Autoritärer Wandel

Autoritäre Praktiken kommen nicht nur in nicht-demokratischen Regimen zum Einsatz, sondern finden sich zunehmend auch in formal demokratischen Staaten, wie die Beispiele von shrinking civic space, Populismus und demokratischem Rückschritt zeigen. Erfahren Sie mehr über die Forschungs- und Transferaktivitäten des GIGA zu diesem Thema.

Autoritärer Wandel

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    Forschungsprojekt | 01.06.2025 - 31.12.2027

    Digital Authoritarianism through Lawfare: Mapping and Strengthening Civil Society Responses in Asia

    This project investigates the most potent weapon of digital authoritarianism - lawfare in the digital realm - in South and Southeast Asia. Building on previous research, it creates the first database in the world on the range of laws used for digital repression of civil society by autocratic/autocratising states, its impact on democracies and civil liberties, and countermeasures for democratic resistance and resilience.
    2025-2027

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.03.2025 - 28.02.2027

    Leftist Politics in Democratising Indonesia

    My project addresses the question of why the leftist element of civil society in Indonesia remains marginalised despite over two decades of democratisation that have ostensibly created a more open political landscape. It investigates the factors that hinder their consolidation, both related to organisational capacity and the socio-political structures. Specifically, it analyses the extent to which Indonesia’s recent democratic decline correlates with the continued absence of an organised left.
    AvH, 2025-2027

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.04.2023 - 31.03.2029

    Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM): Imagining Futures - Dealing with Disparity, Phase II

    The Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) based in Tunis is the first and only Institute for Advanced Studies in North Africa. MECAM’s ambition is to become an intellectual hub that contributes to the emergence of cutting-edge, internationally relevant and visible research in the humanities and social sciences on, from and in the Maghreb and in particular with scholars from the Maghreb. The GIGA coordinates MECAM's publications as well as outreach and transfer activities.
    BMBF, 2023-2029


    Democratization | 09.2025

    Personnel Management, Institutional Engineering, and Coercion: Mechanisms of the Personalization of Executive Power

    How do chief executives personalize power? In this paper we conceptualize the personalization of executive power based on observable processes initiated by the chief executive looking at personnel management, institutional engineering, and coercion.

    Blogbeitrag | 08.2025

    Bridging the Maghreb-Sahel Divide in Policy and Research: Take-aways from the MECAM Policy Talk 2025

    The MECAM Policy Talk 2025 brought together experts on and from the Maghreb as well as on and from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin for 2.5 days of intense deliberations. The blog article summarizes the main findings and presents central policy implications.

    Sonstiges | 08.10.2025

    Stimmen der Freiheit: Widerstand in Simbabwe

    KörberForum, Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg Organisation: Körber-Stiftung Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest (Berater:in)

    Trotz Überwachung und Gewalt setzt sich die Aktivistin Karen Mukwasi in Simbabwe für politische Teilhabe und Frauenrechte ein. Mit Christian von Soest spricht sie über die Menschenrechtslage und den digitalen Widerstand gegen die Repressionen in ihrem Land. Es moderiert Wolfgang Krach, Süddeutsche Zeitung.

    Konferenz | 13.07.2025 - 16.07.2025

    Digital Propaganda in Autocratized Southeast Asia

    The 28th World Congress of Political Science, Coex Convention & Exhibition Center, 513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam District, Seoul Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri (Vortragende:r)

    Chaired by Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, this IPSA panel brings together researchers from Southeast Asia who have examined influence operations (IOs) in autocratization processes across four Southeast Asian countries: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

    Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. | 06.06.2025

    Expert Roundtable on Strengthening European Defense Capabilities in the Era of Trump 2.0

    Organisation: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra (Vortragende:r)

    Invited Speaker at the Panel on defending threats to democracies in Europe from hybrid threats including information and cognitive warfare and building defence and deterrence capabilities to deal with new-age threats and challenges to democracy from autocratic regimes.

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    Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach leitet das GIGA als Präsidentin (ad interim).

    Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

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