Tore Wig
@torewig.bsky.social
Political Science Professor at University of Oslo. Working on political violence, war, democracy and autocracy. Visiting 24-25 Nuffield College & DPIR Oxford University.
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Tore Wig
@torewig.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Large EU-grant to Tore Wig to study the state of science in autocracies
- Department of Political Science
Will scientific progress slow down if more countries in the world become autocratic? That is one of the questions political science professor Tore Wig will seek to answer with two million euros from t...
www.sv.uio.no
Happy to announce that I have received an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator grant for the project "Authoritarian Threats to Scientific Knowledge". AutoKnow will study how authoritarian regimes and politics affect scientific progress, contents and topics in different fields.
www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...
www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...
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NEW PAPER ALERT! My paper, with @bjornhoyland.bsky.social , on how “policy loss” shapes support for the EU has just been published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Check it out!
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January 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
NEW PAPER ALERT! My paper, with @bjornhoyland.bsky.social , on how “policy loss” shapes support for the EU has just been published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Check it out!
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I really think there needs to spontaneous protests against ICE happening right now in front of every federal building in the country and especially in Washington D.C. Otherwise those opposed to the Trump administration will not gain enough momentum or control the narrative.
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I really think there needs to spontaneous protests against ICE happening right now in front of every federal building in the country and especially in Washington D.C. Otherwise those opposed to the Trump administration will not gain enough momentum or control the narrative.
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One thing most people don't understand is that we in the US enjoy greater wealth funded by other countries because they assume we are a stable and relatively friendly hegemon.
*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
January 20, 2026 at 2:26 PM
One thing most people don't understand is that we in the US enjoy greater wealth funded by other countries because they assume we are a stable and relatively friendly hegemon.
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I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying
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Seeing people do "here's the savvy take on how and why the US should acquire Greenland" and just feeling so *embarrassed* for them. Have some dignity. You don't need to be an apologist for the world's dumbest autocrat, you're not somehow sophisticated for seeing The Smart Play on imperial vainglory.
January 11, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Seeing people do "here's the savvy take on how and why the US should acquire Greenland" and just feeling so *embarrassed* for them. Have some dignity. You don't need to be an apologist for the world's dumbest autocrat, you're not somehow sophisticated for seeing The Smart Play on imperial vainglory.
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If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
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On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
January 10, 2026 at 12:59 AM
On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
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Nobelkomiteen burde åpenbart ikke bestå av politisk utnevnte medlemmer, men av fageksperter. Slik det er nå blir komiteen tilsynelatende litt for opptatt av å være «smarte» og taktiske, på en måte som nå har mislyktes spektakulært.
January 9, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Nobelkomiteen burde åpenbart ikke bestå av politisk utnevnte medlemmer, men av fageksperter. Slik det er nå blir komiteen tilsynelatende litt for opptatt av å være «smarte» og taktiske, på en måte som nå har mislyktes spektakulært.
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Nå er de for alvor i ferd med å våkne de anstendige folka i media, politikken og samfunnsdebatten som for få år siden mente advarslene om fascismen var alarmisme. Fremover vil det komme et rush av kommentarer om at «den gamle verden står i fare». Til det vil jeg si:
Den gamle verden er død.
Den gamle verden er død.
January 8, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Nå er de for alvor i ferd med å våkne de anstendige folka i media, politikken og samfunnsdebatten som for få år siden mente advarslene om fascismen var alarmisme. Fremover vil det komme et rush av kommentarer om at «den gamle verden står i fare». Til det vil jeg si:
Den gamle verden er død.
Den gamle verden er død.
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Greenland is happening. Not a joke, not trolling, not a distraction. He has already made up his mind and nobody who matters in the inner circle will try to talk him out of it. Some of them want it precisely because it will destroy NATO. There are no adults in the room. They really mean to do it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Greenland is happening. Not a joke, not trolling, not a distraction. He has already made up his mind and nobody who matters in the inner circle will try to talk him out of it. Some of them want it precisely because it will destroy NATO. There are no adults in the room. They really mean to do it.
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I was losing track of what the Peace President was up to, so I made a map
January 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I was losing track of what the Peace President was up to, so I made a map
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More astonishing public comments from Danish PM on Greenland: “I believe one should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland. But I will also make it clear that if the US chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops, including NATO..."
Denmark Says US Attack on Greenland Would Mean End of NATO
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that if Donald Trump were to attack the Danish island of Greenland that would mean the end of the NATO alliance.
www.bloomberg.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
More astonishing public comments from Danish PM on Greenland: “I believe one should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland. But I will also make it clear that if the US chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops, including NATO..."
