Marianne Dahl
@mariannedahl.bsky.social
Senior researcher @PRIOresearch and deputy editor @JPR_journal, Non-violence, security force behavior, democratization & peace processes. Opinions are my own. Webpage: www.mariannedahl.com
Jeg var så heldig å bli invitert til Ut i Verden for å snakke protester, generasjon Z, autoritære ledere – og ikke minst hva som faktisk fungerer hvis du vil starte en bevegelse. Veldig gøy å få snakke med Trine Østereng og Mathias Slettholm. open.spotify.com/episode/0fQG...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Jeg var så heldig å bli invitert til Ut i Verden for å snakke protester, generasjon Z, autoritære ledere – og ikke minst hva som faktisk fungerer hvis du vil starte en bevegelse. Veldig gøy å få snakke med Trine Østereng og Mathias Slettholm. open.spotify.com/episode/0fQG...
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Back from my mini-stay in Oslo! 🇳🇴
I attended the fabulous PhD course taught by @mariannedahl.bsky.social and @idarudolfsen.bsky.social
& later was lucky to receive amazing feedback on some early work from folks at @prioresearch.bsky.social and @statsvitenskap.bsky.social 🌟 Tusen takk!
I attended the fabulous PhD course taught by @mariannedahl.bsky.social and @idarudolfsen.bsky.social
& later was lucky to receive amazing feedback on some early work from folks at @prioresearch.bsky.social and @statsvitenskap.bsky.social 🌟 Tusen takk!
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Back from my mini-stay in Oslo! 🇳🇴
I attended the fabulous PhD course taught by @mariannedahl.bsky.social and @idarudolfsen.bsky.social
& later was lucky to receive amazing feedback on some early work from folks at @prioresearch.bsky.social and @statsvitenskap.bsky.social 🌟 Tusen takk!
I attended the fabulous PhD course taught by @mariannedahl.bsky.social and @idarudolfsen.bsky.social
& later was lucky to receive amazing feedback on some early work from folks at @prioresearch.bsky.social and @statsvitenskap.bsky.social 🌟 Tusen takk!
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PRIO is hiring!
Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project
"Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik
More information here:
www.prio.org/about/career...
www.prio.org/about/career...
Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project
"Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik
More information here:
www.prio.org/about/career...
www.prio.org/about/career...
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
PRIO is hiring!
Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project
"Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik
More information here:
www.prio.org/about/career...
www.prio.org/about/career...
Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project
"Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik
More information here:
www.prio.org/about/career...
www.prio.org/about/career...
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I et Venezuela der undertrykkelse og politisk mørke preger hverdagen, er María Corina Machado som et symbol på sivil motstand og håp.
Les PRIOs @mariannedahl.bsky.social om hvorfor årets pris treffer tidsånden:
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
Les PRIOs @mariannedahl.bsky.social om hvorfor årets pris treffer tidsånden:
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
Fredsprisen til María Corina Machado treffer tidsånden
Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold.
www.aftenposten.no
October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I et Venezuela der undertrykkelse og politisk mørke preger hverdagen, er María Corina Machado som et symbol på sivil motstand og håp.
Les PRIOs @mariannedahl.bsky.social om hvorfor årets pris treffer tidsånden:
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
Les PRIOs @mariannedahl.bsky.social om hvorfor årets pris treffer tidsånden:
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
Årets Nobel Fredspris er delt ut i demokratiets navn.
Den demokratiske tilbakegangen er blant vår tids største utfordringer – nivået i dag er som i 1986.
María Corina Machado risikerer livet i kampen for demokrati – med ikke-voldelige midler.
Link til kronikk👇
Den demokratiske tilbakegangen er blant vår tids største utfordringer – nivået i dag er som i 1986.
María Corina Machado risikerer livet i kampen for demokrati – med ikke-voldelige midler.
Link til kronikk👇
October 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Årets Nobel Fredspris er delt ut i demokratiets navn.
Den demokratiske tilbakegangen er blant vår tids største utfordringer – nivået i dag er som i 1986.
María Corina Machado risikerer livet i kampen for demokrati – med ikke-voldelige midler.
Link til kronikk👇
Den demokratiske tilbakegangen er blant vår tids største utfordringer – nivået i dag er som i 1986.
María Corina Machado risikerer livet i kampen for demokrati – med ikke-voldelige midler.
