German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

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Dr. Viola Lucas

Former Associate

Dr. Viola Lucas

  • Short CV

    • 09/2017: Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award, Global State Revenues and Expenditures (GSRE) Data Set

    • Since 11/2015: Associate at GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies

    • 09/2013 - 12/2013: Visiting Scholar at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada

    • 01/2011 - 10/2015: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies

    • Education: International Economics (Diplom)and Political Sciences (Magister) at the University of Tuebingen, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo,US) and Sciences Po (Paris, France)

    Current Research

    • Fiscal/public policy and state budgets

    • Resilience of authoritarian rule

    • Political and non-political violence

    • Economic development , modernization and transformation theory

    Countries and Regions

    • Middle East

    • Nepal

    Research Programmes

    Dissertation

    • The Effects of Autocracies on Governance

    Awards

    • Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award 2017, Comparative Politics Section, APSA, 2017

    Dr. Viola Lucas

    Former Associate

    Publications

    GIGA Working Papers | 04/2017

    Ousted from the Bench? Judicial Departures in Consolidating Democracies

    Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos

    Dr. Charlotte Heyl

    Dr. Viola Lucas

    Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh

    Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber

    Informationen zur politischen Bildung: Naher Osten | 12/2016

    Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Golfkooperationsrat (GCC)

    Dr. Viola Lucas

    Former Associate

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

    Dataset | 2016

    Replication Data for: State Hydrocarbon Rents, Authoritarian Survival and the Onset of Democracy: Evidence from a New Dataset

    Data and stata code for replication of results in the main text and the supplementary material for: Lucas, Viola, and Thomas Richter (2016), State hydrocarbon rents, authoritarian survival and the…

    https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/F7JJDP

    Dr. Viola Lucas

    Former Associate

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

    Dataset | 2016

    GSRE 1.0 - Global State Revenues and Expenditures Dataset

    The GSRE 1.0 dataset is based on recently released historical documents from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and improves the coverage and accuracy of state budget data for most authoritarian regimes…

    https://doi.org/10.7802/1290

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

    Dr. Viola Lucas

    Former Associate

    Wirtschaftshandbuch Asien-Pazifik | 2016

    Nepal

    Dr. Viola Lucas

    Former Associate

    Lectures

    German Political Science Association | 28/09/2018

    Patronage, Verteilungskoalitionen und fiskalische Anpassung: Ein Vergleich unterschiedlicher autoritärer Regimetype

    Organiser: German Political Science Association Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Ferdinand Eibl (Speaker), Dr. Viola Lucas (Speaker)

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

    Ferdinand Eibl

    Dr. Viola Lucas

    Workshop | 05/06/2015

    Spending versus Taxation in Petro-Autocracies: Exploring Mechanisms of Mass-Cooptation

    The International Dimensions of Authoritarian Rule, London Organisers: King’s College London Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Dr. Viola Lucas (Speaker)

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

    Dr. Viola Lucas

    Former Associate

    Conference | 24/09/2012 - 28/09/2012

    Do Different Autocracies Spend Differently? An Empirical Investigation of Social Welfare Expenditures

    Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen Organisers: German Political Science Association Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Ferdinand Eibl (Speaker), Dr. Viola Lucas (Speaker)

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

    Ferdinand Eibl

    Dr. Viola Lucas

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