Angelo V. Panaro
@angelovpanaro.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher @fau.de | authoritarianism, comparative social policy & welfare state, inequalities.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6585-6083
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6585-6083
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All that is left is all that matters: the politics of social spending in authoritarian regimes
This article investigates the political determinants of social spending in authoritarian regimes, focusing on health and education sectors. The theoretical argument builds on the assumption that di...
www.tandfonline.com
📚Have you ever wondered why social policy varies across authoritarian regimes? In this article, I examine the political determinants of public spending on health and education in autocracies.
👉 Read the full article here to explore the key findings:
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
👉 Read the full article here to explore the key findings:
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
📢 The ECPR Joint Sessions 2026 Calls for Papers are out!
Check out the workshop "Rethinking ‘Regimes’: Critical Reflections on an Under-Theorised Concept"
🗓 Innsbruck | 7–10 April 2026
📄 Deadline: 3 December
👉 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@ecpr.bsky.social #ECPR
Check out the workshop "Rethinking ‘Regimes’: Critical Reflections on an Under-Theorised Concept"
🗓 Innsbruck | 7–10 April 2026
📄 Deadline: 3 December
👉 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@ecpr.bsky.social #ECPR
Rethinking ‘Regimes’: Critical Reflections on an Under-Theorised Concept
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
📢 The ECPR Joint Sessions 2026 Calls for Papers are out!
Check out the workshop "Rethinking ‘Regimes’: Critical Reflections on an Under-Theorised Concept"
🗓 Innsbruck | 7–10 April 2026
📄 Deadline: 3 December
👉 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@ecpr.bsky.social #ECPR
Check out the workshop "Rethinking ‘Regimes’: Critical Reflections on an Under-Theorised Concept"
🗓 Innsbruck | 7–10 April 2026
📄 Deadline: 3 December
👉 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@ecpr.bsky.social #ECPR
Today, I had the pleasure of giving a lecture on “Autocratization and Academic Freedom” at the Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies (HAIT) in Dresden.
Grateful for the opportunity to share my research at such a historic and renowned institution.
@hait-tud.bsky.social @fau.de
Grateful for the opportunity to share my research at such a historic and renowned institution.
@hait-tud.bsky.social @fau.de
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today, I had the pleasure of giving a lecture on “Autocratization and Academic Freedom” at the Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies (HAIT) in Dresden.
Grateful for the opportunity to share my research at such a historic and renowned institution.
@hait-tud.bsky.social @fau.de
Grateful for the opportunity to share my research at such a historic and renowned institution.
@hait-tud.bsky.social @fau.de
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#Science is not doing well, true or false?🔬Between 15 years of decline in #AcademicFreedom and strong but dented #confidence: introspection from within the world of research with @eribertsou.bsky.social @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @angelovpanaro.bsky.social.👇
Measuring the temperature of science
Horizons - Issue 146
www.horizons-mag.ch
September 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#Science is not doing well, true or false?🔬Between 15 years of decline in #AcademicFreedom and strong but dented #confidence: introspection from within the world of research with @eribertsou.bsky.social @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @angelovpanaro.bsky.social.👇
Final day of #SISP2025 in beautiful Napoli 🇮🇹 Three days of great talks, debates & connections!
Honored to be elected Coordinator of the Political Regimes SG (with Dr. Tiziana Corda). Excited to build on colleagues’ work & spark new collaborations.
👉 Stay tuned: standinggroups.sisp.it/politicalreg...
Honored to be elected Coordinator of the Political Regimes SG (with Dr. Tiziana Corda). Excited to build on colleagues’ work & spark new collaborations.
👉 Stay tuned: standinggroups.sisp.it/politicalreg...
Political Regimes
standinggroups.sisp.it
September 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Final day of #SISP2025 in beautiful Napoli 🇮🇹 Three days of great talks, debates & connections!
Honored to be elected Coordinator of the Political Regimes SG (with Dr. Tiziana Corda). Excited to build on colleagues’ work & spark new collaborations.
👉 Stay tuned: standinggroups.sisp.it/politicalreg...
Honored to be elected Coordinator of the Political Regimes SG (with Dr. Tiziana Corda). Excited to build on colleagues’ work & spark new collaborations.
👉 Stay tuned: standinggroups.sisp.it/politicalreg...
