Roman-Gabriel Olar
@rgolar23.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Dublin City University | avid martial artist | amateur chef
Website: rgolar.weebly.com
Website: rgolar.weebly.com
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🚨 New in Journal of Politics! 🚨
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.
August 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🚨 New in Journal of Politics! 🚨
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.
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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
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Populism is contagious: when parties are exposed to populist rhetoric from their rivals, they adopt populist rhetoric in future elections journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The populist spiral: How populist rhetoric spreads within party systems - Vlad Surdea-Hernea, 2025
This paper investigates whether populism, independent of its substantive policy correlates, diffuses within party systems as a rhetorical strategy. Building on ...
journals.sagepub.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Populism is contagious: when parties are exposed to populist rhetoric from their rivals, they adopt populist rhetoric in future elections journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
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Democratization = new people in the political elite? Nope, in many cases not. This great new article shows that members of the autocratic government very often make it back to government after democratization.
Your weekend reading (and my new article) is out today @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
In this article I develop a novel theory of autocratic revolving doors - the phenomenon of autocratic elites returning to a cabinet position under democracy.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
In this article I develop a novel theory of autocratic revolving doors - the phenomenon of autocratic elites returning to a cabinet position under democracy.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Autocratic Revolving Doors: The Return of Authoritarian Elites to Democratic Cabinets | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Autocratic Revolving Doors: The Return of Authoritarian Elites to Democratic Cabinets
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Democratization = new people in the political elite? Nope, in many cases not. This great new article shows that members of the autocratic government very often make it back to government after democratization.
Your weekend reading (and my new article) is out today @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
In this article I develop a novel theory of autocratic revolving doors - the phenomenon of autocratic elites returning to a cabinet position under democracy.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
In this article I develop a novel theory of autocratic revolving doors - the phenomenon of autocratic elites returning to a cabinet position under democracy.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Autocratic Revolving Doors: The Return of Authoritarian Elites to Democratic Cabinets | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Autocratic Revolving Doors: The Return of Authoritarian Elites to Democratic Cabinets
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Your weekend reading (and my new article) is out today @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
In this article I develop a novel theory of autocratic revolving doors - the phenomenon of autocratic elites returning to a cabinet position under democracy.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
In this article I develop a novel theory of autocratic revolving doors - the phenomenon of autocratic elites returning to a cabinet position under democracy.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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“when we reason, we don’t have to generate text that expresses our solution and then generate another one and then generated another one, and then among the ones we produce, pick the one that is good...”
“And this is what we yet cannot reproduce with machines.”
“And this is what we yet cannot reproduce with machines.”
EXCLUSIVE: AI Insider reveals secrets about artificial general intelligence
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...
EXCLUSIVE: AI Insider reveals secrets about artificial general intelligence
A watershed moment for Cognitive Resonance
open.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“when we reason, we don’t have to generate text that expresses our solution and then generate another one and then generated another one, and then among the ones we produce, pick the one that is good...”
“And this is what we yet cannot reproduce with machines.”
“And this is what we yet cannot reproduce with machines.”
New publication alert @the-peio.bsky.social
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? More specifically, what role do former autocratic elites play in shaping ratification of international human rights treaties?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? More specifically, what role do former autocratic elites play in shaping ratification of international human rights treaties?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Locking in democracy? Transitions, returning autocratic elites, and human rights treaty commitment - The Review of International Organizations
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? Existing explanations focus on the logic of the democratic lock-in as elites in new democracies commit their countries to inte...
link.springer.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
New publication alert @the-peio.bsky.social
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? More specifically, what role do former autocratic elites play in shaping ratification of international human rights treaties?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? More specifically, what role do former autocratic elites play in shaping ratification of international human rights treaties?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The second part is out. The cancelled election was a missed maturity test for Romanian democracy, one that won’t save it.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...
Romanian vote: Can democracy be saved by cancelling an election?
Roman-Gabriel Olar asks if last week’s decision is the right one for Romania’s democratic future.
www.thejournal.ie
December 15, 2024 at 8:18 AM
The second part is out. The cancelled election was a missed maturity test for Romanian democracy, one that won’t save it.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...
I wrote a short piece on Romania's (recently cancelled) presidential election and it's implications for democracy. The decision to cancel the second round will do even more damage to an already fragile democracy. There will be follow up piece next week.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...
Opinion: Romania’s democracy is in real danger – and so is Eastern Europe’s peace and stability
DCU’s Roman-Gabriel Olar looks at the tense second run off of presidential elections in Romania this weekend.
www.thejournal.ie
December 6, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I wrote a short piece on Romania's (recently cancelled) presidential election and it's implications for democracy. The decision to cancel the second round will do even more damage to an already fragile democracy. There will be follow up piece next week.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...
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Polisky Dictatorsky
Join us today! @vladsurdea.bsky.social (Central European University) will present "The Repression-Dissent Nexus in High-Threat Environments: Evidence from Communist Romania" @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (Glasgow) @rgolar23.bsky.social (DCU) and Eugenia Nazrullaeva (LSE) will discuss
Join us today! @vladsurdea.bsky.social (Central European University) will present "The Repression-Dissent Nexus in High-Threat Environments: Evidence from Communist Romania" @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (Glasgow) @rgolar23.bsky.social (DCU) and Eugenia Nazrullaeva (LSE) will discuss
November 5, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Polisky Dictatorsky
Join us today! @vladsurdea.bsky.social (Central European University) will present "The Repression-Dissent Nexus in High-Threat Environments: Evidence from Communist Romania" @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (Glasgow) @rgolar23.bsky.social (DCU) and Eugenia Nazrullaeva (LSE) will discuss
Join us today! @vladsurdea.bsky.social (Central European University) will present "The Repression-Dissent Nexus in High-Threat Environments: Evidence from Communist Romania" @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (Glasgow) @rgolar23.bsky.social (DCU) and Eugenia Nazrullaeva (LSE) will discuss
New Publication Alert in Democratization journal on the legacy effects of democratic transitions on individual political attitudes - joint work with the great
@anjaneundorf.bsky.social
Go to the dark side to find a longer thread about the paper.
See here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@anjaneundorf.bsky.social
Go to the dark side to find a longer thread about the paper.
See here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Winds of change: democratic transitions and long-term democratic support
Do democratic transitions affect citizens’ subsequent support for democracy? We propose that the type of democratic transition (citizen-centered vs elite-centered) shapes citizens’ support for demo...
www.tandfonline.com
October 4, 2024 at 11:48 AM
New Publication Alert in Democratization journal on the legacy effects of democratic transitions on individual political attitudes - joint work with the great
@anjaneundorf.bsky.social
Go to the dark side to find a longer thread about the paper.
See here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@anjaneundorf.bsky.social
Go to the dark side to find a longer thread about the paper.
See here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....