Demscore Working Paper Series

Call for Working Papers

We invite researchers to submit working papers that use, analyze, or engage with Demscore data for publication on the Demscore website and to be disseminated to the Demscore network.

Demscore provides data for research on democracy, political institutions, and related dimensions of political and social change. We welcome papers that make substantive or methodological use of Demscore data, as well as studies that place Demscore data in dialogue with other datasets, approaches, or theoretical perspectives.

We welcome submissions on topics including:

  • Democracy and democratic development
  • Political institutions and institutional change
  • Elections, political participation, and representation
  • Political rights and civil liberties
  • Executive, legislative, and judicial institutions
  • Accountability, political competition, and constraints on power
  • Comparative and historical analyses of democracy
  • Measurement and conceptualization of democracy
  • Methodological developments involving Demscore data
  • Comparisons between Demscore and other democracy or political-institution datasets
  • Applications of Demscore data to substantive questions in comparative politics and related fields

We particularly encourage submissions that demonstrate innovative uses of the data, address questions of measurement and validity, or provide new empirical insights.

Who can submit?

Submissions are welcome from researchers at a PhD level and above. Master’s student submissions are welcome when co-authored with a more senior scholar. Papers may be single- or co-authored.

Working papers do not need to be published elsewhere, but authors should ensure that they have the necessary rights to post the paper online. 

How to submit

Please submit your working paper as a Word document, together with the following information:

  • Title of the paper
  • Author(s) and institutional affiliation(s)
  • Abstract
  • Contact email for the corresponding author
  • A brief statement describing how the paper uses or relates to Demscore data

Papers will be reviewed for relevance to the Demscore research community and for basic scholarly and technical quality before being posted on the website. Publication as a Demscore working paper does not constitute peer review or endorsement of the paper's findings.

Data and citation

Authors using Demscore data are asked to clearly identify the Demscore dataset(s) and version(s) used in their analysis.

Join the Demscore Working Paper Series

We hope the working-paper series will provide a forum for sharing new research, methodological developments, and emerging findings based on Demscore data. By making these papers available online, we aim to facilitate discussion, collaboration, and further research within the broader scholastic community.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Demscore team at contact@demscore.se.

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Publications Using Demscore Data

