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
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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:
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
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:
Check out "Authoritarianism, Global Politics, and the Future of Human Rights" open access here:
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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...
www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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...
www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
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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!
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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!
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
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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...
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
📯 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...
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...
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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
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...
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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
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
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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
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"
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Free for one week! The next article in Emergency Response Research and Documentation in Comparative Perspective:
Ukrainian Researchers in a War Documentation Project: Intertwined Experiences and Methodologies
by Natalia Otrishchenko, Artem Kharchenko, Valentyna Shevchenko
doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...
Ukrainian Researchers in a War Documentation Project: Intertwined Experiences and Methodologies
by Natalia Otrishchenko, Artem Kharchenko, Valentyna Shevchenko
doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...
Ukrainian Researchers in a War Documentation ProjectIntertwined Experiences and Methodologies
This article covers the experiences of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, most of whom were internally displaced scholars, in one of the projects documenting the Russian war in Ukraine. It refl...
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October 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Free for one week! The next article in Emergency Response Research and Documentation in Comparative Perspective:
Ukrainian Researchers in a War Documentation Project: Intertwined Experiences and Methodologies
by Natalia Otrishchenko, Artem Kharchenko, Valentyna Shevchenko
doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...
Ukrainian Researchers in a War Documentation Project: Intertwined Experiences and Methodologies
by Natalia Otrishchenko, Artem Kharchenko, Valentyna Shevchenko
doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...
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das buchkind ist jetzt schon draußen im leben und mit anderen unterwegs, denen es hoffentlich viel zu sagen hat. schickt doch bilder, wenn ihr es seht!
Frisch aus der Buchhandlung meines Vertrauens, von @kathiprager.bsky.social das wohl großartigste und spannendste Buch seit Langem! Und ganz stilgerecht jetzt ein Lesestündchen im Kaffeehaus.
October 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
das buchkind ist jetzt schon draußen im leben und mit anderen unterwegs, denen es hoffentlich viel zu sagen hat. schickt doch bilder, wenn ihr es seht!
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This Thursday, we celebrate the retirement and work of Michael Minkenberg, one of the most underrated scholars of far-right politics. I will give an online keynote but there is also a great in-person panel with, among others, @andreapirro.it & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social
Sign up here! 👇
Sign up here! 👇
Keynote und Diskussion: Rechtsextremismus-Studien in Zeiten von Trump • Europa-Universität Viadrina
Pressestelle: Die öffentlichen Veranstaltungen der Universität
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October 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This Thursday, we celebrate the retirement and work of Michael Minkenberg, one of the most underrated scholars of far-right politics. I will give an online keynote but there is also a great in-person panel with, among others, @andreapirro.it & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social
Sign up here! 👇
Sign up here! 👇
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Really excited that after several years of working on it, revising, and getting lots of rejections, our paper (w/ Rune Stubager & Mads Thau) on citizens’ responses to group appeals is *finally* out @ejprjournal.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A 🧵 on our findings...
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A 🧵 on our findings...
How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions
www.cambridge.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Really excited that after several years of working on it, revising, and getting lots of rejections, our paper (w/ Rune Stubager & Mads Thau) on citizens’ responses to group appeals is *finally* out @ejprjournal.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A 🧵 on our findings...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A 🧵 on our findings...
