Alexander Hudson
@aehudson.bsky.social
Political scientist | Assessing democracy @internationalidea.bsky.social | Author of The Veil of Participation (CUP) http://bit.ly/3jHUfYt | 🇨🇦 in 🇸🇪 | Posting in a personal capacity.
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🌍 Between 15-17 Oct, @internationalidea.bsky.social & BIRN Albania hosted “The Future of Democracy in the Western Balkans” foresight workshop in Albania, marking our renewed focus on the region. We explored possible scenarios for #democracy through 2040 and the key factors that may shape its future.
October 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🌍 Between 15-17 Oct, @internationalidea.bsky.social & BIRN Albania hosted “The Future of Democracy in the Western Balkans” foresight workshop in Albania, marking our renewed focus on the region. We explored possible scenarios for #democracy through 2040 and the key factors that may shape its future.
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Migrant Electoral Rights Dataset (1960-2020)
📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661
📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661
📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
MER Migrant Electoral Rights dataset
Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Migrant Electoral Rights Dataset (1960-2020)
📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661
📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661
📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
It was great to be back at Forum2000 this year. There were interesting speeches from María Corina Machado, Salome Zourabichvili, and Petr Pavel. Notably absent from most of the discussions, however, were the small matters of the dramatic degradation of US democracy and climate change.
October 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It was great to be back at Forum2000 this year. There were interesting speeches from María Corina Machado, Salome Zourabichvili, and Petr Pavel. Notably absent from most of the discussions, however, were the small matters of the dramatic degradation of US democracy and climate change.
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We celebrate the decision of the @nobelpeacecenter.bsky.social Committee to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Venezuelan democracy champion Maria Corina Machado.
It is a timely recognition of the essential relationship between #democracy and #peace.
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It is a timely recognition of the essential relationship between #democracy and #peace.
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Statement on the award of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado
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October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We celebrate the decision of the @nobelpeacecenter.bsky.social Committee to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Venezuelan democracy champion Maria Corina Machado.
It is a timely recognition of the essential relationship between #democracy and #peace.
www.idea.int/news/stateme...
It is a timely recognition of the essential relationship between #democracy and #peace.
www.idea.int/news/stateme...
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we at the IDEA democracy assessment team have written an explainer on 'democratic resilience': what it means, where it came from, and what it needs to mean if we're to have a democratic future. hope you give it a read!
www.idea.int/blog/democra...
www.idea.int/blog/democra...
Democracy Notes Explainer: What is democratic resilience?
The term ‘democratic resilience’ is increasingly common in the public lexicon, making prominent appearances in official policy documents, in academic and
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October 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
we at the IDEA democracy assessment team have written an explainer on 'democratic resilience': what it means, where it came from, and what it needs to mean if we're to have a democratic future. hope you give it a read!
www.idea.int/blog/democra...
www.idea.int/blog/democra...
If a party narrowly wins an election and then implements a very good (or bad) agenda, how should we evaluate democracy in that country? Measures of democratic performance will certainly be affected, but is that enough of the story? I have some thoughts on the matter. www.idea.int/blog/line-go...
Line goes down: Or, how not to read a democracy report
If you’re reading this blog post, you’re most likely a person who is used to looking at trend lines. Trend lines are everywhere, tracking things like stock prices, sea-surface temperatures, crime rate...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
If a party narrowly wins an election and then implements a very good (or bad) agenda, how should we evaluate democracy in that country? Measures of democratic performance will certainly be affected, but is that enough of the story? I have some thoughts on the matter. www.idea.int/blog/line-go...
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
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Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
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October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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🤔 Curious about our new open access dataset on migrant electoral rights?
Join us for the webinar to get an overview. 📊
Join us for the webinar to get an overview. 📊
🚨 Webinar Alert 🚨
Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐
📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐
📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🤔 Curious about our new open access dataset on migrant electoral rights?
Join us for the webinar to get an overview. 📊
Join us for the webinar to get an overview. 📊
At a time like this, we really need more from journalism than this mealy-mouthed non-statement.
Also amazing that this came out the same day as Secretary Hegseth stated his opposition to 'stupid rules of engagement'.
Also amazing that this came out the same day as Secretary Hegseth stated his opposition to 'stupid rules of engagement'.
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
At a time like this, we really need more from journalism than this mealy-mouthed non-statement.
Also amazing that this came out the same day as Secretary Hegseth stated his opposition to 'stupid rules of engagement'.
Also amazing that this came out the same day as Secretary Hegseth stated his opposition to 'stupid rules of engagement'.
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Something I have been working on is starting to feel real, the proofs of Constitutional Change under Autocracy have arrived. I could not be more excited! Publication is expected in early 2026.