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As I've long argued, the Greenland risk is underpriced
A possible US intervention in Greenland is the biggest source of risk to the transatlantic alliance and intra-NATO and intra-EU cohesion, arguably far greater than those presented by
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
A possible US intervention in Greenland is the biggest source of risk to the transatlantic alliance and intra-NATO and intra-EU cohesion, arguably far greater than those presented by
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
As I've long argued, the Greenland risk is underpriced
A possible US intervention in Greenland is the biggest source of risk to the transatlantic alliance and intra-NATO and intra-EU cohesion, arguably far greater than those presented by
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
A possible US intervention in Greenland is the biggest source of risk to the transatlantic alliance and intra-NATO and intra-EU cohesion, arguably far greater than those presented by
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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Turns out defending international law in a world of predators is impossible if you don't have sufficient force to defend yourself.
European weakness on full display by these horribly contorted responses from Merz, Macron and Starmer - neither condoning nor condemning US actions in Venezuela
Such weakness only risks making the Europeans more vulnerable (ie Greenland)
Such weakness only risks making the Europeans more vulnerable (ie Greenland)
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Turns out defending international law in a world of predators is impossible if you don't have sufficient force to defend yourself.
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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
January 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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
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«Hvis det finnes et historisk mønster som sier noe om sammenhengen mellom multikultur, liberalisme og sosialt, økonomisk og politisk fremskritt, er det det helt motsatte av den nasjonalkonservative dommedagsprofetien.» www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/asle-t...
(+) Asle Tojes dommedagsprofeti har ingen støtte i forskningen på samfunnskollaps
Det er grunnleggende menneskelig å bekymre seg for at ens barndomskultur er i endring, men å omtale slike endringer som «sivilisasjonskollaps» er ikke seriøs samfunnsanalyse.
www.morgenbladet.no
December 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
«Hvis det finnes et historisk mønster som sier noe om sammenhengen mellom multikultur, liberalisme og sosialt, økonomisk og politisk fremskritt, er det det helt motsatte av den nasjonalkonservative dommedagsprofetien.» www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/asle-t...
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NEW -
Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf
- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf
- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NEW -
Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf
- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf
- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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Newly released evidence from Portugal shows that taking exams on a computer reduces kids' scores A LOT.
Old fashioned paper and pencil exams FTW!
Old fashioned paper and pencil exams FTW!
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Newly released evidence from Portugal shows that taking exams on a computer reduces kids' scores A LOT.
Old fashioned paper and pencil exams FTW!
Old fashioned paper and pencil exams FTW!
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
Happy to announce that I have received an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator grant for the project "Authoritarian Threats to Scientific Knowledge". AutoKnow will study how authoritarian regimes and politics affect scientific progress, contents and topics in different fields.
www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...
www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...
Large EU-grant to Tore Wig to study the state of science in autocracies
- Department of Political Science
Will scientific progress slow down if more countries in the world become autocratic? That is one of the questions political science professor Tore Wig will seek to answer with two million euros from t...
www.sv.uio.no
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Happy to announce that I have received an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator grant for the project "Authoritarian Threats to Scientific Knowledge". AutoKnow will study how authoritarian regimes and politics affect scientific progress, contents and topics in different fields.
www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...
www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...
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Glimrende tekst av @torewig.bsky.social. Akademisk frihet er ingen naturlov, men et samfunnstrekk som må saklig forsvares på eget grunnlag, ikke med floskler. Hvis ikke vil den forvitre. www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/jon-he...
(+) Helgheims forskningskritikk er legitim. Vi trenger et bedre forsvar for akademisk frihet
Å forsvare akademisk frihet uten å forsvare forskningens innhold, kan gjøre mer skade enn nytte, skriver Tore Wig.
www.morgenbladet.no
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Glimrende tekst av @torewig.bsky.social. Akademisk frihet er ingen naturlov, men et samfunnstrekk som må saklig forsvares på eget grunnlag, ikke med floskler. Hvis ikke vil den forvitre. www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/jon-he...
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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Forestillingen om at autoritære stater er mer økonomisk effektive er i ferd med å bre seg igjen. Den er uten empirisk grunnlag. fasterplease.substack.com/p/i-love-pro...
🗽 I love progress, which is why I love liberal democracy
As parts of Silicon Valley flirt with the idea of CEO-style government, the data show that real acceleration comes not from strongmen but from the freedoms only democracy protects
fasterplease.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Forestillingen om at autoritære stater er mer økonomisk effektive er i ferd med å bre seg igjen. Den er uten empirisk grunnlag. fasterplease.substack.com/p/i-love-pro...
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Det kommer illevarslende meldinger om at Ukraina snart må oppgi Pokrovsk. Virkningen av dette nederlaget kommer til å bli overdrevet av mange. Derfor skriver jeg om hva dette betyr i dag. snoen.substack.com/p/pokrovsk-f...
Pokrovsk faller trolig
Russerne er i ferd med å ta en ny by i Donetsk. Betydningen bør ikke overdrives, men kommer til å bli overdrevet.
snoen.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Det kommer illevarslende meldinger om at Ukraina snart må oppgi Pokrovsk. Virkningen av dette nederlaget kommer til å bli overdrevet av mange. Derfor skriver jeg om hva dette betyr i dag. snoen.substack.com/p/pokrovsk-f...