Oxford Authoritarian Politics Network
DPIR’s Authoritarian Politics Network brings together graduate students and faculty with interdisciplinary and regional expertise from DPIR, OSGA, and the Blavatnik School of Government to discuss research on authoritarian politics. It provides a space to discuss and advance interdisciplinary research and provide feedback on work in progress.
Current research themes include:
- Public opinion in authoritarian regimes;
- Autocracy promotion in the international system, for example through authoritarian propaganda targeting public opinion in democracies;
- Protest and social movements;
- Authoritarian ruling strategies: legal and bureaucratic repression and (digital) propaganda.
Academic Coordinators
Katerina Tertytchnaya, DPIR and Brasenose college
Scott Williamson, DPIR and Magdalen college
Anne-Margret Wolf, All Souls college
Network Board
Jody LaPorte, Lincoln College
Ralph Schroeder, Oxford Internet Institute
Maya Tudor, Blavatnik School of Government and St Hilda’s College
Tony Zirui Yang, Nuffield College
Academic Affiliates
Paul Chaisty, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
Sirianne Dahlum, University of Oslo
Neil Ketchley, DPIR and St Antony’s College
Adeel Malik, QEH and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Yilin Su, UCL
Andrea Vaccaro, Blavatnik School of Government
Tore Wig, University of Oslo
DPhil Students
Ekaterina Rebinskaya
Daniil Romanov
Azim Wazeer
Network Events
- February 12, 2025: Ralph Schroeder book presentation on social media and political change in China and India, Oxford Internet Institute
- April 24, 2025: Authoritarian politics conference, All Souls College
- May 9, 2025: Network Guest Lecture by Monika Nalepa, University of Chicago
- May 12, 2025: Scott Williamson book workshop, ‘The King Can Do No Wrong: Blame Games and Power Sharing in Authoritarian Regimes’
- May 13, 2025: Network Guest Lecture by Jennifer Gandhi, Yale University