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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🚨We are still accepting submissions for our Specialist Group's Best PhD Paper Award 2026! 🚨 The award is for the best article/chapter by a current PhD candidate. The paper *does not* have to have been presented at the PSA. Self-nominations welcome! Email us at arc.psa.sg@gmail.com by 19 June!

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Best PhD Paper Award For the best article/chapter written by a current PhD candidate. The paper *does not* have to have been presented at the PSA Annual Conference 2026. The committee consists of @linettelim.bsky.social and Nikolaos Frantzeskakis.

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Best Paper Award For the best paper on autocracies and/or regime change presented at the PSA Annual Conference 2026. The 2026 Award committee consists of @tjermanova.bsky.social and @austinsmatthews.bsky.social.

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🚨 We are now accepting submissions for two of our Specialist Group's Awards 🚨 - Best Paper Award - Best PhD Paper Award Rules: anyone can nominate – self-nominations are welcome! – a paper for these awards by emailing arc.psa.sg@gmail.com Deadline: 25 May 2026 Details on the rules👇

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We are excited to have won @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social's joint prize for Specialist Group of the Year! If you are a researcher studying autocracies, come join this great community!

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🚨 The Call for Papers for PSA26 in Oxford closes soon! 🚨 We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference. More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a... Deadline this Friday (17 October)! ❗

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Submissions are via ExOrdo: psa26.exordo.com/login Just select 'Autocracy and Regime Change' in the ‘Topics’ section when submitting your abstract.

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

We would like to thank again @emisimison.bsky.social and @scottrw630.bsky.social for serving as committee, and here is their assessment:

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The 2025 Best PhD Paper Award for the best article/chapter written by a current PhD candidate goes to... @linettelim.bsky.social PhD candidate at @ucddublin.bsky.social for her chapter "Foreign Bogeymen: The Use of Anti-Foreign Media Propaganda in China" Congratulations!! 🥳

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

We would like to thank once again @annemwolf.bsky.social ‬ and @chankaming.bsky.social for serving as evaluation committee, and here is their assessment:

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The 2025 Best Paper Award for the best paper on autocracies and/or regime change presented at the PSA Annual Conference 2025 goes to... @tjermanova.bsky.social with "Beyond Coordination: The Authoritarian Constitution at the Centre of Intra-Regime Conflict in Post-1979 Iran." Congratulations! 🥳

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Finally, authors may also discuss their briefs at a roundtable during the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Conference in Oxford, 30 March - 1 April!

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Production process 1. 6 to 8 proposals will be accepted & authors will submit a full manuscript of 3,000/4,000 words 2. Review process by the editorial board @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social, @jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social, @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Submission process 1. abstract of max. 500 words. – specify general findings in this area, and their potential policy implications 2. author’s CV and a summary (200 words) of their (academic and non) experience on the topic 3. Deadline is 3 October!

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Topics 2/2 3. Recovery from Authoritarian Rule (e.g., opposition strategies, citizens’ mobilizations) 4. Digital space (e.g., usage of A.I., digital society, disinformation) 5. International influence (e.g., electoral interference, international organizations)

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Topics 1/2 We are interested in research focusing especially on: 1. Political institutions (e.g., legislatures, political parties, elections) 2. Authoritarian Peer-Learning (e.g., inter-state conferences, economic agreements)

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The series has 3 aims: • Review key pillars of authoritarianism • Define key domestic and international challenges that authoritarian eco-systems pose to democracies • Propose actionable policy directions from existing research for policymakers in the UK and other democracies

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

📣 Call for Papers: The Authoritarian Eco-System 📣 We are launching a new policy brief series w/ the Westminster Foundation for Democracy on authoritarian politics! Deadline: 3 October 2025 Submit abstract (500 words) researcher’s profile, and CVs to: arc.psa.sg@gmail.com Details? Read the call &🧵

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Best PhD Paper Award For the best article/chapter written by a current PhD candidate. The paper *does not* have to have been presented at the PSA Annual Conference 2025. The committee consists of @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmul.ac.uk) and @scottrw630.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk). Award prize: £50

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Best Paper Award For the best paper on autocracies and/or regime change presented at the PSA Annual Conference 2025. The 2025 Award committee consists of @chankaming.bsky.social (@nclpolitics.bsky.social) and @annemwolf.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk). Award prize: £50

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

🚨 We are now accepting submissions for two of our Specialist Group’s Awards 🚨 - Best Paper Award 📄 - Best PhD Paper Award 📔 Rules: anyone can nominate – self-nominations are welcome! – a paper for these awards by emailing arc.psa.sg@gmail.com Deadline: 19 May 2025 Details on the rules👇

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🎤 Six Panels: We also have six amazing panels, on elites, civil society, surveillance, public opinion, regime change and legitimacy in autocracies. Make sure to find them on the programme!

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🍸 Tuesday Night, 8 PM: Join us for a Drinks Social at Bacchus Bar! Come along to meet other autocracy researchers!

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

📅 Tuesday, 11:30 – 12:30: Roundtable on publication strategies and tips for early career researchers, also in Exec 2.

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

📅 Monday, 11:30 – 12:30: Our Annual General Meeting in Exec 2. Come to hear about what we’ve been up to, our plans for the year ahead and how you can get involved in the group!

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🚨 Only three days until the PSA @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Annual Conference and the Autocracy and Regime Change Group has a jam-packed programme! Get ready for our Annual General Meeting, a session with publishing tips for early career researchers, a drinks social, and six amazing panels! 👇

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We have an exciting programme for the PSA Annual Conference in two weeks in Birmingham, including six panels, our AGM, a roundtable for early career researchers and a social!

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PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

📢 Calling scholars of autocracies and political transitions! We are the PSA Specialist Group on Autocracy and Regime Change. Follow us for updates on our activities and events!

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