🎙️Interview with the DAAD on the state of Academic Freedom, in which I discuss the findings from the 2025 Update of the Academic Freedom Index
Access the 2025 AFI Update here: academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de/en/2025/05/2...
Access the 2025 AFI Update here: academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de/en/2025/05/2...
“We find a correlation between the role of anti-pluralist parties and declining academic freedom” – Wissenschaft weltoffen
Dr Angelo Vito Panaro is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg. He is involved in the “Academic Freedom Index” (AFI...
www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de
May 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🎙️Interview with the DAAD on the state of Academic Freedom, in which I discuss the findings from the 2025 Update of the Academic Freedom Index
Access the 2025 AFI Update here: academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de/en/2025/05/2...
Access the 2025 AFI Update here: academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de/en/2025/05/2...
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Chairing a panel on the ‘production structure’ of the far right (Panel 5.11) at the SISP Conference in Trieste, 12-14 Sep: sisp.it/convegno2024/
If you’re working on grassroots politics and/or movement-electoral interactions, please consider submitting a paper proposal. Deadline 31 May.
If you’re working on grassroots politics and/or movement-electoral interactions, please consider submitting a paper proposal. Deadline 31 May.
SISP Conference 2024
Conference Management System
sisp.it
May 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Chairing a panel on the ‘production structure’ of the far right (Panel 5.11) at the SISP Conference in Trieste, 12-14 Sep: sisp.it/convegno2024/
If you’re working on grassroots politics and/or movement-electoral interactions, please consider submitting a paper proposal. Deadline 31 May.
If you’re working on grassroots politics and/or movement-electoral interactions, please consider submitting a paper proposal. Deadline 31 May.
Reposted by Angelo V. Panaro
📢 CfP Alert – Section "Gender, sexuality and intersectionality in Politics" @ SISP 2025
Check our section's programme, we have a stellar line-up of panels 😎😎
Send your abstract & join us in Naples in September!
polisky gendersky academicsky
P.S. caring is sharing 🙏🙏
Check our section's programme, we have a stellar line-up of panels 😎😎
Send your abstract & join us in Naples in September!
polisky gendersky academicsky
P.S. caring is sharing 🙏🙏
📢 CfP Alert – Gender & Politics @ SISP 2025
Two weeks left to submit your proposal to the Gender & Politics section at the 2025 SISP Conference!
📍 Naples, Sept 4–6
🗓️ Deadline: May 25
🔗 www.sisp.it/en/conferenc...
@alavizzari.bsky.social @francescafeo.bsky.social
#polisky #gendersky #academicsky
Two weeks left to submit your proposal to the Gender & Politics section at the 2025 SISP Conference!
📍 Naples, Sept 4–6
🗓️ Deadline: May 25
🔗 www.sisp.it/en/conferenc...
@alavizzari.bsky.social @francescafeo.bsky.social
#polisky #gendersky #academicsky
Call for papers 2025 – SISP
sisp.it
May 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
📢 CfP Alert – Section "Gender, sexuality and intersectionality in Politics" @ SISP 2025
Check our section's programme, we have a stellar line-up of panels 😎😎
Send your abstract & join us in Naples in September!
polisky gendersky academicsky
P.S. caring is sharing 🙏🙏
Check our section's programme, we have a stellar line-up of panels 😎😎
Send your abstract & join us in Naples in September!
polisky gendersky academicsky
P.S. caring is sharing 🙏🙏
⏳ Only one day left to submit your proposal for the @SISP Conference in Naples (4-6 September).
Panel 1.7. - Inequalities and Political Regimes (with Andrea Vaccaro)
Panel 1.4 The performance consequences of autocratization (with Andrea Cassani)
Apply here: www.sisp.it/convegno-202...
Panel 1.7. - Inequalities and Political Regimes (with Andrea Vaccaro)
Panel 1.4 The performance consequences of autocratization (with Andrea Cassani)
Apply here: www.sisp.it/convegno-202...
May 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
⏳ Only one day left to submit your proposal for the @SISP Conference in Naples (4-6 September).
Panel 1.7. - Inequalities and Political Regimes (with Andrea Vaccaro)
Panel 1.4 The performance consequences of autocratization (with Andrea Cassani)
Apply here: www.sisp.it/convegno-202...
Panel 1.7. - Inequalities and Political Regimes (with Andrea Vaccaro)
Panel 1.4 The performance consequences of autocratization (with Andrea Cassani)
Apply here: www.sisp.it/convegno-202...