September 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Something I have been working on is starting to feel real, the proofs of Constitutional Change under Autocracy have arrived. I could not be more excited! Publication is expected in early 2026.
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Yesterday, @internationalidea.bsky.social launched its Global State of Democracy 2025 Report: #DemocracyOnTheMove.
The #GSoD2025 report focuses on the intersection between #migration and #democracy.
(Re)Watch the live recording of the event ➡️ youtube.com/live/fom0bzA...
#DemocracyForAll
The #GSoD2025 report focuses on the intersection between #migration and #democracy.
(Re)Watch the live recording of the event ➡️ youtube.com/live/fom0bzA...
#DemocracyForAll
September 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Yesterday, @internationalidea.bsky.social launched its Global State of Democracy 2025 Report: #DemocracyOnTheMove.
The #GSoD2025 report focuses on the intersection between #migration and #democracy.
(Re)Watch the live recording of the event ➡️ youtube.com/live/fom0bzA...
#DemocracyForAll
The #GSoD2025 report focuses on the intersection between #migration and #democracy.
(Re)Watch the live recording of the event ➡️ youtube.com/live/fom0bzA...
#DemocracyForAll
As you've likely heard, today is the International Day of Democracy. A good day to read a report about the Global State of Democracy? I know that can seem like a herculean labour one would rather walk past.
September 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
As you've likely heard, today is the International Day of Democracy. A good day to read a report about the Global State of Democracy? I know that can seem like a herculean labour one would rather walk past.
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Great to see @globalcit.bsky.social’s Rainer Bauböck at the launch of the @internationalidea.bsky.social Global State of Democracy Report 2025. Emphasising the important implications of out-of-country voting in times of democratic recession both in migrant origin countries and destination countries.
September 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Great to see @globalcit.bsky.social’s Rainer Bauböck at the launch of the @internationalidea.bsky.social Global State of Democracy Report 2025. Emphasising the important implications of out-of-country voting in times of democratic recession both in migrant origin countries and destination countries.
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➡️📍📑 New Working Paper
with @sumpierrez.bsky.social and Rainer Bauböck
Work on migrant voting rights often has a state-centric perspective. We propose *migrant franchise constellations* as a migrant-centric approach.
A 🧵 with our argument and new data! 🗳️
preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...
with @sumpierrez.bsky.social and Rainer Bauböck
Work on migrant voting rights often has a state-centric perspective. We propose *migrant franchise constellations* as a migrant-centric approach.
A 🧵 with our argument and new data! 🗳️
preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...
September 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
➡️📍📑 New Working Paper
with @sumpierrez.bsky.social and Rainer Bauböck
Work on migrant voting rights often has a state-centric perspective. We propose *migrant franchise constellations* as a migrant-centric approach.
A 🧵 with our argument and new data! 🗳️
preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...
with @sumpierrez.bsky.social and Rainer Bauböck
Work on migrant voting rights often has a state-centric perspective. We propose *migrant franchise constellations* as a migrant-centric approach.
A 🧵 with our argument and new data! 🗳️
preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...
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The pretty draft is now online.
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The pretty draft is now online.
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
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From Research to Practice
Voices from Our Pilot Areas
The third panel of #LegitimultFinalConference, featuring @internationalidea.bsky.social’s Democracy Assessment experts @aehudson.bsky.social & @gentagola.bsky.social, focuses on lessons learnt and good practices for future activities.
Voices from Our Pilot Areas
The third panel of #LegitimultFinalConference, featuring @internationalidea.bsky.social’s Democracy Assessment experts @aehudson.bsky.social & @gentagola.bsky.social, focuses on lessons learnt and good practices for future activities.
September 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
From Research to Practice
Voices from Our Pilot Areas
The third panel of #LegitimultFinalConference, featuring @internationalidea.bsky.social’s Democracy Assessment experts @aehudson.bsky.social & @gentagola.bsky.social, focuses on lessons learnt and good practices for future activities.
Voices from Our Pilot Areas
The third panel of #LegitimultFinalConference, featuring @internationalidea.bsky.social’s Democracy Assessment experts @aehudson.bsky.social & @gentagola.bsky.social, focuses on lessons learnt and good practices for future activities.
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
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August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
You'll read the report anyway (right?), so why watch the launch? It's a time-effective way to hear the main messages from the report directly from one of the authors. And, there will be an outstanding panel discussion with a diverse panel of external experts. Sign up to see it live, or watch later.
📅 1 month to go! On 11 Sept, we launch the 2025 Global State of Democracy Report: Democracy on the Move, exploring global democratic performance & how migration shapes democracy, from voting rights to inclusive policies.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3H2Esky
#GSoD2025 #DemocracyForAll
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3H2Esky
#GSoD2025 #DemocracyForAll
Launch of The Global State of Democracy Report 2025: ‘Democracy on the Move’ | International IDEA
Can democracy keep pace with a world on the move?
