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The V-Dem Institute is an independent research institute and the Headquarters of the V-Dem project, based at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The V-Dem project (Varieties of Democracy) is a unique approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy.
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💡 How does V-Dem Collect Data and Construct the Dataset? 1,400+ country experts from all over the world have now completed the online surveys, assessing the democratic development in 2024 in their countries and areas of expertise. Watch or read in 🧵1(5) #polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData

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🚨Publication Alert 🚨 New article published in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social together with my coauthor Janika Spannagel: doi.org/10.1017/S1537592724001968 We assessed the quality of the #academicfreedomindex from the @vdeminstitute.bsky.social dataset. \1

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A 👀 back at 2024 before the coming V-Dem dataset v15 & V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2025 💾V-Dem dataset v14 downloaded 26 K+ times 📓Nearly 200 K downloads of the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2024 📈6,7 million graphs generated with the graphing tools Read more: v-dem.net/news/v-dem-i...

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#GraphOfTheWeek Political Mobilization in Germany 📈 #Germany is a post-WWII democratic success story, but is its foundation now under threat? This week’s graph shows the development of political mobilization between 1924 and 2023. Full text with references: v-dem.net/weekly_graph... 🧵1(7) #polisky

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⏰One month left to submit panel proposals and paper abstracts for the DEMSCORE Conference 2025, June 9-10 in Gothenburg. 📆 Abstract and Proposal Submission Deadline: March 16, 2025 www.demscore.se/events/demsc... #PoliSky @ucdp.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social

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📢Applications Open for New Director of the V-Dem Institute V-Dem Institute and the Dept. of Political Science, University of Gothenburg is looking for a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Science & Director of the V-Dem Institute. To application: shorturl.at/9rvmx 📆 March 27, 2025.

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📢 3 x U-Turns ↪️ 📄 New Journal Article: When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900 Nord, M, Angiolillo, F, Lundstedt, M, Wiebrecht, F, & Lindberg, S I. in Democratization. doi.org/10.1080/1351... @silindberg.bsky.social @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social

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Hello BlueSky, nice to meet you! The V-Dem Institute is an independent research institute and the Headquarters of the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project, based at the University of Gothenburg, SE. The V-Dem project is a unique approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. #Polisky 1(3)

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