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🚨 Why do people protest against authoritarian regimes even when facing extreme danger? 🚨
In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
1/🧵
In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
1/🧵
September 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🚨 Why do people protest against authoritarian regimes even when facing extreme danger? 🚨
In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
1/🧵
In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
1/🧵
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Der Oktober steht für einmal ganz im Zeichen meiner Serbienexpertise. Ich freue mich riesig auf diese Veranstaltung mit @akm-stiftung.bsky.social
Gemeinsam mit @krstorevic.bsky.social @philinebickhardt.bsky.social und @agashi.bsky.social fragen wir uns wo das Land 25J nach Milošević steht
Gemeinsam mit @krstorevic.bsky.social @philinebickhardt.bsky.social und @agashi.bsky.social fragen wir uns wo das Land 25J nach Milošević steht
September 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Der Oktober steht für einmal ganz im Zeichen meiner Serbienexpertise. Ich freue mich riesig auf diese Veranstaltung mit @akm-stiftung.bsky.social
Gemeinsam mit @krstorevic.bsky.social @philinebickhardt.bsky.social und @agashi.bsky.social fragen wir uns wo das Land 25J nach Milošević steht
Gemeinsam mit @krstorevic.bsky.social @philinebickhardt.bsky.social und @agashi.bsky.social fragen wir uns wo das Land 25J nach Milošević steht
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Great experience publishing in @globcon.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Fast, efficient & very helpful reviewer reports. Great interdisciplinary journal also for comparativists!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Fast, efficient & very helpful reviewer reports. Great interdisciplinary journal also for comparativists!
September 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Great experience publishing in @globcon.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Fast, efficient & very helpful reviewer reports. Great interdisciplinary journal also for comparativists!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Fast, efficient & very helpful reviewer reports. Great interdisciplinary journal also for comparativists!
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Our new article is out in Social Movement Studies!
We compare workers’ protests in Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy & Romania – from protest tactics to building alliances after Covid-19. It presents the first comparative data of workers’ protests since Covid-19, based on local sources.
We compare workers’ protests in Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy & Romania – from protest tactics to building alliances after Covid-19. It presents the first comparative data of workers’ protests since Covid-19, based on local sources.
Labour unrest in the context of multiple crises: a comparative perspective of Europe
By presenting the first comparative data of trade union and workers’ protests since Covid-19, based on local sources, this article attempts to fill a significant gap in the empirical research on cr...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Our new article is out in Social Movement Studies!
We compare workers’ protests in Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy & Romania – from protest tactics to building alliances after Covid-19. It presents the first comparative data of workers’ protests since Covid-19, based on local sources.
We compare workers’ protests in Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy & Romania – from protest tactics to building alliances after Covid-19. It presents the first comparative data of workers’ protests since Covid-19, based on local sources.
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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Out now @socmovstudies.bsky.social: we introduce the concept of a "protest script" & demonstrate how video-enhanced protest event analysis (vPEA) helps trace a common script of the Italian and German anti-containment protests.
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
Understanding protest scripts: the anti-containment protests in Germany and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic did not bring protest politics to a halt. Instead, it sparked diverse and divergent forms of contention. This study compares the development and characteristics of anti-containment pro...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Out now @socmovstudies.bsky.social: we introduce the concept of a "protest script" & demonstrate how video-enhanced protest event analysis (vPEA) helps trace a common script of the Italian and German anti-containment protests.
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
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Hoping this thread kicks off some new/renewed interest in @ganghof.bsky.social ‘s work.
can I interest anyone in direct democracy? so we both get out of this and so we don't end up back in it in another 8 years or whatever
hammerandhope.org/article/dire...
hammerandhope.org/article/dire...
September 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hoping this thread kicks off some new/renewed interest in @ganghof.bsky.social ‘s work.
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📢 Join us for a one-day workshop "Russia’s Right-Wing and the War"
🗓️ 26.09.25
📍 Edwin-Redslob-Str. 29
🖋️Please sign up at mihai.varga@fu-berlin.de!
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Funded by @dfg.de
🗓️ 26.09.25
📍 Edwin-Redslob-Str. 29
🖋️Please sign up at mihai.varga@fu-berlin.de!
ℹ️ shorturl.at/YTWM6
Co-organizer @scripts-berlin.eu
Funded by @dfg.de
September 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📢 Join us for a one-day workshop "Russia’s Right-Wing and the War"
🗓️ 26.09.25
📍 Edwin-Redslob-Str. 29
🖋️Please sign up at mihai.varga@fu-berlin.de!
