Join us for a presentation of the latest Democracy Report from the V-Dem Institute. Staffan Lindberg will present the latest trends for democracy and autocracy in the world and across regions. Among other things, the report shows that the level of democracy enjoyed by the average person in the world in 2023 is down to 1985-levels; by country-based averages, it is back to 1998. 71% of the world’s population – 5.7 billion people – now live in autocracies – an increase from 48% ten years ago. This presentation offers a sober analysis of these trends, providing a valuable opportunity to understand the current state and potential future of democracy globally.
Speaker
Staffan I. Lindberg is Director of the V-Dem Institute at University of Gothenburg; Principal Investigator of Varieties of Democracy; Wallenberg Academy Fellow, author of Democracy and Elections in Africa (JHUP 2006), co-author of Varieties of Democracy (CUP 2020), Why Democracies Develop and Decline (CUP 2022) and over 60 academic articles. Lindberg has extensive experience as consultant and advisor to international organizations.
Moderator
Henry Hale is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University and Co-Director of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia). He has spent extensive time conducting field research in post-Soviet Eurasia and is currently working on identity politics and political system change, with a special focus now on public opinion dynamics in Russia and Ukraine. His work has won two prizes from the American Political Science Association and he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for his research in Russia in 2007-2008.