  1. Angiolillo, F., Lundstedt, M., Nord, M., & Lindberg, S. I. (2024). State of the world 2023: democracy winning and losing at the ballot. Democratization. 31(8): 1597-1621.  
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2024.2341435
  2. Boese-Schlosser, V. & Eberhardt, M. (2024). Democracy Doesn't Always Happen Over Night: Regime Change in Stages and Economic Growth. The Review of Economics and Statistics. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01461
  3. Buckley N., Marquardt K. L., Reuter, O.J., & Tertytchnaya, K. (2024). Endogenous Popularity: How Perceptions of Support Affect the Popularity of Authoritarian Regimes. American Political Science Review. 118(2): 1046-1052. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055423000618 (Previous V-Dem Working Paper 132).
  4. Edgell A. B., Lachapelle J., & Maerz S. F. (2024) Achieving Transparency, Traceability, and Readability with Human-Coded Data. PS: Political Science & Politics. 58(2): 346-351.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096524000714  (Previous V-Dem Working Paper 145).
  5. del Río, A., Knutsen, C. H., & Lutscher, P. M. (2024). Education Policies and Systems Across Modern History: A Global Dataset. Comparative Political Studies. 58(5): 851-889.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241252075 (Previous V-Dem Working Paper 138).
  6. Gervasoni, C. (2024). Economic Dependence on the State and Pro-Authority Attitudes: Evidence from 18 Latin-American Countries. Acta Politica. 59: 98-123. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-022-00282-3
  7. Kalemaj, I. & Lleshi, S. (2024). Assessing Success Through Party Label Durability: A Comparative Study of the Democratic Party of Albania and the Homeland Union of Lithuania. Journal of Liberty and International Affairs. 10(1): 212-32. https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA24101216k
  8. Kim, W., Bernhard, M., & Hicken, A. (2024). Party System Institutionalization and the Durability of Competitive Authoritarian Regimes. European Journal of Political Research. 63(4): 1374-1396. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12655 (Previous V-Dem Working Paper 129).
  9. Knutsen C.H. (2024) Democracy and Dictatorship. Fagbokförlaget. https://fagbokforlaget.no/products/9788245051674-democracy-and-dictatorship
  10. Knutsen, C.H. & Kolvani, P. (2024). Fighting the Disease or Manipulating the Data? Democracy, State Capacity, and the COVID-19 Pandemic. World Politics. 76(3): 543-593. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/wp.2024.a933071 (Previous V-Dem Working Paper 127).
  11. Knutsen C.H., Marquardt K.L., Seim, B., Coppedge, M., Edgell, A., Medzihorsky, J., Pemstein, D., Teorell, J., Gerring, J., & Lindberg, S.I. (2024). Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Assessing Democratic Backsliding. PS: Political Science & Politics. 57(2): 162-177.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S104909652300077X (Previous V-Dem Working Paper 140).
  12. Knutsen, C.H., Morgenbesser, L., & Wig, T. (2024). On the Move: Autocratic Leaders, Security, and Capital Relocations. Political Geography. 113: 103–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2024.103154
  13. Lleshi, S., Kalemaj, I. (2024). Party Organisation, Youth Wings and Political Representation in Contemporary Albania. Europe-Asia Studies. 76(10): 1551-1573. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2024.2424416
  14. Marquardt, K. L., Pemstein, D., Sanhueza Petrarca, C., Seim, B., Wilson, S. L., Bernhard, M., Coppedge, M., & Lindberg, S.I. (2024). Experts, Coders and Crowds: An Analysis of Substitutability. International Political Science Review. 46(4): 622-638.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/01925121241293459 (Previous V-Dem Working Paper 53)
  15. Mechkova, V., Pemstein, D., Seim, B., & Wilson, S.L. (2024). Measuring Online Political Activity: Introducing the Digital Society Project Dataset. Journal of Information Technology & Politics. 22(3): 279–295. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2024.2350495
  16. Sato, Y. & Wiebrecht, F. (2024). Disinformation and Regime Survival. Political Research Quarterly. 77(3): 1010-1025. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129241252811 (Previous V-Dem Working Paper 144).
  17. Wiebrecht, F. (2024). Corruption, Elite Contestation, and Parliaments: Why Do Legislatures Become Stronger in Authoritarian Regimes? Political Research Quarterly. 77(1): 255-269. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129231205296
  18. Wiesner, K., Bien, S., & Wilson M.C. (2024). The Principal Components of Electoral Regimes: Separating Autocracies from Pseudo-Democracies. Royal Society of Open Science. 11(10): e11240262 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240262
  19. Williamson, M., Akor, C., & Edgell, A.B. (2024). Democracy in Trouble: Democratic Resilience and Breakdown from 1900 to 2022. Cambridge University Press.
  20. Wilson, M.C. & Andersen, D. (2024). Economic Growth, Largest-Party Vote Shares, and Electoral Authoritarianism. Electoral Studies. 92: 102–879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102879
