Robert Lipinski

  • Can the past still shape the present? In my research I try to find answer to this question by focusing on historical political economy. Specifically, I look at the role of historical events and processes on the contemporary politics in Europe. Among others, I study the persistent impact of foreign media on authoritarian states, effects of exogenous protest exposure, memory politics, and lasting impacts of border changes.
  • Prior to joining DPIR, I've been involved in several projects pertaining to local governments and public administration management.

Digital Echoes: Understanding Patterns of Mass Violence with Data and Statistics

Data about mass violence can seem to offer insights into patterns: is violence getting better, or worse, over time? Is violence directed more against men or women? But in human rights data collection, we (usually) don’t know what we don’t know – and worse, what we don’t know is likely to be systematically different from what we do know.
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