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The #Republican party in the #US has retreated from upholding #democratic norms in recent years. Its rhetoric is now close to #authoritarian parties such as #AKP in #Turkey & #Fidesz in #Hungary , the new V-Party Illiberalism Index shows. @CNN :

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A record number of 42 countries are autocratizing, harbouring 43% of the world’s population, according to the new V-Dem data. The report: The dataset: Countries Democratizing (in blue) vs. Autocratizing (in red), 2012-2022

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The new @vdem dataset covers over 31 million datapoints for 202 countries from 1789-2022. It shows that autocracies now harbor 72% of the world population. State of Liberal Democracy 2022

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📢New publication on #democraticbacksliding : Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Assessing Democratic Backsliding. Read at The full Special Issue on Democratic Backsliding from PS: Political Science & Politics:

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📢Call for Country Experts📢 V-Dem has a global network of around 4000 Country Experts who provide crucial information via our online surveys. We are now looking to expand our number of Country Experts. Interested? More information and application:

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This Democracy Report from @vdeminstitute documents the ten top countries in steep decline. Read the report: Check out the dataset:

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It is official: @vdeminstitute data shows that #EU has its first #nondemocracy as a member: #Hungary is now classified as an #electoral #authoritarian regime. Dataset: Democracy Report:

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📢New Job Openings: Postdoctoral researcher(s) in Political Science at the V-Dem Institute Please share widely! Application and all details at Deadline: November 15

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Top 10 #autocratizing states over the past decade based on @vdeminstitute 's newly released Democracy Report. Six of them have lost their status as #democracy – including #India . Democracy Report 2021: New dataset version 11:

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The new V-Party dataset covers 1,955 political parties in 1,560 elections for 169 countries from 1970-2019. The data show that the median governing party in #democracies has become somewhat more #illiberal in recent decades.

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Just released: The V-Party dataset, the largest ever study of political parties! Exclusive coverage by @guardian highlights the #Republican party’s dramatic decline in commitment to #democratic norms. #DefendDemocracy #USElections

Republicans closely resemble autocratic parties in Hungary and Turkey – study

Swedish university finds ‘dramatic shift’ in GOP under Trump, shunning democratic norms and encouraging violence

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New Policy Report on #Autocratization and #DemocracyProtection by our researcher Marina Nord, for South Korean NGO. The report gives perspective and points of reflection for democracy practitioners and civil society activists. Available at #518org

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Democracy Report 2022: New Dataset:

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#VDemInstitute proudly announces the launch of our new Regional Center in Latin America, and the release of the #DemocracyReport23 in Spanish! 🎉 Read more and download the #DR23 in Spanish here:

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Academic Freedom in Asia Academic freedom is a prerequisite for science and research that is free from political bias. This week’s graph illustrates the levels of academic freedom in Asia, comparing scores in 2005 – the global peak in academic freedom – with 2021. 1/4

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The new @vdeminstitute dataset covers over 29.7 million datapoints for 202 countries from 1789-2020. While #liberal #democracy continues to decline in 2020, #autocratization accelerates. New dataset: Democracy Report 2021:

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60 countries are categorized to be in episodes of regime transformation (w. ERT methodology): autocratizing (red) or democratizing (blue). The 42 countries autocratizing are home to 35% of the world population. V-Dem Dataset: DR24:

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One year ago: Countries democratizing (blue), autocratizing (red), or no significant change (grey). Next week: Find out what changed in 2023 with the V-Dem dataset v14 & Democracy Report 2024 releases. Live YouTube Launch of DR24 on March 7, 15:00 CET:

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70% of all autocratization episodes has become democratic turnarounds in the last 30 years, our new working papers finds. And since 1900, the vast majority of democratic turnarounds (93%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy. Read at

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New release: update on the V-Party dataset, the largest ever study of political parties! The dataset covers 1,943 political parties in 1,560 elections for 170 countries from 1970-2019.

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New V-Dem Institute Policy Brief: Democracy Endangered by Online Disinformation. Download here:

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The new V-Dem dataset covers 31 million datapoints for 202 countries, 1789-2023. The world now harbors more closed autocracies than liberal democracies, according to RoW typology, but electoral democracies outnumber electoral autocracies. 15:00 CET today @

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The new V-Dem data show that #autocracies now harbor 70% of the world population. The level of #democracy enjoyed by the average global citizen in 2021 is down to 1989 levels. Dataset v12: Democracy Report 2022:

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LIVE now: Democracy Report 2023 @StaffanLindberg & @epapada present the latest #DR23 findings. Commentators: @CarnegieDCG , @bdulani Watch here! DR link:

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How can you resist the erosion of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism? A short, animated film using V-Dem data, on display at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, provides some guidance. It’s now also available online, watch “Democracy is Yours” here:

Democracy is yours | Anne Frank House | in 8 languages | Explained

AUDIO AND SUBTITLES (change in settings) in DUTCH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, HEBREW (only subs), ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE and SPANISH. Turn on your sound!How can y...