  21. Alexander, A., Charron, N., & Off, G. (2024). For Every Action a Reaction? The Polarizing Effects of Women's Rights and Refugee Immigration: A Survey Experiment in 27 EU Member States. European Journal of Political Research. 63(4): 1557-1577. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12664
  22. Bauhr, M. & Charron, N. (2024). Europe around the Corner? How Border Proximity and Quality of Government Explains European Identity. European Union Politics 25(2): 376-395. https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165231216882
  23. Bauhr, Monika, Nicholas Charron, and Lena Wängnerud. (2024). Will Women’s Representation Reduce Bribery? Trends in Corruption and Public Service Delivery Across European Regions. Political Behavior. 46: 2427-2450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09925-x
  24. Berman, A., de Fine Licht, K., & Carlsson, V. (2024). Trustworthy AI in the Public Sector: An Empirical Analysis of a Swedish Labor Market Decision-Support System. Technology in Society. 76: e102471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102471
  25. Dalén, P. The Share of Carbon Emissions by the Non-Rich and Support for Higher Environmental Taxes in Cross-National and Longitudinal Perspective. (2024). International Journal of Sociology. 54(5-6): 510-529. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207659.2024.2416769
  26. Kubbe, I., Baez-Camargo, C., & Scharbatke-Church, C. (2024). Corruption and Social Norms: A New Arrow in the Quiver. Annual Review of Political Science. 27: 423-444. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-051120-095535
  27. Mechkova, V. & Edgell, A.B. (2024). Substantive Representation, Women’s Health, and Regime Type. Comparative Political Studies 57(14): 2449-2481. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140231204222
  28. Wittberg, E., Erlingsson, G.Ó., & Wennberg, K. (2024). Does Local Government Corruption Inhibit Entrepreneurship? Small Business Economics 62(2): 775-806. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00783-1
  29. Bramsen, I. & Svensson, I. (2024). Peace Talks in the Russia-Ukraine War: When, Who, and How? International Negotiation. 31(1):97-122. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718069-bja10106
  30. Brosché, J. & Sundberg, R. (2024). What They Are Fighting For – Introducing the UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 68(10): 2128–2157. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027231218633
  31. Davies, S., Engström, G., Pettersson, T., & Öberg, M. (2024). Organized Violence 1989–2023, and the Prevalence of Organized Crime Groups. Journal of Peace Research. 61(4): 673–693. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433241262912
  32. Deglow, A. & Fjelde, H. (2024). Violent Elections and Citizens’ Support for Democratic Constraints on the Executive: Evidence From Nigeria. Comparative Political Studies. 57(4), 613–643. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140231178730
  33. Döring, S. & Mustasilta, K. (2024). Spatial Patterns of Communal Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Peace Research. 61(5): 858–873. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433231168187
  34. Hegele, L. (2024). Rebel Capital: How Rebel Leaders Use Social Networks to Shape Organizations and War (PhD diss., Department of Political Science, Stockholm University).
  35. Hegre, H., Vesco, P., Colaresi, M., Vestby, J., Timlick, A., Kazmi, N. S., ... & Walterskirchen, J. (2024). The 2023/24 VIEWS Prediction Challenge: Predicting the Number of Fatalities in Armed Conflict, with Uncertainty. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.11045
  36. Hellmüller, S., Tan, X.-Y. R., & Bara, C. (2024). What is in a Mandate? Introducing the UN Peace Mission Mandates Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 68(1): 166–192. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027231159830
  37. Kreft, A.-K. & Agerberg, M. (2024). Imperfect Victims? Civilian Men, Vulnerability, and Policy Preferences. American Political Science Review. 118(1), 274–290. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055423000345
  38. Kreutz, J. (2024). Conflict Prevention in Post-Conflict Settings. In Research Handbook on Conflict Prevention, ed. Kivimäki, T. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 324-340. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803920849.00025
  39. Lilja, J., Ferrari, G., Alvarado, J., Fabich, L.-A., Kyzy, G. A., Kenny, L., & Hossain, M. (2024). Territorial Control by Non-State Armed Groups and Gendered Access to Healthcare in Conflict Using a New Complex Adaptive Systems Framework. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1): e855. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03345-2
  40. Lynam, T., Zapata, M., Hegre, H., Bell, C., & Besaw, C. (2024). Early Warning and Predictive Analytic Systems in Conflict Contexts: Insights from the Field. Civil War. 26(3): 401-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2185377
  41. Petersson, E. (2024). Airpower and Territorial Control: Unpacking the NATO intervention in Libya. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 41(3): 289–312. https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942231173613
  42. Petrova, K. & Rosvold, E. L. (2024). Mitigating the Legacy of Violence: Can Flood Relief Improve People’s Trust in Government in Conflict-Affected Areas? Evidence from Pakistan. World Development. 173: e106372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106372
