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Anna Fruhstorfer
@annakfruhstorfer.bsky.social
Political scientist @FU Berlin and @WZB.bsky.social |
PI ERC research group LOOPS | Studying autocracies through protest, legal norms, and elite conflict | fruhstorfer.me

Book on Constitutional Change under Autocracy: fruhstorfer.me/book
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Why are legislatures in some authoritarian regimes more powerful than others? @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmulsse.bsky.social) and Alejandro Bonvecchi (UTDT-Conicet) tackle this question Lawmaking under Authoritarianism

doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Polisky
Lawmaking under Authoritarianism
Cambridge Core - Latin American Government, Politics and Policy - Lawmaking under Authoritarianism
doi.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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Two new articles in Party Politics

With
@gessler.bsky.social

Measuring party positions and issue salience with mass media and manifesto data"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...

With Hanspeter Kriesi
"Restructuring party systems in Northwestern Europe"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Feedback very welcome!
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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european-union.europa.eu
January 27, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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Als der Krieg endete, war Simone Veil keine 18 und Vollwaise.
Sie sei sich oft vorgekommen wie eine Außerirdische, kaum jemand wollte die Geschichten der Überlebenden hören. Noch Jahre später, da war sie  längst aufgestiegen zu einer bekannten Juristin
January 27, 2026 at 5:47 AM
It was a very special day when my book arrived, and I got to open the package with my family :)
Constitutional Change under Autocracy explores how autocrats use constitutional amendments not as mere legal tweaks, but as strategic tools.
January 23, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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I’m really looking forward to discussing our research in the upcoming PRD webinar, organised by the brilliant @jenny-oser.bsky.social.

Join us next Wed, 14 Jan, for a timely conversation on how democracy can be promoted online - and what research tells us about what actually works.

More details ⬇️
📢 Very honored to host ✨Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social Jan 14 in our interactive webinar series! Topic: "Promoting Democracy Online", a new working paper: osf.io/preprints/os... Start: 9:30 ET, 14:30 London, 15:30 CET, 16:30 Israel. For zoom link & series info: www.prd-erc.eu/events
January 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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My colleague @mariamsalehi.bsky.social and I are organizing this event this coming Monday to discuss USA, Venezuela and the politics of force with excellent guest! Join us @interactfu.bsky.social, FU Berlin, or online.
Join us next Monday for our hybrid event on the USA, Venezuela and the Politics of Force @interactfu.bsky.social. We look forward to discussing with @heikekrieger.bsky.social, @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social, Lora Viola and @lawaisbich.bsky.social! More info: www.interact.fu-berlin.de/en/News/conv...
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Das @manifestoproj.bsky.social analysiert seit vielen Jahren politische Texte - aber unser Datensatz ist voll mit Zahlen. In einem Artikel in den neuen WZB-Mitteilungen haben meine Kolleg:innen und ich anhand von sechs Zahlen beschrieben, was wir da eigentlich so machen. 🔍🖥️📄
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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The datasets from our @protestinstitut.bsky.social project ‘20 years of protest survey data’ are finally online for scientific re-use. We processed 30+ datasets, covering protests on peace, climate, trade, migration, equality & more. Now available @gesis.org 👇

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GESIS-Suche
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January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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If you are thinking about pursuing a political science PhD and are interested in authoritarian politics, broadly understood, consider applying for this funded opportunity:
AUCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarship: Authoritarian Politics #ECPRMemberJobs
🎓 Minimum grade of 2.1 (GPA: 3.6) in a relevant Master's degree
🇮🇪 @ucddublin.bsky.social
⌛ Friday 6 February
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#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Just in time for Christmas: a great interview with an absolute legend.

Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it.

sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
View of Theda Skocpol in Conversation with Edwin Amenta on Sociology, Political Science, Higher Education, and U.S. Politics | Sociologica
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December 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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#AdventInFemDur
Tür 22
🎄 Björk (geb. 1965) – ja, auch sie ist eine #Komponistin, nicht nur singende Frontfrau einer Band, deren Musik jemand anderes schreibt. Habe sie ausgewählt, weil mir genau diese Musik ihrer "Overture" in
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🎁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5oF...
Björk - Overture
YouTube video by Ludibry
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December 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Just published: the second edition of Debating Nationalism available at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/debating-... for less than 20 GBP!
December 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Russian repression against Crimean #Tatars in occupied Ukraine follows a pattern.
Using a new geo-coded event dataset, researchers Elmira Muratova & @felixschulte.bsky.social map human rights violations & explain why repression is often carried out on Thursdays. More on the #KonKoop DataLab blog ⤵️
Thursdays are for Searches: The Russian Repression Calendar in Occupied Crimea - KonKoop
Authoritarian control follows a grim calculus. The literature on state repression shows that coercion is not random but operates under a highly strategic logic. Russia’s repressive campaign in its occupied territories in Ukraine is no exception. Shortly after the illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea in February and March 2014,…
konkoop.de
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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I talked to philsopher and Writer @leaypi.bsky.social in my podcast FREIHEIT DELUXE. It‘s a perfect conversation for This Sunday..

www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/frei...
FREIHEIT DELUXE mit Jagoda Marinic
Freiheit Deluxe: Wer über Freiheit reden will, muss Freiräume schaffen. Jagoda Marinić trifft alle zwei Wochen Menschen, die mit ihren Worten und ihrem Wirken Debatten auslösen und sortieren. Produkti...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Podcast: Law, Utopianism and Feminist Utopias in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction

With Prof @aoifemod.bsky.social and Dr Ruth Houghton (Newcastle University) covering their work on Feminist Utopias, Constitutionalism and Imperialism in the Utopian and Dystopian Fiction podcast series.
bit.ly/3RXn1nu
Episode 10: Ruth Houghton and Aoife O'Donoghue, Law, Utopianism, and Feminist Utopias
Utopian and Dystopian Fictions · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Check out my new Etched in Marble conversation with Lea Ypi.

Philosopher, novelist, author of Free & Indignity, Ypi uses writing to push ideas into daylight. Not as way to prove she’s right, but to see what survives when doubt is allowed in.

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

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Etched in Marble: Lea Ypi on Risk, Critical Thinking, and the Art of Not Knowing
Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Die @bpb.de hat sich von X verabschiedet und wird deswegen massiv von rechts kritisiert. Ich denke, da sollte man mal reinfolgen.
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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As part of a special issue of @iojournal.bsky.social w/ an amazing cast of scholars, Rebecca Cordell & I wrote a piece on the future of human rights given the rise of authoritarian powers and alliances.

Check out "Authoritarianism, Global Politics, and the Future of Human Rights" open access here:
Authoritarianism, Global Politics, and the Future of Human Rights | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Authoritarianism, Global Politics, and the Future of Human Rights - Volume 79 Issue S1
www.cambridge.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Morgen sind: Daniel Ziblatt, Thomas Weber, Daniel Siemens, Tamara Ehs, Heike Klüver u.v.a. im GORKI Theater in Berlin. Und im Livestream ab 19.30h – im Rat der Geschichte: Was hilft gegen die AfD?

www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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INDIGNITY is out today in the USA with @fsgbooks.bsky.social! Many thanks to everyone who helped bring it out on the other side of the Atlantic & for all the wonderful reviews already out! I will do a few events in the next couple of weeks - will share updates here!

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November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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📯 Publication alert!

The newest issue of CONTENTION engages with moral shocks, backlash protest & critical junctures, and addresses the conditions and effects of transformative events. It was co-edited by Jannis Julien Grimm and @myriahmed.bsky.social

www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Ich habe mit der Magdeburger Volksstimme über eine doppelte Gefahr für die CDU nach der Landtagswahl gesprochen: "Mord" in blau-schwarzer Koalition oder "Selbstmord" in einer überdehnten Anti-AfD-Koalition mit Einigungszwang. Etwas Empirie im thread...
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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The new book by @kathiprager.bsky.social 'A Game as Mindless as Love: The Life of Satirist Karl Kraus' is magnificent, especially for former Berliners like me who have always struggled to understand the coexistence of reactionary and progressive elements in Vienna around 1900. 1/2
October 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Great write-up of an important study by @tevoelker.bsky.social and @dasalgon.bsky.social. Far-right actors have been very successful in setting the political agenda. Many in politics and media still ignore this. They argue "immigration is important to people, hence we need to talk about immigration"
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM