Luca Tomini
lucatomini.bsky.social
Luca Tomini
@lucatomini.bsky.social
FNRS Research associate professor of political science - ULB
And finally — a practical note! 🛠️
Planning to organise a workshop for the next @ECPR Joint Sessions in Innsbruck? 🏔️
Deadline: 30 September
Let us know — we’d be happy to endorse your proposal as a Research Network! 😉
September 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🔹 Methods for studying regime change and political regimes
And more, please reach out and join us! 🙌
September 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So, if you work on : 🔹 democratization & autocratization
🔹 conceptualization, theorization, measurement, and classification of political regimes
🔹analysis of regime's qualities, legitimacy, and internal structures
...
September 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
✔ Bring together scholars across approaches
✔ Foster dialogue on conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and empirical research linked to political regime studies
✔ Support early-career researchers
✔ Organize panels, workshops & joint publications within the ECPR framework
#PoliticalScience #ECPR
September 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Together with Licia Cianetti @unibirmingham.bsky.social and Johannes Gerschewski @wzb.bsky.social, and the help and support of so many wonderful colleagues, we created this RN to:
September 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
6/ Finally, how do Shanghai’s gated communities navigate authoritarian deepening? Virginie Arantes @wenjiening.bsky.social explores their role in urban governance during COVID-19, showing how they foster public participation under strong state control 👇🏼
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Territorial dynamics and deepening autocratization: exploring the role of gated communities in Shanghai's COVID-19 response
This article, through an anthropological lens inspired by Anthony Leeds’ concept of locality, examines the interplay between urban governance and autocratization in Shanghai’s gated communities dur...
www.tandfonline.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
5/ Can Warsaw & Istanbul remain democratic enclaves under autocratization? 🏙️ Adam Szimańsky examines how long-term democratic deficits, & national de-democratization & centralization weaken their resilience👇🏼
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Warsaw and Istanbul in de-democratising countries. Democratic enclaves or sham democracies?
Many large cities after the success of opposition in local elections are becoming ‘democratic enclaves’ in the de-democratising countries. It is worth posing a question about the effectiveness of t...
www.tandfonline.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
4/Aron Buzogány @buzogany.bsky.social & Tobias Spöry @tobiasspoeri.bsky.social analyze city democracy & diplomacy in the Visegrád capitals: Bratislava, Budapest, Prague & Warsaw👇🏼 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cities against democratic backsliding: democratic resilience through urban resistance in the Visegrád 4 capitals
How do cities fight democratic backsliding on the national level? Set in an increasingly illiberal context, the four Visegrád capitals (V4 capitals) Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw have ele...
www.tandfonline.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
3/Guido Panzano, Simone Benazzo, and Venelin Bochev examine Budapest, Banja Luka & Zagreb, highlighting three key strategies: 🤝🏻 coalitions & leadership, 🏛️ local institutions, 🗞️ media & alternative rethoric. 👇🏼 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Local democratic resistance to autocratisation: evidence from Budapest, Banja Luka, and Zagreb
Local opposition forces often win local elections in key cities in autocratising countries. However, we still know too little about the interplay between local and national regime developments. The...
www.tandfonline.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
2/First, me, Giulia Sandri and Adam Szimańsky, tackle three key questions: 1️⃣ What explains democratic enclaves in cities during autocratization? 2️⃣ How do they resist national autocratization? 3️⃣ What is their potential for sustaining democracy? 👇🏼 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
First survive, then thrive: major urban centres and resistance against autocratisation
This article highlights the critical yet overlooked role of subnational entities, particularly cities, in autocratisation processes. While research often emphasizes national factors, cities can act...
www.tandfonline.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
6/ Finally, how do Shanghai’s gated communities navigate authoritarian deepening? 🏙️ Arantes explores their role in urban governance during COVID-19, showing how they foster public participation under strong state control 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Territorial dynamics and deepening autocratization: exploring the role of gated communities in Shanghai's COVID-19 response
This article, through an anthropological lens inspired by Anthony Leeds’ concept of locality, examines the interplay between urban governance and autocratization in Shanghai’s gated communities dur...
www.tandfonline.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
5/ Can Warsaw & Istanbul remain democratic enclaves under autocratization? 🏙️ Adam Szimańsky examines how long-term democratic deficits, national de-democratization & centralization weaken their resilience 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Warsaw and Istanbul in de-democratising countries. Democratic enclaves or sham democracies?
Many large cities after the success of opposition in local elections are becoming ‘democratic enclaves’ in the de-democratising countries. It is worth posing a question about the effectiveness of t...
www.tandfonline.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
4/ 🏙️ Aron Buzogány @buzogany.bsky.social & Tobias Spöri @tobiasspoeri.bsky.social analyze city democracy & diplomacy in the Visegrád capitals: Bratislava, Budapest, Prague & Warsaw 👉

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cities against democratic backsliding: democratic resilience through urban resistance in the Visegrád 4 capitals
How do cities fight democratic backsliding on the national level? Set in an increasingly illiberal context, the four Visegrád capitals (V4 capitals) Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw have ele...
www.tandfonline.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
3/ Guido Panzano, Simone Benazzo & Venelin Bochev examine Budapest, Banja Luka & Zagreb, highlighting three key strategies: 🤝 coalitions & leadership, 🏛️ local institutions, 🗞️ media & alternative rhetoric. Read more 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Local democratic resistance to autocratisation: evidence from Budapest, Banja Luka, and Zagreb
Local opposition forces often win local elections in key cities in autocratising countries. However, we still know too little about the interplay between local and national regime developments. The...
www.tandfonline.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
2/ First, me @giuliasandri.bsky.social, and Adam Szimańsky, tackle three key questions: 1️⃣ What explains democratic enclaves in cities during autocratization? 2️⃣ How do they resist national autocratization? 3️⃣ What is their potential for sustaining democracy? 📖👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
First survive, then thrive: major urban centres and resistance against autocratisation
This article highlights the critical yet overlooked role of subnational entities, particularly cities, in autocratisation processes. While research often emphasizes national factors, cities can act...
www.tandfonline.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Yes! Thanks Konstantin!!!
November 20, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Sure!😄😄 added!😉👋🏻
November 18, 2024 at 3:11 PM