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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · 17h

I'm very grateful to the many individuals who have contributed to this project over time and welcome any comments/questions/suggestions!

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · 17h

I first validate the data concerning parliaments' gender and age compositions and numbers of parties. I also provide a number of applications for the study of gender and age representation, legislative turnover, and subnational dynamics in autocracies - all in the paper!

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · 17h

New Working Paper 🚨

I am introducing the new dataset on Parliamentary Elites in Authoritarian Regimes (PEAR). It includes information on the composition of parliaments in 819 legislative terms in 130 autocracies from 1945 - based on over 200k individual-level observations.

tinyurl.com/48h68hmh

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 7d

Our Call for Papers for the Spring 2026 is now open!
Submit your proposal by November 9th using this link: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
For more information visit: apsg.work/cfp/

Apply to Present Your Work!

Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Spring 2026 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 8d

Join us next week!
@lisayfan.bsky.social (@politicsoxford.bsky.social) will present her work on expressions of loyalty by female elites. Jakob Tolstrup (Aarhus) and @parzetterberg.bsky.social (@uu-polisci.bsky.social) will discuss.

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · 16d

📣 Translate your academic expertise into public-facing policy briefs published in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy!

🚨 Next week Friday's deadline is fast approaching!

Full details below 👇

PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · Jun 16

📣 Call for Papers: The Authoritarian Eco-System 📣

We are launching a new policy brief series w/ the Westminster Foundation for Democracy on authoritarian politics!

Deadline: 3 October 2025
Submit abstract (500 words) researcher’s profile, and CVs to: [email protected]

Details? Read the call &🧵

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Fabio Angiolillo @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social · 21d

@jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social and I wrote the ‘last word’ for the latest Political Insight issue @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social.

We discuss the global rise of authoritarianism, its implications for domestic and international politics, and the future of democracy.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

journals.sagepub.com

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 22d

Join us next week!
@javierpadilla.bsky.social (@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social) will be presenting his work on how oligarchic cleavages shape liberalization and democratization and @alucardi1.bsky.social (@itam-mx.bsky.social) and @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmpoliticsir.bsky.social) will discuss.

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · 28d

With the new term a new season of @apsgworkshop.bsky.social is also about to start! See the excellent line up below and sign up to the mailing list to recieve meeting invites!

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 28d

Fall 2025 schedule is out!
Remember to join our mailing list to join any or all of these great presentations!
mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · 29d

Same here, 0/4 now. We'll get there... one day

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · Sep 8

Congrats, Mehmet!

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Mehmet Yavuz @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social · Sep 8

Excited to announce the publication of my article in Comparative Political Studies on how crises shape the ideological legitimation strategies of authoritarian regimes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · Sep 8

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!

#Blame #Shifting in #Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from #Turkey

By @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, @jonaswschmid.bsky.social & Fulya Apaydin

doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year's WhoGov workshop on Political Elites! It is amazing to see so much great research presented on political elites and meet so many great people.

And thank you to @inalkristiansen.bsky.social and @jonaswschmid.bsky.social for co-organizing the event

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · Jul 29

The 2025 Best Paper Award for the best paper on autocracies and/or regime change presented at the PSA Annual Conference 2025 goes to...

@tjermanova.bsky.social with "Beyond Coordination: The Authoritarian Constitution at the Centre of Intra-Regime Conflict in Post-1979 Iran."

Congratulations! 🥳

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · Jul 29

The 2025 Best PhD Paper Award for the best article/chapter written by a current PhD candidate goes to...

@linettelim.bsky.social PhD candidate at @ucddublin.bsky.social for her chapter "Foreign Bogeymen: The Use of Anti-Foreign Media Propaganda in China"

Congratulations!! 🥳

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 This is a great opportunity to translate academic research on autocracies into policy-relevant and public-facing briefs!

Full details on the CfP by @psaautocracy.bsky.social and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy below 👇

PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · Jun 16

📣 Call for Papers: The Authoritarian Eco-System 📣

We are launching a new policy brief series w/ the Westminster Foundation for Democracy on authoritarian politics!

Deadline: 3 October 2025
Submit abstract (500 words) researcher’s profile, and CVs to: [email protected]

Details? Read the call &🧵

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Fabio Angiolillo @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨New publication!

By now, we know 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 democratic institutions autocratizers undermine, yet we (w/ Gorazd Ordanoski) ask:

𝑯𝒐𝒘 do they attack them?

We present three sequential repressive steps:
1️⃣ legitimization rhetoric
2️⃣ legal engineering
3️⃣ coercive control

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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Patterns of incumbents’ repression during autocratization

How do incumbents attack accountability during autocratization? The literature focuses on what democratic institutions autocratizers undermine, yet incumbents’ steps in attacking accountability mea...

www.tandfonline.com

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · May 30

🚨 You only have today and tomorrow left to apply!

Get your applications in for the next series of @apsgworkshop.bsky.social!

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Call for Papers for our Fall 2025 Workshop series is now OPEN! Polisky Dictatorsky
To apply complete this form by May 31st: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
You can find more information here on the CfP: apsg.work/cfp/

Apply to Present Your Work!

Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Fall 2025 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · May 28

Our monthly newsletter is out!
Have news and updates to share in with us? Let us know! forms.gle/wMqEnjAgJyxq...
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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · May 27

Less than a week left to apply to present your work in our Fall 2025 season. Don't miss this opportunity of getting feedback from the APSG community!

Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Call for Papers for our Fall 2025 Workshop series is now OPEN! Polisky Dictatorsky
To apply complete this form by May 31st: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
You can find more information here on the CfP: apsg.work/cfp/

Apply to Present Your Work!

Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Fall 2025 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · May 27

Only a few more days left to apply for the next season of the @apsgworkshop.bsky.social 👇

Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Call for Papers for our Fall 2025 Workshop series is now OPEN! Polisky Dictatorsky
To apply complete this form by May 31st: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
You can find more information here on the CfP: apsg.work/cfp/

Apply to Present Your Work!

Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Fall 2025 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · May 20

Very well deserved, congratulations to both of you!

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · May 20

📣 Research Assistant Position!

@ozlemtuncel.bsky.social and I are looking for support for a project on higher education and electoral politics in Turkey. Are you:

▪️Ideally, a PhD student
▪️Fluent in Turkish
▪️Familiar with quantitative data

Then please apply here:
gsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · May 19

From March 2025 -

Party Systems, Democratic Positions, and Regime Changes: Introducing the Party-System Democracy Index - cup.org/4iPyIIn

- @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social, @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social & @silindberg.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the Party-System Democracy Index (PSDI) and its application in political science research.

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