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@vdeminstitute #dataset & #DemocracyReport are out! It shows that #autocratization accelerates in the #world : #autocracies are now in the majority: covering 92 countries & 54% of the world population. Dataset: Democracy Report:

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48 countries are at high risk of #democratic #decline during the #COVID19 pandemic, 34 at medium risk & 47 respond to it without jeopardizing #democracy . New research by @AnnaLuehrmann , @acrowinghen & @SeraphineMaerz

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Release of Democracy Report 2023 tomorrow at 9.00EST/ 15.00CET - live broadc In 2022, the number of autocracies rose to a record of 42, harbouring 43% of the world’s population. Up from 33 countries and 36% of population in 2021 Find out more #DR2023

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@guerogarguero Thank you for your post! Just to clarify, this graph does not say that Peru is an autocratic state. It doesn't say anything about the level of democracy of the countries, but the direction the countries have been heading during the last 10 years on the EDI (see text in figure).

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What do autocratizers undermine the most? The figure shows the top declining V-Dem Indicators (by number of declining countries) in the 42 autocratizing countries. The colors show which V-Dem Index they are part of. Dataset: #DR24 :

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New graphic tool! V-Party Explorer gives you access to data on 3467 political parties across 3151 elections in 178 countries. Explore (i) countries’ time series, (ii) specific party information by election-year, and (iii) compare different variables

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LIVE now: @vdeminstitute ’s Democracy Report 2021 Autocratization Turns Viral! Introductory note by the Swedish Deputy Foreign Minister Robert Rydberg, @StaffanLindberg presenting the findings with @LarryDiamond , Yuko Kasuya, @sboteroc commenting.

The Launch of V-Dem Dataset and Democracy Report 2021

V-Dem Institute produces the largest global dataset on democracy with almost 30 million data points for 202 countries from 1789 to 2020. Involving over 3 500...

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📢New report! Clean Elections Across the World More voters than ever in history will head to the polls this year. But more than half of the countries holding elections are experiencing a decline on democracy, posing a risk to election integrity. Read at

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Join us for the launch of the Democracy Report 2021 & release of the latest @vdeminstitute Dataset version 11 on March 10th, 15.00 CET. Watch livestream here!

The Launch of V-Dem Dataset and Democracy Report 2021

V-Dem Institute produces the largest global dataset on democracy with almost 30 million data points for 202 countries from 1789 to 2020. Involving over 3 500...

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Recent government responses to #COVID_19 are more in line with democratic standards compared to the first wave of the pandemic. However, concerning violations persist in 69 countries. New Policy Brief & update on @vdeminstitute ’s Pandemic Backsliding data

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Policy Brief with hard scientific evidence that #democracy causes #economic #growth , stability, and work for the poor! The first brief from the Case for Democracy #C4D is out!

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Save the date! Democracy Report 2024 Launch on March 7! The very exiting panel for the launch event: · @AgnesCallamard , @amnesty International · Kevin Casas-Zamora @KevinCasasZ , International IDEA @Int_IDEA · Quinn McKey, @quinnmck , @article19org · @adrianshahbaz , @freedomhouse

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New V-Dem book! Planned release in June:

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V-Dem Dataset v9 released! 202 countries with coverage 1789-2018, 450+ indicators, data based on 3,000+ Country Experts from all around the world.

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Stay tuned: @vdeminstitute dataset and Democracy Report 2021 release on March 10th! More news in our February newsletter

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Democracy delivers! Science shows that Democracies outperform Autocracies in Economic and Human Development. Ahead of #SummitForDemocracy , #vdeminstitute is releasing the new Case for Democracy Report today. Download from

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V-Dem’s data is a mix of observable data (official statistics) and expert coded data. 4,200 experts from 185 countries have contributed to V-Dem’s data so far. They are typically researchers living in or from the country they are coding, having spent on average 39 years there.

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News Alert!! Save the Date: March 2nd, 2023 15.00-16.00 CET / 9AM-10AM EST For the Launch of Democracy Report 2023 & V-Dem Dataset v.13 Online Event – Watch online info to follow soon.

