Project DEMED

Together with with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project at the University of Gothenburg, we now started the data collection for a new expert survey on regime indoctrination, focusing on education policies and practices as well as media propaganda for over 100 countries from around the world. Until mid February, more than 1,000 eduction and media experts will complete our questionnaire. The data will be released publicly in 2023.

For more info, see our “call for experts.” 

DEMED is hiring a new Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Democratic Politics. The post is for two years, starting on 1 September 2022. We are  looking for someone with a substantive background in the study of  authoritarian and/or democratic regimes and/or the politics of education.  A strong quantitative background is essential. This postdoc will support Work Package 1, where we are currently collecting extensive expert coded data (by  V-Dem) on indoctrination, creating unique data on education and media. 

Deadline: 21 February 2022

We offer:

• Salary:  £36,382 - £40,927 per year (approx.  43,586 - 49,031 Euro)
• Budget for travel and research assistance
• An internationally leading research team
• A pleasant and stimulating working environment
• Glasgow’s high-quality of living and rich opportunities for culture
  and outdoor activities

You can see more information on this position and how to apply clicking here.

 

Professor Neundorf is presenting the DEMED paper "Nostalgia and the threat to democracy" (with Elçi, E.) at the Politics Department, University of Leicester. (virtual event) 

Professor Neundorf will present the paper “A loyal base? Authoritarian system support in times of crisis: The case of Turkey (Neundorf, A., Gerschewski, J., Northmore-Ball, K., Ozturk, A. and K. Tertytchnaya)” at the Carlos III-Juan March Institute in Madrid, Spain (virtual).

For more information: https://ic3jm.es/en/activities/permanent-seminar/ 

Professor Neundorf gave a Keynote lecture on “The current state and the future of women in Political Methodology” in the Women in Political Methodology Speaker Series. More details here: http://zurichsummerschool.com/speaker-series/. (virtual event) 

Two papers from DEMED Project were presented at the American Political Science Association's 2021 Annual Meeting:

• Democratic Citizenship Through Adult Civic Education? A Review and Meta-Analysis

• Indoctrination, Citizen Support, and Political Regimes

 

DEMED working paper, entitled "A loyal base? Authoritarian system support in times of crisis: The case of Turkey" was discussed in the Virtual Workshop of Authoritarian Regimes. The paper was prepared by Anja Neundorf, Aykut Ozturk, Ksenia Northmore-Ball, Katerina Tertytchnaya, and Johannes Gerschewski.

Discussants were Jason Brownlee (UT Austin), Sabri Ciftci (Kansas State University), Henry Hale (George Washington University), and Bryn Rosenfeld (Cornell University). 

Postdoctoral Fellow, Eugenia Nazrullaeva, is taking up a new post as a LSE Fellow. Eugenia has made incredibly important contributions to DEMED in the last year. She will however remain connected to the project as a DEMED Research Affiliate. We all wish Eugenia the very best in her new post. 

Prof. Anja Neundorf and Dr. Aykut Ozturk presented their working paper exploring the use of Facebook for survey participant recruitment at the General Online Research Conference 2021. The presentation video is available on YouTube. 

Professor Neundorf, Professor Finkel, and Dr. Rascon presented the DEMED research on civic education to the USAID Civil Society and Media Team (virtual event).

Five new research assistants have joined the DEMED team to support the country expert recruitment of Work Package 1.

Check out their profiles: 

• Polina Denisova
• Isabel Kempner
• Anam Kuraishi
• Anna Sarasiti
• Yilin Su

Anja Neundorf, Aykut Ozturk, Ksenia Northmore-Ball, Katerina Tertytchnaya, and Johannes Gerschewski virtually presented their co-authored working paper, entitled "A loyal base? Support for authoritarian regimes in times of crisis – The case of Turkey" in European Political Science Association Conference. 

Professor Neundorf presented the DEMED paper ‘Nostalgia and the threat to democracy’ (with Elçi, E.) at the Comparative Politics Department, University of Bergen. (virtual event) 

 

Aykut Ozturk presented their co-authored work with Prof. Anja Neundorf, entitled "Recruiting Research Participants through Facebook Advertisements," to a group of scholars and students from LSE. Their work discusses best practices to recruit survey participants through Facebook paid advertisements. 

Anja Neundorf and Aykut Ozturk presented a paper, entitled "Recruiting Survey Participants through Facebook Advertisements" in PolMeth Europe conference. The paper included their findings regarding the use of Facebook tools for the recruitment of survey participants. The study was conducted as part of DEMED Work Package 3.

Prof. Anja Neundorf will present her paper co-authored with Steve Finkel and Ericka Rascon Ramirez at the NYU Abu Dhabi Political Science Speaker Series. The title of the paper is "Can Online Civic Education Induce Democratic Citizenship?  Experimental evidence from a New Democracy?"

DEMED researchers have received training from Dr. Franziska Meinck (University of Edinburgh) on systematic review and meta-analysis.

Steve Finkel (University of Pittsburgh), Junghyun Lim (University of Pittsburgh), Anja Neundorf (University of Glasgow), and Aykut Ozturk (University of Glasgow) will conduct a systematic review of the civic education literature, starting from January 2021. 

 

The entire DEMED team came together for the first time. Due to COVID restrictions, the event took place online.

Prof. Anja Neundorf presented a working paper, titled "Can Online Civic Education Induce Democratic Citizenship Experimental Evidence from a New Democracy," at LSE Political Behavior Seminar. This paper is co-authored with Steven Finkel and Ericka Rascon Ramirez, and it explores how online civic education can induce democratic citizenship relying on online survey experiments conducted in Tunisia. 

Eugenia Nazrullaeva and Aykut Öztürk joined the DEMED team. Visit Eugenia's and Aykut's web pages for more information on them.  

Prof. Anja Neundorf gave the keynote speech at the 4th Annual Democracy & Elections and Comparative Politics conference, organized at the University of Manchester. The theme of this year's conference was "Democracy Under Pressure." During her keynote speech, Prof. Neundorf introduced the DEMED and shared findings from the working paper entitled "Can Online Civic Education Induce Democratic Citizenship? Experimental Evidence from a New Democracy."