  43. Randahl, D. & Vegelius, J. (2024). Forecasting Densities of Fatalities from State-based Conflicts using Observed Markov Models. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.12374
  44. Randahl, D. & Vegelius, J. (2024). Inference with Extremes: Accounting for Extreme Values in Count Regression Models. International Studies Quarterly. 68(4): sqae137. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqae137
  45. Randahl, D. & Vegelius, J. Forecasting Densities of Fatalities from State-based Conflicts using Observed Markov Models. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.12374
  46. Rist, L., Norström, A., & Queiroz, C. (2024). Biodiversity, Peace and Conflict: Understanding the Connections. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 68: e101431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101431
  47. Rød, E. G., Gåsste, T., & Hegre, H. (2024). A Review and Comparison of Conflict Early Warning Systems. International Journal of Forecasting. 40(1): 96–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2023.01.001
  48. Svallfors, S. (2024). Milestone Moments: Community Violence and Women’s Life-Course Transitions in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. Population and Development Review. 50(3): 791–824. https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12628
  49. Svallfors, S., Båge, K., Ekström, A. M., Elimian, K., Gayawan, E., Litorp, H., & Kågesten, A. (2024). Armed Conflict, Insecurity, and Attitudes toward Women’s and Girls’ Reproductive Autonomy in Nigeria. Social Science & Medicine. 348: e116777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116777
  50. Svensson, I., Nilsson, D., & Gåsste, T. (2024). No End in Sight? Trajectories of War Terminations in Islamist Armed Conflicts. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, [Online First].https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2024.2398691
  51. van Baalen, S. (2024). Keeping Communal Peace in the Shadow of Civil War: A Natural Experiment from Côte d’Ivoire. World Development. 176: e106512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106512
  52. Vesco, P. Randahl, D., Hegre, H., Högbladh, S., & Yilmaz, M.C. (2024). The Underreported Death Toll of Wars: A Probabilistic Reassessment from a Structured Expert Elicitation. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2409.08779
  53. von Uexkull, N., Rød, E. G., & Svensson, I. (2024). Fueling Protest? Climate Change Mitigation, Fuel Prices and Protest Onset. World Development. 177, e106536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106536
  54. Walterskirchen, J. & Häffner, S. (2024). Text as Data for Crisis-Early Warning: A Comparative Assessment of NLP Methods for Conflict Prediction. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/4mbzn_V3
  55. Wennström, P. (2024). Cattle, Conflict, and Climate Variability: Explaining Pastoralist Conflict Intensity in the Karamoja Region of Uganda. Regional Environmental Change. 24(2): e54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02210-x
  56. Baghirzade, N. (2024). Global Challenges on the Welfare States: An Institutional Analysis (PhD diss., Debreceni Egyetem (Hungary)).
  57. Baranowska-Rataj, A., Högberg, B., & Bernardi, L. (2024). Parental Unemployment and Adolescents’ Subjective Wellbeing—The Moderating Role of Educational Policies. European Sociological Review. 40(2): 276-292. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad038
  58. Czarnecki, K. & Litwiński, M. (2024). Cross-Country Relationships between Student Funding Policies and Student Labour. Higher Education Policy. 37(2): 366-391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41307-023-00308-1
  59. Durocher, D. (2024). Targeted Transfers, a Left-Wing Policy? The Impact of Left-Wing Governments and Corporatism on Transfers to Low-Income Families (1982–2019). Journal of European Social Policy. 34(4): 389-403. https://doi.org/10.1177/09589287241240317
  60. Fasang, A. E., Andrade, S. B., Bedük, S., Buyukkececi, Z., & Karhula, A. (2024). Lives in Welfare States: Life Courses, Earnings Accumulation, and Relative Living Standards in Five European Countries. American Journal of Sociology. 130(2): 384-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/730851
  61. Karmann, A. (2024). A Gendered Double Movement? Income Security and Family Policy Dynamics Over Three Decades. Femina Politica–Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaf. 33(2): 23-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3224/feminapolitica.v33i2.03
  62. Lindemann K. (2024). Family Structure and Policy Contexts: Implications for Tertiary Education Attainment in 25 European Countries. European Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcae030
  63. Son, K. (2024). Gender cleavage and political parties in 19 welfare states, 1900–1975. Journal of European Public Policy, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2024.2439562
  64. Römer, F., Henninger, J., & Harris, E. (2024). Social Protection for Mobile Populations? A Global Perspective on Immigrant Social Rights. Social Policy & Administration. 58(1): 155-174. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12955