Link til kronikk👇
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"Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold" PRIOs egen @mariannedahl.bsky.social i Aftenposten
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
Fredsprisen til María Corina Machado treffer tidsånden
Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold.
www.aftenposten.no
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
"Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold" PRIOs egen @mariannedahl.bsky.social i Aftenposten
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
📢 New paper alert: How does war shape democratic values?
Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine
by @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Marianne Dahl & Kit Rickard. 📖 Published in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue on Political Violence in Democracies.
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Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine
by @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Marianne Dahl & Kit Rickard. 📖 Published in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue on Political Violence in Democracies.
👇🧵
September 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📢 New paper alert: How does war shape democratic values?
Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine
by @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Marianne Dahl & Kit Rickard. 📖 Published in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue on Political Violence in Democracies.
👇🧵
Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine
by @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Marianne Dahl & Kit Rickard. 📖 Published in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue on Political Violence in Democracies.
👇🧵
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I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social
It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong
Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...
www.tandfonline.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social
It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups Dataset 1789–2019 in @cpsjournal.bsky.social together with @mariannedahl.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social @sirianned.bsky.social @hannefjelde.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social
Read about the paper👇
Or dive right into the data👉 www.prio.org/data/39
Read about the paper👇
Or dive right into the data👉 www.prio.org/data/39
August 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups Dataset 1789–2019 in @cpsjournal.bsky.social together with @mariannedahl.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social @sirianned.bsky.social @hannefjelde.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social
Read about the paper👇
Or dive right into the data👉 www.prio.org/data/39
Read about the paper👇
Or dive right into the data👉 www.prio.org/data/39
📊 New dataset and paper alert!
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Below follows a 🧵
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Below follows a 🧵
August 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
📊 New dataset and paper alert!
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Below follows a 🧵
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Below follows a 🧵
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📢 New article
👥 @mariannedahl.bsky.social , Mauricio Rivera Celestino & Scott Gates
🔎 Disaggregating Defection: Dissent Campaign Strategies and Security Force Disloyalty.
📖 Open access In Journal of Conflict Resolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0022...
👥 @mariannedahl.bsky.social , Mauricio Rivera Celestino & Scott Gates
🔎 Disaggregating Defection: Dissent Campaign Strategies and Security Force Disloyalty.
📖 Open access In Journal of Conflict Resolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Disaggregating Defection: Dissent Campaign Strategies and Security Force Disloyalty - Marianne Dahl, Mauricio Rivera Celestino, Scott Gates, 2025
Extant research posits that nonviolent campaigns increase security force defection during dissent, thereby improving their success rates over violent campaigns....
doi.org
August 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
📢 New article
👥 @mariannedahl.bsky.social , Mauricio Rivera Celestino & Scott Gates
🔎 Disaggregating Defection: Dissent Campaign Strategies and Security Force Disloyalty.
📖 Open access In Journal of Conflict Resolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0022...
👥 @mariannedahl.bsky.social , Mauricio Rivera Celestino & Scott Gates
🔎 Disaggregating Defection: Dissent Campaign Strategies and Security Force Disloyalty.
📖 Open access In Journal of Conflict Resolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Jeg debuterer som bok-anmelder! Det leses forsvinnende lite afrikansk litteratur i Norge, det er veldig synd. Så her er tips til de som vil prøve ut noe av den fantastiske litteraturen fra det kontinentet!
www.panoramanyheter.no/afrika-havar...
www.panoramanyheter.no/afrika-havar...
Derfor er det et problem at nordmenn nesten ikke leser bøker fra Afrika
Her er mine beste tips til bøker å lese fra Afrika.
www.panoramanyheter.no
August 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Jeg debuterer som bok-anmelder! Det leses forsvinnende lite afrikansk litteratur i Norge, det er veldig synd. Så her er tips til de som vil prøve ut noe av den fantastiske litteraturen fra det kontinentet!
www.panoramanyheter.no/afrika-havar...
www.panoramanyheter.no/afrika-havar...
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Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
August 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
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🇬🇪A country once seen as the democratic bright spot of the post-Soviet space is now undergoing the fastest authoritarian regression in modern European history.
🧵Here’s a thread to keep you updated on what’s happening - and why it matters.
1/23
🧵Here’s a thread to keep you updated on what’s happening - and why it matters.
1/23
June 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🇬🇪A country once seen as the democratic bright spot of the post-Soviet space is now undergoing the fastest authoritarian regression in modern European history.