ℹ️ shorturl.at/YTWM6
Co-organizer @scripts-berlin.eu
Funded by @dfg.de
🗓️ 26.09.25
📍 Edwin-Redslob-Str. 29
🖋️Please sign up at mihai.varga@fu-berlin.de!
ℹ️ shorturl.at/YTWM6
Co-organizer @scripts-berlin.eu
Funded by @dfg.de
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We've tried to do something better than the 'grey literature' standard with the GSoD report this year. We worked with some amazing designers to produce an interactive online report that enables the reader to see what's behind the summary data in the graphs.
September 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We've tried to do something better than the 'grey literature' standard with the GSoD report this year. We worked with some amazing designers to produce an interactive online report that enables the reader to see what's behind the summary data in the graphs.
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🔔 Very happy to see our paper published open access on cleavage theory and civil society! 📖
We have tried to sketch a new research agenda, that I think has a lot of potential.
I very much enjoyed working on this!
Check Alex's thread below 👇 & read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We have tried to sketch a new research agenda, that I think has a lot of potential.
I very much enjoyed working on this!
Check Alex's thread below 👇 & read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🔔 Very happy to see our paper published open access on cleavage theory and civil society! 📖
We have tried to sketch a new research agenda, that I think has a lot of potential.
I very much enjoyed working on this!
Check Alex's thread below 👇 & read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We have tried to sketch a new research agenda, that I think has a lot of potential.
I very much enjoyed working on this!
Check Alex's thread below 👇 & read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"Wissenschaftskommunikation ist Teil meiner Arbeit und nicht mein Privatvergnügen."
Genau deshalb muss der Umgang mit Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit systematisch erfolgen und darf nicht an Individuen hängenbleiben. Auch wenn gerade bei kommunizierenden Forscherinnen die "Kritik" ad personam erfolgt.
Genau deshalb muss der Umgang mit Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit systematisch erfolgen und darf nicht an Individuen hängenbleiben. Auch wenn gerade bei kommunizierenden Forscherinnen die "Kritik" ad personam erfolgt.
Hotline gegen Hass
Wie der Scicomm-Support angefeindeten Wissenschaftler:innen hilft: Teresa Völker und Matthias Fejes über Drohungen, Schutzstrukturen und den Mut, in der Öffentlichkeit weiter für Wissenschaft einzustehen.
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/08...
Wie der Scicomm-Support angefeindeten Wissenschaftler:innen hilft: Teresa Völker und Matthias Fejes über Drohungen, Schutzstrukturen und den Mut, in der Öffentlichkeit weiter für Wissenschaft einzustehen.
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/08...
August 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"Wissenschaftskommunikation ist Teil meiner Arbeit und nicht mein Privatvergnügen."
Genau deshalb muss der Umgang mit Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit systematisch erfolgen und darf nicht an Individuen hängenbleiben. Auch wenn gerade bei kommunizierenden Forscherinnen die "Kritik" ad personam erfolgt.
Genau deshalb muss der Umgang mit Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit systematisch erfolgen und darf nicht an Individuen hängenbleiben. Auch wenn gerade bei kommunizierenden Forscherinnen die "Kritik" ad personam erfolgt.
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If you prefer to listen to your books, the audio book version of Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social was released today.
Get it wherever you get your audio books - Audible, Amazon, Apple, Storytel, your library, etc.
Get it wherever you get your audio books - Audible, Amazon, Apple, Storytel, your library, etc.
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics - Audiobook - alexander cooley, Alexander Dukalskis - ISBN 9798318530715 - Storytel International
Following the end of the Cold War, the world experienced a remarkable wave of democratization. Over the next two decades, numerous authoritarian regimes
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August 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you prefer to listen to your books, the audio book version of Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social was released today.
Get it wherever you get your audio books - Audible, Amazon, Apple, Storytel, your library, etc.
Get it wherever you get your audio books - Audible, Amazon, Apple, Storytel, your library, etc.