Reposted by Angelo V. Panaro
Public social spending levels vary extensively within authoritarian regimes, with some autocrats being more generous than others.
What are the factors that explain autocrats social expenditure choices?
Read more about @angelovpanaro.bsky.social's findings in our latest article ⬇️
What are the factors that explain autocrats social expenditure choices?
Read more about @angelovpanaro.bsky.social's findings in our latest article ⬇️
What determines public social spending in authoritarian regimes?
by Angelo Vito Panaro
socialpolicyworldwide.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Public social spending levels vary extensively within authoritarian regimes, with some autocrats being more generous than others.
What are the factors that explain autocrats social expenditure choices?
Read more about @angelovpanaro.bsky.social's findings in our latest article ⬇️
What are the factors that explain autocrats social expenditure choices?
Read more about @angelovpanaro.bsky.social's findings in our latest article ⬇️
Reposted by Angelo V. Panaro
🗳️ Voters headed to the polls in 9️⃣2️⃣ countries last year.
🌎 Amid concerns about the state of democracy around the world, @angelovpanaro.bsky.social contends that in the 2024 elections, democratic regimes performed relatively well 📊 in comparison with autocracies.
➡️ bit.ly/436j1HN
🌎 Amid concerns about the state of democracy around the world, @angelovpanaro.bsky.social contends that in the 2024 elections, democratic regimes performed relatively well 📊 in comparison with autocracies.
➡️ bit.ly/436j1HN
2024 elections: a stress test for democracy
Elections are the primary channel for political leaders to gain power in democracies. Amid concerns about the state of democracy around the world, Angelo Vito Panaro contends that in the 2024 election...
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April 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🗳️ Voters headed to the polls in 9️⃣2️⃣ countries last year.
🌎 Amid concerns about the state of democracy around the world, @angelovpanaro.bsky.social contends that in the 2024 elections, democratic regimes performed relatively well 📊 in comparison with autocracies.
➡️ bit.ly/436j1HN
🌎 Amid concerns about the state of democracy around the world, @angelovpanaro.bsky.social contends that in the 2024 elections, democratic regimes performed relatively well 📊 in comparison with autocracies.
➡️ bit.ly/436j1HN
📚Thrilled to see our article analysing changes in IOs' ideas and recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Welfare.
This work reflects a fantastic collaboration with colleagues from Bielefeld University and @unibremen.bsky.social!
This work reflects a fantastic collaboration with colleagues from Bielefeld University and @unibremen.bsky.social!
Global social policy ideas in the COVID-19 crisis: Ideational change and continuity in the ILO, the OECD, the WHO, and the World Bank | Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy | Cambrid...
Global social policy ideas in the COVID-19 crisis: Ideational change and continuity in the ILO, the OECD, the WHO, and the World Bank
doi.org
April 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📚Thrilled to see our article analysing changes in IOs' ideas and recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Welfare.
This work reflects a fantastic collaboration with colleagues from Bielefeld University and @unibremen.bsky.social!
This work reflects a fantastic collaboration with colleagues from Bielefeld University and @unibremen.bsky.social!
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Some good news: my second thesis article is out in Journal of Social Policy! 🎉 @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter.
It's open access:
I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter.
It's open access:
The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core
The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure
www.cambridge.org
April 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Some good news: my second thesis article is out in Journal of Social Policy! 🎉 @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter.
It's open access:
I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter.
It's open access:
📚Have you ever wondered why social policy varies across authoritarian regimes? In this article, I examine the political determinants of public spending on health and education in autocracies.
👉 Read the full article here to explore the key findings:
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
👉 Read the full article here to explore the key findings:
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
All that is left is all that matters: the politics of social spending in authoritarian regimes
This article investigates the political determinants of social spending in authoritarian regimes, focusing on health and education sectors. The theoretical argument builds on the assumption that di...
www.tandfonline.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📚Have you ever wondered why social policy varies across authoritarian regimes? In this article, I examine the political determinants of public spending on health and education in autocracies.
👉 Read the full article here to explore the key findings:
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
👉 Read the full article here to explore the key findings:
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
The 2025 AFI Update is out. This year's Update points to the electoral success of anti-pluralist parties as a potential driver of academic freedom decline.