🧵Here’s a thread to keep you updated on what’s happening - and why it matters.
1/23
🧵Here’s a thread to keep you updated on what’s happening - and why it matters.
1/23
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Happy to have presented joint work with @juliakoebrich.bsky.social at the NEPS2025 in Barcelona. This is a new project and we got some many interesting and helpful comments --> new energy 🚀
June 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy to have presented joint work with @juliakoebrich.bsky.social at the NEPS2025 in Barcelona. This is a new project and we got some many interesting and helpful comments --> new energy 🚀
New paper alert 😄 ! Mauricio Rivera Celestino, Scott Gates and I have a paper out in the Journal of Conflict Resolution: lnkd.in/gzqYuTmN! The work began in 2017 as part of the Street-Level Autocrat project. Since then, children have been born, data collected, and now, the article is finally out:
June 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New paper alert 😄 ! Mauricio Rivera Celestino, Scott Gates and I have a paper out in the Journal of Conflict Resolution: lnkd.in/gzqYuTmN! The work began in 2017 as part of the Street-Level Autocrat project. Since then, children have been born, data collected, and now, the article is finally out:
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I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
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Cruelty is for losers.
June 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Cruelty is for losers.
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When financial regulators are picked for ideology rather than expertise, markets fail…When bridge inspectors are chosen for loyalty over competence, bridges collapse…The consequences won't be abstract—they'll be measured in lives lost and futures destroyed.
this @adambonica.bsky.social piece deserves to be read beside the yeoman work that @donmoyn.bsky.social and @pamherd.bsky.social have been doing. The dismantling of administrative expertise is one of those stories that is so big that pro journalists with beats find it hard to focus on or explain .
How to Dismantle a Democracy, One Job Posting at a Time
OPM’s new hiring memo imports the authoritarian playbook—quietly, bureaucratically, and by design.
data4democracy.substack.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
When financial regulators are picked for ideology rather than expertise, markets fail…When bridge inspectors are chosen for loyalty over competence, bridges collapse…The consequences won't be abstract—they'll be measured in lives lost and futures destroyed.
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We closed Abbeville Road in Clapham to cars for a few hours today and something truly radical and transformative happened.
We saw a community grow.
People came out to chat, laugh, listen, gossip, eat, drink and share.
Just proves that streets are for people not just for cars.
We saw a community grow.
People came out to chat, laugh, listen, gossip, eat, drink and share.
Just proves that streets are for people not just for cars.
May 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We closed Abbeville Road in Clapham to cars for a few hours today and something truly radical and transformative happened.
We saw a community grow.
People came out to chat, laugh, listen, gossip, eat, drink and share.
Just proves that streets are for people not just for cars.
We saw a community grow.
People came out to chat, laugh, listen, gossip, eat, drink and share.
Just proves that streets are for people not just for cars.
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I dag har Sven Holtsmark og Ine Marie Eriksen gjort en heltejobb. Debatten funker svært dårlig for å få arrestert faktafeil, og når Russlands apologeter blir tatt med buksene nede tyr de til Whataboutism og nye løgner.
May 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I dag har Sven Holtsmark og Ine Marie Eriksen gjort en heltejobb. Debatten funker svært dårlig for å få arrestert faktafeil, og når Russlands apologeter blir tatt med buksene nede tyr de til Whataboutism og nye løgner.
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Always read @stevelevitsky.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social & @lucanway.bsky.social: "No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines." Gift link here:
Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Always read @stevelevitsky.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social & @lucanway.bsky.social: "No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines." Gift link here:
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I cannot stop thinking about this woman & the community that tried to keep her family together. We are not powerless. Call your reps, raise your voice, get her reunited with her loved ones. Families belong together. And yes: under this lawless regime, if they can do it to her, they can do it to you.
A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
www.welcometohellworld.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I cannot stop thinking about this woman & the community that tried to keep her family together. We are not powerless. Call your reps, raise your voice, get her reunited with her loved ones. Families belong together. And yes: under this lawless regime, if they can do it to her, they can do it to you.
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84-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva from Russian St Petersburg went on a solitary protest in her city. She held a poster saying, "People, let's stop the war! We are responsible for peace on planet Earth." For that, she was summoned to the police station
May 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
84-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva from Russian St Petersburg went on a solitary protest in her city. She held a poster saying, "People, let's stop the war! We are responsible for peace on planet Earth." For that, she was summoned to the police station