  65. Peters, M. E., Boräng, F., Kalm, S., Lindvall, J., & Shin, A. J. (2024). Historical Immigration Policies: Trends and Lessons. International Studies Quarterly. 68(3): sqae084. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqae084
  66. Ahlén, A. (2024). The Effects of Admission Policies on Rates of Family Migration in European States, 2008–2019. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 14(3), e2. https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.707
  67. Stahl, G.K., Akkan, E., Reiche, B.S., Hajro, A., ... Zander, L. (2024). Linking Institutional Context to the Community and Career Embeddedness of Skilled Migrants: The Role of Destination- and Origin-Country Identifications. Journal of International Business Studies. 55: 703–722. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00683-w
  68. Rhoads, E. L. & Das, R. (2024). The Specter of Potential Foreigners: Revisiting the Postcolonial Citizenship Regimes of Myanmar and India. Critical Asian Studies. 56(2): 155-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14672715.2024.2340996
  69. Bäck, H., Bergman, M. E., & Müller, W. C. (2024). Coalition Bargaining Time and Governments’ Policy‐Making Productivity. European Journal of Political Research, 63(4): 1263-1285. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12651
  70. Bäck, H., Hellström, J., Lindvall, J., & Teorell, J. (2024). Pre-Electoral Coalitions, Familiarity, and Delays in Government Formation. West European Politics. 47(1), 88-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2023.2200328
  71. Bäck, H. & Teorell, J. (2024). Statsministeromröstning och regeringsbildning. In T. Möller (Ed.), En författning i tiden. Regeringsformen under 50 år (pp. 143-179). Medströms Bokförlag. https://www.riksdagen.se/globalassets/03.-dokument-och-lagar/bestall-och-ladda-ner/ovriga-trycksaker/en-forfattning-i-tiden-regeringsformen-under-50-ar.pdf
  72. Bergman, T., Ilonszki, G., & Hellström, J. (eds.). (2024). Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe: Governing in Times of Crisis. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003328483
  73. Bergman, T., Ilonszki, G., & Hellström, J. (2024). Coalitions in Times of Crisis. In Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe: Governing in Times of Crisis, Bergman, T., Ilonszki, G., & Hellström, J. (eds.). Routledge, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003328483-1
  74. Bergman, T., Ilonszki, G., & Hellström, J. (2024). New Patterns of Coalition Politics in Central and Eastern Europe? In Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe: Governing in Times of Crisis, Bergman, T., Ilonszki, G., & Hellström, J. (eds.). Routledge, 288-320.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003328483-13
  75. Bergman, T., & Lindahl, J. (2024). Defining Caretaker Governments. In New Developments in the Study of Coalition Governments, Dumond, P., Grofman, B., Bergman, T., & Louwerse, T. (eds.). Springer, 73–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69347-2_4
  76. Dumond, P., Grofman, B., Bergman, T., & Louwerse, T. (eds.). (2024). New Developments in the Study of Coalition Governments. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69347-2
  77. Dumond, P., Grofman, B., Bergman, T., & Louwerse, T. (2024). Introduction: Old Puzzles, Conceptual Vagueness and New Developments in the Study of Coalition Governments. In Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe: Governing in Times of Crisis, Bergman, T., Ilonszki, G., & Hellström, J. (eds.). Routledge, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69347-2_1
  78. Fumarola, A. & Lindahl J. (2024). Concepts and Measurements. In Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe: Governing in Times of Crisis, Bergman, T., Ilonszki, G., & Hellström, J. (eds.). Routledge, 18-43. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003328483-13
  79. Hellström, J. (2024). Government formation and political institutions: some robust findings. In Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe: Governing in Times of Crisis, Bergman, T., Ilonszki, G., & Hellström, J. (eds.). Routledge, 89-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69347-2_5
  80. Lindahl, J. (2024). Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: Anticipatory Coalitional Strategies in European Representative Democracies. Government and Opposition. 59(2): 504-525.https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2022.53
  81. Müller, W. C., Bäck, H., & Hellström, J. (2024). Coalition Dynamics: Advances in the Study of the Coalition Life Cycle. West European Politics. 47(1): 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2023.2249316
  82. So, F. (2024). Serious Conflicts with Benign Outcomes? The Electoral Consequences of Conflictual Cabinet Terminations. American Political Science Review. 118(3): 1449-1463.https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305542300093X
  83. Thürk, M. & Krauss, S. (2024). The Formalisation of Minority Governments. West European Politics. 47(1): 113-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2022.2157994
  84. Bäck, H., Flores, A.Q., & Teorell, J. The Selection and Tenure of Foreign Ministers Around the World. Cambridge University Press, 2024.