Thank you to @vdeminstitute.bsky.social for the great collaboration and to @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social for their financial support.
Thank you to @vdeminstitute.bsky.social for the great collaboration and to @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social for their financial support.
The 2025 Academic Freedom Index was just released. While eight countries have statistically and substantially higher levels of academic freedom in 2024 compared to ten years ago, for 34 regions and countries, the opposite is the case. 📉
www.fau.eu/2025/03/news...
www.fau.eu/2025/03/news...
Anti-pluralist Parties Threaten Academic Freedom
Increasing influence of anti-pluralist parties is often associated with lower academic freedom in the respective country. This is one of the findings of the latest Academic Freedom Index (AFI) which…
www.fau.eu
March 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The 2025 AFI Update is out. This year's Update points to the electoral success of anti-pluralist parties as a potential driver of academic freedom decline.
Thank you to @vdeminstitute.bsky.social for the great collaboration and to @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social for their financial support.
Thank you to @vdeminstitute.bsky.social for the great collaboration and to @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social for their financial support.
📚 The SI on “Policy Processes in Authoritarian Settings” is out! 🎉 Many thanks to C. Schlaufer and @pubpolicychina.bsky.social for their excellent work. My contribution,offering new insights on policy convergence in authoritarian regimes, can be accessed here👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How do policies emerge and evolve under authoritarian regimes? The new RPR SI, guest-edited by C. Schlaufer & @pubpolicychina.bsky.social, delves into this crucial question with studies on autocracies worldwide. Explore now! 💡
#PolicyStudies #WileyPolitics
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15411338...
#PolicyStudies #WileyPolitics
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15411338...
January 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📚 The SI on “Policy Processes in Authoritarian Settings” is out! 🎉 Many thanks to C. Schlaufer and @pubpolicychina.bsky.social for their excellent work. My contribution,offering new insights on policy convergence in authoritarian regimes, can be accessed here👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
La forte denuncia di Francesca Ghio ad una società concentrata a costruire centri commerciali, dimenticando l'importanza della salute mentale e fisica, dell'educazione all'empatia, in silenzio di fronte a chi rimane indietro! #dallastessaparte #nonunadimeno
www.rainews.it/articoli/202...
www.rainews.it/articoli/202...
Consigliera Ghio: "A 12 anni violentata in casa nella Genova bene". Procura indaga contro ignoti
"Non ho mai denunciato quell'uomo, un dirigente genovese, il nostro bravo ragazzo" ha detto durante il suo intervento in sala rossa di Francesca Ghio: "Oggi sono voce per chi non la ha"
www.rainews.it
November 29, 2024 at 8:42 AM
La forte denuncia di Francesca Ghio ad una società concentrata a costruire centri commerciali, dimenticando l'importanza della salute mentale e fisica, dell'educazione all'empatia, in silenzio di fronte a chi rimane indietro! #dallastessaparte #nonunadimeno
www.rainews.it/articoli/202...
www.rainews.it/articoli/202...
I am honoured to keynote the workshop on "Social and Welfare Politics - Negotiating Development and Political Manifestations", where I will present my research on social policy in autocracies
📅 When: December 5th–6th
If you would like to join, please find the Zoom link attached
📅 When: December 5th–6th
If you would like to join, please find the Zoom link attached
November 27, 2024 at 12:04 PM
I am honoured to keynote the workshop on "Social and Welfare Politics - Negotiating Development and Political Manifestations", where I will present my research on social policy in autocracies
📅 When: December 5th–6th
If you would like to join, please find the Zoom link attached
📅 When: December 5th–6th
If you would like to join, please find the Zoom link attached
La situazione in Basilicata è diventata insostenibile!
In un pezzo di Basilicata hanno gli ultimi giorni di acqua corrente - Il Post
Il lago Camastra si è prosciugato provocando una crisi idrica per 140mila persone, in una regione che in realtà di sorgenti ne avrebbe
www.ilpost.it
November 23, 2024 at 9:46 AM
La situazione in Basilicata è diventata insostenibile!
Hey everyone,
I just joined Bluesky and would love to reconnect with colleagues worldwide :)
I just joined Bluesky and would love to reconnect with colleagues worldwide :)
November 20, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Hey everyone,
I just joined Bluesky and would love to reconnect with colleagues worldwide :)
I just joined Bluesky and would love to reconnect with colleagues worldwide :)