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Sebastian Hellmeier
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
Transformationen der Demokratie
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin
Research areas
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Authoritarian regimes
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Protests and contentious politics
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Democratisation and autocratisation
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Resume
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since 6/2021
Postdoc, Berlin Social Science Center, Research Unit Transformations of Democracy -
09/2019-05/2021
Postdoc, Varieties of Autocracy (V-Aut) Project, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg -
09/2018-12/2018
Guest researcher, Duke University -
12/2015-12/2019
PhD student at the Graduate School of Decision Sciences, University of Konstanz -
12/2015-08/2019
Research Associate, Mass Mobilization in Autocracies Database (MMAD) Project, University of Konstanz -
01/2015-06/2015
Research Associate, Horizon 2020 funding application, Institut Barcelona D'Estudis Internacionals -
09/2014-09/2015
Research Master in Political Science (M.Res.), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona -
10/2013-08/2014
European Master in Government (M.A.), University of Konstanz -
10/2013-08/2014
Research Assistant, Comparative Analysis of Moral Policy Change (MORAPOL) Project, University of Konstanz -
01/2011-02/2011
Intern, Research Assistant, GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies -
09/2009-08/2012
Political Science with minor in Hispanic Studies (B.A.), University of Mannheim
Publications
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Hellmeier, Sebastian (2022):
Polarisierung auf der Straße. Die politischen Folgen der Dynamiken von Protest und Gegenprotest.
In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen - Analysen zu Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft, Jg. 35, H. 2, S. 336-350.
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Keremoğlu, Eda/Hellmeier, Sebastian/Weidmann, Nils B. (2022):
Thin-Skinned Leaders. Regime Legitimation, Protest issues, and Repression in Autocracies.
In: Political Science Research and Methods, Vol. 10, No. 1, S. 136-152. (vorab online publiziert 05.05.2021)
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Boese, Vanessa A./Edgell, Amanda B./Hellmeier, Sebastian/Maerz, Seraphine F./Lindberg, Staffan I. (2021):
How Democracies Prevail. Democratic Resilience as a Two-Stage Process.
In: Democratization, Vol. 28, No. 5, Special Issue "Resilience of Democracies. Responses to Illiberal and Authoritarian Challenges", edited by Wolfgang Merkel/Anna Lührmann, S. 885-907. (vorab online publiziert 27.04.2021)
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Hellmeier, Sebastian/Cole, Rowan/Grahn, Sandra/Kolvani, Palina/Lachapelle, Jean/Lührmann, Anna/Maerz, Seraphine F./Pillai, Shreeya/Lindberg, Staffan I. (2021):
State of the World 2020. Autocratization Turns Viral.
In: Democratization, Vol. 28, No. 6, S. 1053-1074. (vorab online publiziert 24.05.2021)
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Lachapelle, Jean/Hellmeier, Sebastian/Lührmann, Anna (2021):
How to Build Democracy after Authoritarian Breakdown. Insights from a Mixed Methods Approach.
V-Dem Working Papers 122. Gothenburg: The Varieties of Democracy Institute at the University of Gothenburg - V-Dem Institute.
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Hellmeier, Sebastian/Johannes Vüllers (2021):
Does Counter-Mobilization Contain Right-wing Populist Movements? Evidence from Germany.
In: European Journal of Political Research. Online first.
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Hellmeier, Sebastian (2020):
How Foreign Pressure Affects Mass Mobilization in Favor of Authoritarian Regimes.
In: European Journal of International Relations, 27 (2): 450-477.
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Hellmeier, Sebastian/Nils B. Weidmann (2020):
Pulling the Strings? The Strategic Use of Pro-Government Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes.
Comparative Political Studies, 53 (1): 71-108.
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Hellmeier, Sebastian/Nils B. Weidmann/Espen G. Rød. (2018):
In the Spotlight: Analyzing Sequential Attention Effects in Protest Reporting.
Political Communication, 35 (4): 587-611.