Thank you to @mikealbertus.bsky.social for the opportunity to reflect on and discuss our work in this Q&A.

You can learn more about our work and our new dataset here: democratic-erosion.org/about/

Happening this Friday at 12 pm EST! Join us and the Chicago Center on Democracy for a panel: When Revolutions Turn Authoritarian: Pathways from Democratic Ideals to Autocratic Rule. Panelists: Becca Hanson, Colin Beck, Davide Smilde, and Dora María Téllez.
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190+ people tuned in last week to our panel “Is U.S. Democracy Really at Risk? A Framework for Assessing Threats,” with @ccps.bsky.social and @taicollab.bsky.social!

If you missed it, you can watch the full event on YouTube here:
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Check out this @washingtonpost.com piece on Johns Hopkins Professor Scott Warren’s @demerosiondec.bsky.social course and the debate it fostered among students on the state of American democracy!

Read more here: wapo.st/4eznXcx

Learn more about the course here: democratic-erosion.org/teaching/

Happening tomorrow! Register here: american-spa.swoogo.com/USDemocracy

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Is U.S. Democracy Really at Risk? A Framework for Assessing Threats

Join DEC, @ccps.bsky.social , & @taicollab.bsky.social on Tue, July 8, 10 am EST for a virtual event presenting our new nonpartisan framework for assessing democratic threats.

Register Here: american-spa.swoogo.com/USDemocracy

Planning to teach on democracy next AY? Join as a Faculty Affiliate to access our cross-university Democratic Erosion syllabus and materials (you can use 1 week or all). We also support cross-university assignments. New version launching this fall!
democratic-erosion.org/teaching/tea...

DEC’s PS article “An Events-Based Approach to Understanding Democratic Erosion” highlighting our DEED Dataset is now featured in @apsa.bsky.social's new collection: Why Political Science? The Science of Democracy.

Check it out here: apsanet.org/why-politica...

Our new op-ed in @insidehighered.com, in collaboration with @scholars.org, explores how federal funding cuts are undermining efforts to stem democratic decline.

Read the full piece here: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

🌎 @robertblair.bsky.social, Jessica Gottlieb, @lbp2106.bsky.social & Julie Anne Weaver lost funding mid-grant for their work on democratic backsliding around the world. Their program (@demerosiondec.bsky.social) built effective bridges between research and policy. Now, that infrastructure is gone.

We are excited to partner with Braver Angels, a leader in fighting political polarization in the US, as a co-sponsor of their cross-partisan national debate series on Trump’s first 100 days in office.

Upcoming Dates:
📅Zoom, April 22 & May 1
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Incredible discussion at yesterday's panel co-hosted by @ndidemocracy.bsky.social. Thank you to Tamara Cofman Wittes @tcwittes.bsky.social, Tom Carothers, Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social, Agustina Giraudy, and all who joined to explore 2025 global trends in resisting democratic erosion!