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Join us for a webinar on 'The Future of Authoritarianism' with Lucan Way ( @UofT ) & Alexander Dukalskis ( @ucddublin ), moderated by @SeraphineMaerz @vdeminstitute , Dec 9, 16.00-17.00 CET. Register here

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#GraphOfTheWeek Critical Elections in Poland Poland is on the verge of becoming an electoral autocracy. This week’s graph compares Poland’s values on six indicators and the Liberal Democracy index from 2015, the year the Law and Justice Party (PiS) came to power, and 2022. 🧵1(6)

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#DemocracyReport2024 The Bad News: The top 10 autocratizers on V-Dem’s Liberal Democracy Index (fig. 14) and the top 10 countries that are re-autocratizing after a period of democratization (fig. 15). V-Dem Dataset: Read #DR24 :

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Democracy is more than elections & elections are more than voting. F ex, opposition parties must be able to form and critique of governments allowed. V-Dem’s data reflects this. The Electoral Democracy Index contains 6 other indices, like the “Freedom of association Index”. 🧵1/5

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Join us for the latest on State of Democracy in the World and release of the new V-Dem Dataset version 12 on March 2, 15.00 CET.

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Happening tomorrow: join us for the launch of the Democracy Report 2021 & release of the latest @vdeminstitute dataset version 11 on March 10th, 15.00 CET. Watch livestream here! @StaffanILindber @LarryDiamond @SweMFA @HooverInst @goteborgsuni

The Launch of V-Dem Dataset and Democracy Report 2021

V-Dem Institute produces the largest global dataset on democracy with almost 30 million data points for 202 countries from 1789 to 2020. Involving over 3 500...

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With the new year, we would like to warmly welcome @SeraphineMaerz , Assistant Professor at the @goteborgsuni , as @vdeminstitute 's new Deputy Director. Seraphine’s current research concentrates on the rhetoric and language used by (authoritarian) political leaders.

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📢Job Opening: Post Doc for Academic Freedom Index to contribute both empirically and theoretically to a better understanding of the research sector’s role in democratization and autocratization processes. Apply by April 30 at @UniFAU @vdeminstitute

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"Opposition Parties and Elite Co-optation in Electoral Autocracies", check out the latest @vdeminstitute Working Paper by @yamankavasoglu . #openaccess

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The new V-Dem dataset version 11.1 from the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project & @vdeminstitute 's Democracy Report 2021 are out. Link to full video of the launch & more news from @vdeminstitute in our March newsletter:

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New @vdeminstitute dataset version 11: Democracy Report 2021:

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The @vdeminstitute has today released a new dashboard & Policy Brief tracking the effects of #Covid_19 related measures on #democratic standards in 146 countries. The findings show that there are concerning developments in 89 countries. More details

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#InternationalDayofDemocracy : Defiant citizens The United Nation’s International Day for Democracy comes at a time of authoritarian surge; yet citizens around the world remain defiant. This week’s graph shows the 2022 global state in mobilization for democracy. 🧵1(

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Join us on Thursday, March 7 for the online launch of the #DemocracyReport2024 : Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot, and the V-Dem Dataset v14: #dr24 #vdeminstitute #democracy #autocracy

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What is #democracy good for? Does democracy produce socio-economic benefits in addition to its intrinsic value? Join us for the #case4democracy Conference, organized by @vdeminstitute with support from the #EU 🇪🇺, where we will provide answers to these questions! 🧵& Program 👇

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#DemocracyReport2024 The good news: The 9 democratizers on V-Dem’s Liberal Democracy Index (fig. 18) and the 9 countries that have reversed an autocratization period and are now democratizing (fig. 19). Dataset v14: Read the Report:

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Graph of the Week: Global Access to Independent Media Today, we celebrate the International Day for Universal Access to Information. This week’s graph shows the 2022 global situation regarding the extent of availability of media free from government influence. 🧵1(6)

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'Populism & #COVID19 : How #Populist Governments (Mis)Handle the #pandemic ', new @vdeminstitute Working Paper by V-Dem researcher @BoeseVanessa and coauthors @m_bayerlein , @Scott__Gates , @katrin_kamin , & Syed Mansoob Murshed #openaccess

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Democracy is challenged by autocracies and undermined in many democracies, V-Dem data shows. That’s why the V-Dem Project endorses an international call for a UN Special Rapporteur on Democracy #UNRoD . Join the call here: Read more:

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The first comprehensive empirical overview of all autocratization episodes from 1900 to today based on V-Dem data. Article by Anna Luhrmann and @StaffanILindber published in Democratization.

