Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht beschreibt für die sechste Welle von MiDInt, die im November 2023 stattfand, das Erhebungsdesign, die erreichte Stichprobe, die erhobenen Konstrukte und die dazu verwendeten Messinstrumente. Im Anhang findet sich das Erhebungsinstrument im Wortlaut sowie das Codebuch zum Datensatz, dem die Bezeichnungen der Variablen, deren Inhalt und Codierung entnommen werden können.

Based on its guiding theme “Imagining Futures – Dealing with Disparity,” MECAM, the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb in Tunis, aims to play a notable role in advancing both current and future knowledge production in the Humanities and Social Sciences within, from, and about the Maghreb.

In diesem MOTRA-Spotlight werden das Ausmaß der Kriegsangst sowie Einstellungen der Bevölkerung in Deutschland zu Militärhilfen für die Ukraine vorgestellt und diskutiert.

This manuscript investigates how restrictions on CSOs affect the quality of horizontal accountability institutions like parliaments and courts. Our results imply that a crackdown on CSOs serves as a warning sign of deteriorating horizontal oversight.

In einem Artikel auf ZEIT online zur "Letzten Generation" wird auf Ergebnisse aus der repräsentativen Umfrage "Menschen in Deutschland: International" zurückgegriffen.

ECPR General Conference 2024, University College Dublin, Dublin Prof. Dr. Peter Wetzels (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Dr. Katrin Brettfeld (Speaker), Janosch Kleinschnittger (Speaker)

GIGA expert Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter presents the "The use of violence in the Palestinian West Bank and attitudes toward protest behavior: Experimental findings from Germany" in the panel "Investigating violence, culture, and resilience in the Israel-Palestine conflict and their international implications" at the ECPR General Conference 2024.

ECPR General Conference 2024, University College Dublin, Dublin Dr. Moritz Schmoll (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Ass. Prof. Dr. Amir Abdul Reda (Speaker)

GIGA expert Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter presents the "Rolling Back Subsidies, Rolling in the Unrest? Social Policy Reform and Civil Unrest in Iran" in the panel "Democratic Innovations" at the ECPR General Conference 2024

Leuphana University of Lüneburg Lüneburg Germany

In this seminar an extensive overview about research and debates on democratization and authoritarianism looking at all World regions will be given. How are democratic and authoritarian political regimes defined and measured? What have been drivers of democratization since World War II and what regional similarities and differences exist? Which political systems around the globe persisted to the rise of democracy? And what are the tools of authoritarian leaders to stay in power? How do we understand and explain the recent resurgence of authoritarian politics? And what does this mean for the future of democracy? The seminar puts special emphasis on regional and international sources of democratization and authoritarian resistance.

Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

In this seminar an extensive overview about research and debates on authoritarianism and authoritarian regimes looking at all World regions will be given. How is authoritarianism and how are authoritarian political regimes defined and measured? What have been the factors (de)stabilizing authoritarian regimes since World War II and what regional similarities and differences exist? In which political systems around the globe non-democratic rule has been maintained until today? And what are the tools of authoritarian leaders to stay in power? How do we understand and explain the recent resurgence of authoritarian politics? And what does this mean for the future of liberal democracy? The seminar puts emphasis on domestic, regional and international elements studying authoritarian regimes across all World regions.