Svend‐Erik Skaaning

Svend-Erik Skaaning

@skaaning.bsky.social

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Professor of political science, Aarhus University
Democratization, autocratization, state capacity, cross-national comparisons, social science history

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Marc Sabatier Hvidkjær @marchvidkjaer.bsky.social · 20h

so well put

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 7d

Fascinating paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social, @bartonelee2.bsky.social, and Hasin Yousaf!
The paper addresses a fundamental question: Why do some democracies chronically avoid ambitious, long-term reforms even when they have decent institutions?
They argue that what matters is not only

Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · 19d

Interesting! Should be room to discuss this when we both visit Carl Henrik in a month from now :-)

Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · 19d

The findings will hopefully deepen our understanding of public commitment to democracy and inform strategies to strengthen it.

Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · 19d

Through a multifaceted theoretical framework and comparative experimental surveys, DEMTRAP investigates when and why citizens come to see democracy as costly, how crises and polarization shape these beliefs, and what this means for democratic resilience.

Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · 19d

Although democracies generally perform as well as or better than autocracies, many people believe democracy can be too slow or divided to solve major problems. Such views may erode support for democratic norms and open the door to authoritarian leaders.

Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · 19d

Happy to announce that I, together with @kristianvsf.bsky.social, have received DKK 3,167,689 from Independent Research Fund Denmark to pursue the project Democratic Tradeoff Perceptions (DEMTRAP). We will explore citizen perceptions of possible tradeoffs between democracy and effective governance.

Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · 19d

New article out on the relationship between different dimensions of state capacity and modes of democratic breakdown.

Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Oct 10

How do different forms of state capacity protect democracy? D Andersen, @chknutsen.bsky.social & @skaaning.bsky.social argue coercive & administrative capacity affect stability in distinct ways depending on threat: buff.ly/2yUrCqu

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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Xavier Marquez @marquezxavier.bsky.social · 19d

New version (0.6.0) of my #rstats package {democracyData} xmarquez.github.io/democracyData/ with @freedomhouse.bsky.social data to 2024, as well as several other sources, plus minor improvements all around

Access and Manipulate Most Available Democracy Datasets

Archives a large number of democracy datasets, many of historical interest. It also provides a number of functions to download these datasets (where available) and determine membership of a country in...

xmarquez.github.io

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Oct 10

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Lotem Halevy @lotemhalevy.bsky.social · Aug 29

And another great potential read for graduate students on the measurement of "waves" of democratization and autocratization by @skaaning.bsky.social especially helpful for students thinking about periodization (including thinking about the contemporary "moment").

doi.org/10.1080/1351...

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Kristian Frederiksen @kristianvsf.bsky.social · Oct 24

Delighted that my paper Young People Punish Undemocratic Behavior Less Than Older People is now conditionally accepted at @bjpols.bsky.social.

I show what the title suggests using a large amount of survey experimental evidence. Thread below.

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Suthan Krishnarajan @suthank.bsky.social · Dec 3

Join our team! 🚨

We are hiring 2 postdocs for the new Advertising Democracy project at Aarhus University.

We are looking for researchers who are passionate about advertisements & citizens’ democratic values in Western democracies.

Feel free to share!👇🏾

bss.au.dk/en/about-aar...

Postdoctoral positions in Political Science at Aarhus University – Advertising Democracy - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

bss.au.dk

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Dan Pemstein @danpemstein.com · Apr 30

A few years ago, @danweitzel.net, John Gerring, @skaaning.bsky.social and I were curious how well one could predict subjective democracy measures using easy(ish) to code observables. Turns out, *quite* well, even out of sample. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Measuring electoral democracy with observables

Most cross-national indices of democracy rely centrally on coder judgments, which are susceptible to bias and error, and require expensive and time consuming coding by experts. We present an approach to measurement based on observables that aim to preserve the nuanced quality of subjectively coded democracy indices. Our observable-to-subjective score mapping is free of idiosyncratic coder errors arising from misinformation, slack, or biases. It is less susceptible to systematic bias that may arise from coders’ inferences about a country’s regime, for example, from the ideology of the ruler. The data collection procedure and mode of analysis are fully transparent and replicable, and the procedure is based on random forests and is cheap to produce, easy to update, and offers coverage for all polities with sovereign or semisovereign status, surpassing the sample of any existing index. We show that this expansive coverage makes a big difference to our understanding of some causal questions.

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨

At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.

‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️

Link & info in post #2.

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Jul 20

How do different forms of state capacity protect democracy? Andersen, @chknutsen.bsky.social & @skaaning.bsky.social argue coercive & administrative capacity affect stability in distinct ways depending on the threat: buff.ly/Q4HDylB

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Jul 6

How do different forms of state capacity protect democracy? D Andersen, @chknutsen.bsky.social & @skaaning.bsky.social argue coercive & administrative capacity affect stability in distinct ways depending on threat: buff.ly/Q4HDylB

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · Jul 3

Happy to have been part this new publication on the relationship between different dimensions of state capacity and modes of democratic breakdown!

Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Jul 3

Does higher state capacity go together with lower risk of democratic breakdown? Many political scientists certainly believe so!

Yet, in an article just published in @polstudies.bsky.social , David Andersen, @skaaning.bsky.social and I highlight important nuances to this general relationship.

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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Jul 3

Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · Jun 13

Forlaget har vist udskiftet linket til bogen. Den kan nu tilgås her: unipress.dk/udgivelser/d...

Dansk demokrati i perspektiv Aarhus Universitetsforlag

unipress.dk

Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · Jun 12

@chknutsen.bsky.social @liserakner.bsky.social @m-b-petersen.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social @suthank.bsky.social @annebind.bsky.social @leneholmp.bsky.social @1864.bsky.social

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Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · Jun 12

Min bog - Dansk demokrati i perspektiv - skrevet med David Andersen og udarbejdet i forbindelse med Magtudredningen 2.0 er netop udgivet! Gratis E-bog og gratis lydbog er tilgængelige her:
unipress.dk/udgiv.../d/d...

unipress.dk

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · Jun 4

📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs!

Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:

🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · Jun 3

After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊

I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.

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