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#DR23 Disinformation and toxic levels of polarization reinforce and worsen autocratization. Democratizing countries reduce both disinformation and polarization, which may be key to both democratization and democratic resilience. Download DR23:

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📃Does an increase in women’s representation lead to higher government healthcare budgets across all regimes, or is healthcare outcomes for women dependent on the regime type? - New article by @valeriamechkova and @acrowinghen :

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V-Dem launches the first ever forecasting tool of autocratization/backsliding - top 10 countries at risk for 2019-2020! This tool provides an interactive dashboard for the V-Forecast: Predicting Adverse Regime Transition project.

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Democracy Report 2024 Sneak Preview: Over 60 countries hold national elections this year. 31 are worsening on their democracy levels, and only 3 are improving on the LDI. Join #DemocracyReport2024 and #VDemDatasetv14 Launch on YouTube, 7 March 15:00 CET:

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The #RepublicanParty in the #US has lurched towards #populism & #illiberalism . Its rhetoric now resembles that of #Europe ’s most extreme parties, according to new research by @vdeminstitute . #USElections2020 @TheEconomist

The Republican Party has lurched towards populism and illiberalism

Its rhetoric now resembles that of Europe’s most extreme parties

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#DR24 : The world is still far from achieving gender parity in politics. Women remain underrepresented. Men lead 90% of countries and hold on average 74% of seats in legislatures worldwide. The figure shows the development over the last 50 years. #InternationalWomensDay #8March

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We are hiring! Two post-doctoral fellowships in Political Science, V Dem Institute and the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. Deadline closing soon. Please share widely.

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16 countries made substantial #democratic progress over the last 10 years, but small countries such as #Tunisia and #Armenia dominate this trend, the new @vdeminstitute data shows.

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We are hiring! V-Dem is looking for 2 Postdoctoral fellows in Political Science. Deadline: 11 December.

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State of the World 2019: #Autocratization Surges - #Resistance Grows, article by @vdeminstitute scholars @StaffanILindber , @AnnaLuehrmann , @SeraphineMaerz , @shellmei & Sandra Grahn building on the #Democracy Report 2020 is out now. #openaccess @tandfonline

State of the world 2019: autocratization surges – resistance grows

This article analyses the state of democracy in the world in 2019. We demonstrate that the “third wave of autocratization” is accelerating and deepening. The dramatic loss of eight democracies in t...

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LIVE NOW: #DemocracyReport2024 Launch @StaffanILindber presents the #DR24 findings. Commentators: @AgnesCallamard @amnesty , @KevinCasasZ @Int_IDEA ; @quinnmck @article19org , and @adrianshahbaz @freedomhouse Watch:

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In Memoriam – Keith Weghorst It is with our deepest regrets we convey that V-Dem Institute Associate Professor Keith Weghorst passed away in leukemia on March 30th, 2023. Our warmest thoughts and heartfelt sympathies are with his family.

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Graph of the Week: Foreign Interference Around Elections Foreign government interference undermines the institutions of democracy. This week’s graph shows the dissemination of false information by foreign governments in Taiwan & Georgia. (Lower rate = more disinformation) 🧵1/6

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Democratic versus Autocratic Donors: Does Aid Impact Democratization and Citizen’s Perceptions in Recipient Countries? Adea Gafuri, Ph.D. student at University of Gothenburg, and connected to the V-Dem Institute, is defending her Doctoral Thesis today: 🥳

Aid can contribute to polarized views on democracy

EU democracy assistance is effective in promoting democracy, but in countries that also receive aid from authoritarian donors, support for democracy can decrease. At the same time, citizens are...

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#GraphOfTheWeek : 50 years of the Carnation Revolution Today we join in when Portugal celebrates its 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution! This week’s graph shows the changes in the Liberal Democracy Index in Portugal, Greece, and Spain in the past 50 🧵(1/5)

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Some good news in #DR2023 - 8 democracies are bouncing back! They are: Bolivia, Ecuador, Maldives, Moldova, North Macedonia, Slovenia, South Korea, and Zambia. Download the report: Check out the dataset:

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Our article on 'Episodes of regime transformation' is finally out! @StaffanILindber @matwilso @SeraphineMaerz @acrowinghen @S_Hellmeier

Episodes of regime transformation - Seraphine F Maerz, Amanda B Edgell, Matthew C Wilson, Sebastian...

This article provides a new conceptualization of regime transformation that allows scholars to address democratization and autocratization as related but obvers...

