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Thea Johansen
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PhD candidate in political science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Working on democratic backsliding, conflict, mass mobilization.
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bjpols.bsky.social
NEW -

Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf

- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social

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BJPolS abstract of an academic article discussing how democratic institutions prioritize citizen preferences regarding economic and physical security, with a focus on varied democratic features across thirty countries.
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
theajohansen.bsky.social
Yesterday I defended my thesis and officially became a doctor 🎓
Huge thanks to the committee @chknutsen.bsky.social @hannefjelde.bsky.social for the thoughtful questions and helpful suggestions for future work!
December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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From October 2025 -

Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ

- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen

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BJPolS abstract describing the introduction of a global database called PtP, which contains detailed individual-level data on political, occupational, and social backgrounds from 144,789 cabinet members across 141 countries between 1966 and 2021. The text highlights the database's relevance to researchers in various fields including political and social sciences.
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
theajohansen.bsky.social
Excited to defend my PhD dissertation on pro-democracy mobilization on December 18th! www.ntnu.no/kalender/det...
Defence of Thesis 18 December 2025: Thea Johansen – Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences - NTNU
www.ntnu.no
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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andreavik.bsky.social
New preprint with @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social, Sohee Park & @mtsakiris.bsky.social :
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...

Key takeaways:
🎨 Political emotions create distinct embodied signatures

⚖️ These bodily patterns shift with ideology.

🗳️ The embodied impact of political emotions predicts participation
OSF
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December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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felixhaass.bsky.social
🚨 New article out!

“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.

Short summary thread below 👇
Abstract for the article: How does right-wing terrorism affect electoral support for populist radical right parties (PRRPs)? Recent research has produced contrary answers to this question. We argue that only high-intensity attacks, whose motives and targets mirror PRRPs’ nativist agenda, are likely to generate a media backlash that dampens electoral support for PRRPs. We test this argument by combining high-frequency survey and social media data with a natural and survey experimental design. We find that right-wing terror reduced support for the radical right party Alternative für Deutschland after one of the most intense nativist attacks in recent German history. An analysis of all ninety-eight fatal right-wing attacks in Germany between 1990 and 2020 supports our argument. Our findings contribute to an understanding of how political violence triggers partisan detachment and have important implications for media responsibility in the aftermath of terrorist attacks.
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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inalkristiansen.bsky.social
Very proud to have been a part of this project and to see my first co-authored article out in the world! Read @jacobnyrup.bsky.social excellent thread for more info on the data! 🥳
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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#OpenAccess from July 2025 -

How Does Public Opinion Respond to Government Injustices Against Historically Discriminated Minorities? Evidence from Norway - cup.org/4lRGSBG

- Helga Malmin Binningsbø, Karin Dyrstad & @finseraas.bsky.social
BJPolS abstract discussing the treatment of the Sámi and other minorities by governmental discrimination, the role of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Norway, and their historical and present effects on national reconciliation.
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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amalienilsen.bsky.social
I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social

It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong
Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...
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September 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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mariannedahl.bsky.social
📊 New dataset and paper alert!
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Below follows a 🧵
August 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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mariannedahl.bsky.social
New paper alert 😄 ! Mauricio Rivera Celestino, Scott Gates and I have a paper out in the Journal of Conflict Resolution: lnkd.in/gzqYuTmN! The work began in 2017 as part of the Street-Level Autocrat project. Since then, children have been born, data collected, and now, the article is finally out:
June 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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chknutsen.bsky.social
Endelig fikk jeg skrevet ned kronikken som har tatt opp mye plass i hodet mitt de siste par ukene:

