays.🎄
#polisky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky
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The December edition of the V-Dem Institute Newsletter is out! 📬
To find out about new publications, research and more, you can access the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/v-dem/newsle...
Not subscribed yet? Here is the subscription link: v-dem.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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📢 New Thematic dataset: 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
The #Demscore v6 update comes with a new thematic dataset on Laws and Liberties.
Available for free at the Demscore website: www.demscore.se/data/themati...
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We invite you to make good use of the updated data, available for download at the Demscore website: www.demscore.se/data/
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social @vdemamlat.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
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Image of a graph showing the V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index for The Gambia and Zambia for the years 1990 to 2024.
#GotW Electoral democracy in #TheGambia and #Zambia
The Gambia and Zambia have both recently improved in the Electoral Democracy Index (EDI). This week’s graph shows their performance between 1990 and 2024.
Full text w references @ v-dem.net/weekly_graph...
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The mage shows a heat map graph of the V-Dem Liberal Democracy Index for the years 1945 to 2024. The graph shows the number of countries, indicated by color, scoring from low to high on the Liberal Democracy Index for each year in the period.
#InternationalDayOfDemocracy
Today, we celebrate the International Day of Democracy. We take a look at the development of democracy in the world over the past 80 years, by visualizing the V-Dem Liberal Democracy Index (LDI), using the heat map graphing tool.
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🏆We are happy to announce that #DEMSCORE has received the 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 & 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Award, in the framework of Acquisition International’s Non-Profit Organisation Award 2025🎉
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📣 Interested in working with social science data management? Don't miss this @demscore.bsky.social job opportunity❗👇
@vdemamlat.bsky.social @digitalsocietyproject.org
#SocialScienceJobs #PoliticalScienceJobs #Polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky #DataManager
📢 We’re Hiring! Data Manager for the DEMSCORE Research Infrastructure and the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.
Apply by August 10 @ web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
More below👇
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📢 Out now: The Spanish translation of #DemocracyReport 2025!
Read more and download at v-dem.net/news/spanish...
The report, translated by @vdemamlat.bsky.social, includes a new section on legislative oversight and democratic resilience in Latin America.
#Polisky #PoliSciSky #PolDataSky #democracy
Thank you to all attendants of the 2025 #DemscoreConference!
Your presence and contributions made it a success - we truly value the insights shared in all panels and workshops, and hope to see you again soon.
www.demscore.se
#SocialScience #Polisky #PoliSciSky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky
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🥁#DemscoreBestMastersThesisAward 2025 goes to Lena Malin Grüninger, University of Gothenburg & @rptu.bsky.social, for her thesis “The World is Getting Old – Pension Policies as Drivers for U-Turn Regime Transformations”
🏆Congratulations!🎉
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Right now at the #DemscoreConference:
Final panel - How to deal with uncertainty in #conflict data collection and forecasting?
@uupeace.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social
@viewsforecasting.org @uupeace.bsky.social
#SocialScience #Polisky #PoliSciSky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky
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#DemscoreConference Methodology Workshop presentations from the Demscore modules highlight the many different methods of collecting data, the diverse sources and kind of data collected and eventually included in Demscore.
#Polisky #PoliSciSky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky
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Find more details and abstracts here: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
@ucdp.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social @repdem-org.bsky.social
@viewsforecasting.org
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You can find the abstracts of both papers online: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
#SocialScience #Polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky
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