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August 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
You'll read the report anyway (right?), so why watch the launch? It's a time-effective way to hear the main messages from the report directly from one of the authors. And, there will be an outstanding panel discussion with a diverse panel of external experts. Sign up to see it live, or watch later.
I have worried a bit about how reports on the state of democracy that are (1) based on data from expert surveys that may then (2) be read by the coders, could create a feedback loop that would bias future measures. Good to see some empirical tests of this, and that it's not a problem for V-Dem.
Excited to introduce a new working paper with @danpemstein.com, @chknutsen.bsky.social and other colleagues not on Bluesky! We use experimental and observational data to investigate the degree to which general biases affect expert perceptions of specific cases. 🧵 1/17 v-dem.net/media/public...
August 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I have worried a bit about how reports on the state of democracy that are (1) based on data from expert surveys that may then (2) be read by the coders, could create a feedback loop that would bias future measures. Good to see some empirical tests of this, and that it's not a problem for V-Dem.
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🔔 New Book Alert 🔔
"The Sciences of the Democracies" by our colleague Jean-Paul Gagnon and over 30 contributors challenges us to rethink how we understand and study democracy.
Congratulations to all the authors!
Open access download here: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
"The Sciences of the Democracies" by our colleague Jean-Paul Gagnon and over 30 contributors challenges us to rethink how we understand and study democracy.
Congratulations to all the authors!
Open access download here: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
August 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🔔 New Book Alert 🔔
"The Sciences of the Democracies" by our colleague Jean-Paul Gagnon and over 30 contributors challenges us to rethink how we understand and study democracy.
Congratulations to all the authors!
Open access download here: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
"The Sciences of the Democracies" by our colleague Jean-Paul Gagnon and over 30 contributors challenges us to rethink how we understand and study democracy.
Congratulations to all the authors!
Open access download here: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
I have been fortunate to have a small part in an interesting and provocative book that was just published yesterday. Among other things, the book is a call to radically open up our study of democracy -- including what it looks like, where it happens, and who the participants in it may be.
August 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I have been fortunate to have a small part in an interesting and provocative book that was just published yesterday. Among other things, the book is a call to radically open up our study of democracy -- including what it looks like, where it happens, and who the participants in it may be.
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We are thrilled to relaunch this year as an international, multilingual, open access journal, published by the Comparative Constitutions Project and the International Association of Constitutional Law.
First reissue out this June! Read more at tinyurl.com/mtsuc85u and follow to get future issues!
First reissue out this June! Read more at tinyurl.com/mtsuc85u and follow to get future issues!
June 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We are thrilled to relaunch this year as an international, multilingual, open access journal, published by the Comparative Constitutions Project and the International Association of Constitutional Law.
First reissue out this June! Read more at tinyurl.com/mtsuc85u and follow to get future issues!
First reissue out this June! Read more at tinyurl.com/mtsuc85u and follow to get future issues!
I guess I'm a 'long-time listener, first-time host' for International IDEA's podcast. I had the great pleasure to talk to two science journalists about their experiences covering the Covid-19 pandemic, and more broadly about the role of journalism in democracy. www.idea.int/podcasts/leg...
Legitimult: Making democracy crisis-proof III
This is the third of a podcast series featuring LEGITIMULT, its findings and tools for addressing and solving future crises. This episode builds “Lessons from Covid-19 – Journalism in a Post-Pandemic ...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I guess I'm a 'long-time listener, first-time host' for International IDEA's podcast. I had the great pleasure to talk to two science journalists about their experiences covering the Covid-19 pandemic, and more broadly about the role of journalism in democracy. www.idea.int/podcasts/leg...
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The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosts the flagship event of #IDEA30Years with remarks by Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard and Secretary-General @kevincasasz.bsky.social.
Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet provided an engaging keynote speech. #DemocracyIsAVerb
Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet provided an engaging keynote speech. #DemocracyIsAVerb
June 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosts the flagship event of #IDEA30Years with remarks by Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard and Secretary-General @kevincasasz.bsky.social.
Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet provided an engaging keynote speech. #DemocracyIsAVerb
Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet provided an engaging keynote speech. #DemocracyIsAVerb
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As we celebrate #IDEA30years, we have partnered with Sweden to convene one of the world’s biggest gatherings of election authorities, to discuss ways of confronting new threats of disinformation, election denialism and autocratic interference. #ProtectElections #DemocracyForAll
June 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
As we celebrate #IDEA30years, we have partnered with Sweden to convene one of the world’s biggest gatherings of election authorities, to discuss ways of confronting new threats of disinformation, election denialism and autocratic interference. #ProtectElections #DemocracyForAll