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The #EU may be facing its own wave of #autocratization . 6 out of 27 #EU members states – more than 20% of the union – are now #autocratizing , according to the new V-Dem data. Dataset v12: Democracy Report 2022:

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Democracy is a complex concept. V-Dem’s data reflects that. For ex., the Liberal Democracy Index (LDI) is aggregated from two other indices, which in turn contain 8 lower-level indices, which in their turn are aggregated from more than 60 indicators. 1(4)

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We are only two days away from the launch of our Democracy Report 2023! Those who want to watch a live broadcast of the event can do so by subscribing to our new youtube channel. We will share a link to the livestreaming on Thursday. Stay tuned!

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V-Dem Dataset v8 is released! Now data going back to 1789 - enjoy!

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The latest @vdeminstitute policy brief by @carlhknutsen discusses the relationship between #democracy , #autocracy and economic development, and shows that #democracies have more stable and predictable economic growth. Read more

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Join us next week for the #case4democracy week organized by @vdeminstitute & funded by the #EU ! In 5 webinars, we will discuss the benefits of #democracy on several socio-economic outcomes. Full program & more info here: A thread 1/n

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V-Dem is hiring! 1. Postdoctoral fellow in Political Science, with a focus mainly on the research program "Societies at Risk" (SaR). Deadline 3 May. More info SaR 2. Data Manager, Deadline 2 May. More info

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New @vdeminstitute Working Paper by Nils Düpont, @yamankavasoglu , @AnnaLuehrmann , & Ora John Reuter: introducing V-Party – the most comprehensive dataset on political parties to date #openaccess V-Party Dataset:

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The Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem) is looking for new Country Experts to contribute to our data update in January 2023. You can help us make the world’s largest dataset on democracy even better! More details: Apply here:

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Policy Brief with hard scientific evidence that #democracy increases #global #health ! The third brief from the Case for Democracy #C4D is out!

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More on the The Failing and Successful Sequences of Democratization (FASDEM) project can also be found on the V-Dem website: and in the paper Episodes of Regime Transformation:

Episodes of regime transformation - Seraphine F Maerz, Amanda B Edgell, Matthew C Wilson, Sebastian...

This article provides a new conceptualization of regime transformation that allows scholars to address democratization and autocratization as related but obvers...

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🤔How do we understand democratic transitions? 🆕A new data set from the @vdeminstitute allows scholars to address democratisation and autocratisation as related but obverse processes. Learn more about their findings👉

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#Democratization doesn't always happen over night. What does that mean for the effects of #democracy on #economic #growth ? New @vdeminstitute Working Paper by @BoeseVanessa & @MEDevEcon provides the answer! #openaccess

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2 years

New V-Dem data exposes the massive declines in rights of #Afghan women since the #Taliban takeover. While rights are in decline for everyone, women’s liberties are close to nil. Access to justice for women dropped to the absolute zero point on the V-Dem measure.

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2 years

Among the top 10 #democratizing countries, 6 transitioned from #autocracy & are #democracies in 2021. #Seychelles , #Armenia , #SriLanka , #Tunisia , #DominicanRepublic , #Ecuador , #Gambia , #Fiji , #Madagascar , & #Georgia are among the top 10 #democratizers .

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@vdeminstitute

1 year

International Women’s Day – Exclusion by Gender in 2022 Today marks the #InternationalWomensDay . This week’s graph shows the 2022 global state of women’s political exclusion, from 0 - low exclusion (dark blue) to 1 - high exclusion (dark red).

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5 years

How do we make #European #democracies resilient against illiberal and authoritarian challenges? This is at the heart of #bdc2019 , a joint event of @vdeminstitute , @WZB_Berlin & @OpenSociety . Follow our livestream on Tue 12 Nov, 9:30-12:30 & 16:00-17:30

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@vdeminstitute

3 years

New @vdeminstitute Working Paper by Jean Lachapelle, @shellmei & @AnnaLuehrmann proposing an innovative approach for finding informative comparisons for ongoing transitions after #authoritarian breakdowns. #openaccess

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@vdeminstitute

5 years

V-Dem research shows that democracies are 59% more likely to erode under a state of emergency. Like a fever, states of emergency are a potential symptom of a seriously ill democracy and they may accelerate democratic decay.

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@vdeminstitute

4 years

"Democracy promotion is no longer relevant. We need democracy protection." On this International #DemocracyDay , @vdeminstitute stands behind the call to #DefendDemocracy . @StaffanILindber @Int_IDEA @KevinCasasZ @NEDemocracy