Economic Retaliation and the Decline of Opposition Quality in Democratic Backsliding

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The lecture series “Democratic Challenges in Europe” explores current challenges facing democracies in Europe, particularly in the Baltic Sea region. The lectures address topics such as emotional polarization, political representation, and minority policy, and encourage open discussion. All interested parties are warmly welcome.

Hanna Folsz is a 6th-year PhD Candidate in Political Science at Stanford University and a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. Her research analyzes large datasets with modern quantitative tools to study opposition movements against democratic erosion and sources of democratic resilience in East-Central Europe and Latin America.

Beginning in August 2026, she will be an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. She will join IE University as Assistant Professor of Political Science in Fall 2027.

Contact
Jochen Müller
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3
Tel.: +49 3834 420-3180
jochen.muelleruni-greifswaldde  

Oksana Alekseev 
Anklamer Str. 20, 17489 Greifswald
Tel. +49 3834 420 3583
oksana.alekseevuni-greifswaldde

 

 

Organization

  • Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO), DFG International Research Training Group Baltic Peripeties – Narratives of Reformation, Revolutions and Catastrophes

Location

  • Historisches Institut, Raum 3.09, Domstraße 9 A
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