www.vg.no/nyheter/i/gw...
Meninger: Professor Carl Henrik Knutsen: – Mer sannsynlig enn ikke at det amerikanske demokratiet vil overleve Trump
Trump og hans støttespillere undergraver demokratiet, og det er en reell fare for demokratisk sammenbrudd. Det er likevel gode sjanser for at demokratiet overlever, men det krever mot-mobilisering.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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vldjuve.bsky.social
Can citizen action translate into incumbents changing their regimes from within? @chknutsen.bsky.social and I find that the answer is yes in our latest piece, “Citizen Action and Elite Responses: Opposition Mass Movements and Regime Change From Within”, now out in JCR: doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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February 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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martigso.bsky.social
For de som husker studien som fant at "[...] fritidsklubber [har ikke] noen direkte effekt på lokalmiljøet utenfor klubbens fire vegger" (doi.org/10.18261/nju...). @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social og Andreas Kokkvoll Tveit svarer på hvorfor dette er fullstendig feil konklusjon å dra fra studien. (1/n)
Hva kan vi vite om effekten av etablering av ungdomsklubb på Furuset?: Et svar til Tøge, Ulland og Andersen: Nordic Journal of Urban Studies: Vol 4, No 2
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November 28, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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fjbeltrantapia.bsky.social
Charles Butcher (NTNU) presenting the LEGACIES project. Capturing the presence of pre-colonial states and their potential influence on post-colonial democratization.
November 19, 2024 at 8:30 AM
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nihadaboud.bsky.social
Hello! I thought a list of women scholars in conflict and security studies could be helpful! Let me know if you want to be added/removed! go.bsky.app/Np3NivX
November 14, 2024 at 9:01 PM
theajohansen.bsky.social
@andreavik.bsky.social’s trial lecture🔥🔥Fantastic insights on how perspectives from political psychology can inform our understanding of the legitimacy of unelected representation. Amazing lecture by an amazing scholar
On the concept of representation On the role of emotions in explaining how we think about politics, and vice versa Making the case for a citizen’s perspective
June 21, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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benyoel.bsky.social
For those interested in democratic backsliding - After a lot of hard work, I'm excited to share that the data visualizations for the Democratic Erosion Event Dataset are all now in order and Shiny apps up and running. We have a lot of exciting things in the pipeline. Stay tuned!
March 8, 2024 at 2:32 AM
theajohansen.bsky.social
LEGACIES is also hiring a PhD candidate in CP/IR:

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Super exciting project and a fantastic PI! You will also become a part of our research group @NTNU «Political Instability and Armed Conflict»

Application deadline: 17.03.2024

polisky conflictsky
February 16, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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lisrosvold.bsky.social
Come join us in Trondheim! Two weeks left to apply for the postdoc position in the very cool (both people- and research-wise) LEGACIES project: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
#polisky #conflictsky
February 15, 2024 at 12:39 PM
theajohansen.bsky.social
Vacancy for a postdoc on ERC-funded LEGACIES at NTNU: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

More about LEGACIES and the project team: www.legacies-project.com
Postdoctoral Fellow in political science/international relations: LEGACIES project (257118) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in political science/international relations: LEGACIES project (257118), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Thursday, February 29, 2024
www.jobbnorge.no
February 8, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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jacobnyrup.bsky.social
We are planning the first WhoGov Workshop to be held in Oslo on the 29-30th of August 2024. We welcome all research using WhoGov in some capacity and we have funding to cover travel expenses for participants.

Find the call for papers through the link or use the QR code: bit.ly/WhoGov_Workshop
February 1, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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kailmarkvart.bsky.social
Very happy to have worked on this PS article with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @acrowinghen.bsky.social, @medzihorsky.bsky.social, @danpemstein.bsky.social, @silindberg.bsky.social and four other colleagues! 1/6 doi.org/10.1017/S104...

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During the past decade, analyses drawing on several democracy measures have shown a global trend of democratic retrenchment. While these democracy measures use radically different methodologies, most partially or fully rely on subjective judgments to produce estimates of the level of democracy within states. Such projects continuously grapple with balancing conceptual coverage with the potential for bias (Munck and Verkuilen 2002; Przeworski et al. 2000). Little and Meng (L&M) (2023) reintroduce this debate, arguing that “objective” measures of democracy show little evidence of recent global democratic backsliding.1 By extension, they posit that time-varying expert bias drives the appearance of democratic retrenchment in measures that incorporate expert judgments. In this article, we engage with (1) broader debates on democracy measurement and democratic backsliding, and (2) L&M’s specific data and conclusions.
January 11, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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havardmn.bsky.social
Andre advent tenner vi et lys for håp. Da passer dagens kronikk av @mariannedahl.bsky.social, @haakongjerlw.bsky.social, og @chknutsen.bsky.social perfekt. ‘Iranske Narges Mohammadi er tildelt årets fredspris. Men nytter arbeidet til aktivister som Mohammadi?’ Ja, viser forskningen!
Nytter arbeidet til aktivister som fredsprisvinner Narges Mohammadi?
Les kronikken.
www.aftenposten.no
December 10, 2023 at 7:54 AM
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elenaleuschner.bsky.social
What happens when autocrats concede to protests? Our paper on state concessions and protest mobilization has an issue now!

with Sebastian Hellmeier in @cpsjournal.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
December 1, 2023 at 7:44 AM