The American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition will take place in Philadelphia, September 5-8, 2024. The conference theme is "Democracy: Retrenchment, Renovation, & Reimagination". V-Dem Institute will take part, together with Demscore. We hope to see many of you there!
Welcome to the Booth Reception
V-Dem Institute will share a booth with or fellow University of Gothenburg research institutes Governance and Local Development - GLD, and Quality of Government Institute - QoG.
We extend our invitation to come meet all of us, and Demscore at our common Booth Reception on Friday, September 6, at 4:30 pm. Booth 408.
You are welcome to stop by ours or Demscore's booth (510) at any time during the conference.
Panels and Papers
The papers below are using V-Dem data and / or are written by V-Dem research asssociates and V-Dem Institute staff. For abstracts and schedule, click the links to the APSA program.
Thursday September 5
- Session: Democratic Backsliding and Academic Freedom I: A Macro-Perspective
Paper: Can Free Academia Withstand Autocratization? Why Some Universities Wither While Others Survive
Staffan I. Lindberg, University of Gothenburg, and Lars Lott, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg - Session: Political Regimes and Economic Policies
Paper: Patterns of Trade in Medical Goods: A Tale of Two Regime Types
Michael Bayerlein, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Vanessa Alexandra Boese-Schlosser, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Scott Gates, PRIO and University of Oslo, Katrin Kamin, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, and S Mansoob Murshed, ISS-Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Friday September 6
- Session: The Roots of Resilience: Democratic Durability, Renovation and Redemocratization
Paper: U-Turns: Episodes of Democratic Turnarounds since 1900
Staffan I. Lindberg, Fabio Angiolillo, Marina Nord, Martin Lundstedt, University of Gothenburg, and Felix Wiebrecht, University of Liverpool
Paper: Executive Aggrandizement and Democratic Resilience.
Christopher Akor, Myles Williamson, and Amanda Edgell, University of Alabama - Session: Political Forecasting Methods: Challenges and Potential Solutions
Paper: Forecasting Electoral Violence in 2024 and 2025
David Randahl, Maxine Leis, Tim Gåsste, Hanne Fjelde, Uppsala University, Staffan I. Lindberg, University of Gothenburg, Håvard Hegre, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Steven Lloyd Wilson, University of Nevada
Saturday September 7
- Session: The Global Backlash to LGBT Rights, in 50 Years of LGBTQ Scholarship at APSA Mini-Conference.
Paper: Autocratization and Transgender Rights
Myles Williamson and Amanda Edgell, University of Alabama - Session: Regime Type, Regime Evolution, Public Policy, and Human Development
Paper: An Authoritarian Advantage? Tangible Benefits from Different Regime Types
Kelly M. McMann, Case Western Reserve University - Session: State Informational Capacity in Historical and Contemporary Governance
Paper: Informational Advantages and Bureaucratic Resistance to Democratic Backsliding
Rachel Sigman, University of Denver
Sunday September 8
- Session: Online Hate, Toxicity, Intolerant Discourse, and Its Political Effects
Paper: Do Sanctioning and Monitoring Reduce Political Candidates’ Online Toxicity?
Daniel Pemstein, North Dakota State University, Brigitte Seim, University of Minnesota, Valeriya Mechkova, University of Gothenburg, Yunus E Orhan, North Dakota State University, and Steven Lloyd Wilson, University of Nevada
Other Papers from V-Dem Research Associates and PI's
- Amanda Edgell, University of Alabama: Reserved Seats and Parliamentary Debate Participation in Uganda and Kenya
- Jean Lachapelle, Université de Montréal: Legacies of Revolutionary Violence in Algeria
- Seraphine F. Maerz, University of Melbourne: Detecting Democratic Decline: Leaders’ Public Speech as an Early Warning Signal. With Dean Schafer, Mississippi State University, and Carsten Q. Schneider, Central European University PU
- Johannes Lindvall and Valeriya Mechkova, University of Gothenburg: Teaching for Suffrage: How Teachers Spurred Women's Suffrage Activism in Norway. With Øyvind Søraas Skorge, Oslo Metropolitan University
- Kelly Elizabeth Morrison, University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Accountability from Above: Transitional Justice and Human Rights. With Pearce Edwards, Louisiana State University.
- Yi-ting Wang, National Cheng Kung University: Clientelistic Linkage Mechanisms in Asia, 2009 – 2023: DALP II Evidence. With Songkhun Nillasithanukroh, University of Arkansas.
- Matthew Charles Wilson, University of South Carolina: When One Gets Stronger, Does the Other One Get Weaker? With Josef Woldense, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
- Jan Teorell, Stockholm University: Power Sharing and Administrative Reforms: The Case of Chile, 1925–31. With Per Fredrik Andersson, Stockholm University and Oriol Sabaté, University of Barcelona.
- Michael Bernhard, University of Florida: Regime Histories & Anti-foreigner Violence in Post-unification Germany. With Hannah Marie Alarian and Andrew S Rosenberg, University of Florida.
- Svend-Erik Skaaning, Aarhus University: Enlisting Narrative Historical Evidence: Pitfalls and Best Practices. With Jorgen Moller, Aarhus University.
- Jeffrey Staton, Emory University: Training Effects on Non-expert Monitoring of Immigration Courts. With Devon Thurman and Dehanza Shreen Rogers, Emory University.
Other activities
- Meet the Editors of the American Political Science Review (APSR). John Gerring, University of Texas, Austin and Daniel Pemstein, North Dakota State University
- Poster Session: Polarization, Cues and Information, and Public Opinion. Yuko Sato, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS): Resisting Autocratization: Opposition Strategy and Depolarization
- Poster Session: Democracy and Autocracy. Carl Henrik Knutsen, University of Oslo: Forecasting Regime Breakdown. With Vilde Lunnan Djuve, University of Oslo and David Randahl, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.
- Author Meets Critics: Why Do Citizens Tolerate Democratic Transgressions? Svend-Erik Skaaning, Aarhus University