FASDEM
The Failing and Successful Sequences of Democratization (FASDEM) research program seeks to revolutionize our understanding of democratic transition by delineating and explaining both successful and failing episodes of democratization.
Our Work
Research Programs
Pandemic Backsliding
The Pandemic Backsliding Project assesses the extent to which governments are violating democratic standards for emergency provisions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Varieties of Autocratization
Varieties of Autocracy and Autocratization (V-Aut) aims to contribute to a better understanding of (1) why and how political regimes move towards autocracy as well as (2) the institutions and stability of historical and contemporary autocracies.
V-Forecast
The V-Forecast program is the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute’s forecasting intuitive. We offer two online forecasting tools: DemSpace and Predicting Adverse Regime Transitions (PART).
Academic Freedom
The Academic Freedom Index (AFi) project is a collaborative effort initially launched in 2019 between researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the V-Dem Institute, the Scholars at Risk Network, and the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi).
Policy & Collaborations
Case for Democracy
A campaign in defense of Democracy to translate and distribute knowledge and ideas from the academic sphere to policymakers and practitioners.
Democratic Resilience
The V-Dem Institute's project on democratic resilience as part of its work on autocratization – the decline of democracy.
Digital Society Project
The Digital Society Project (DSP) aims to answer some of the most important questions surrounding interactions between the internet and politics.
Demscore
An e-infrastructure providing free access to harmonized data from several of the world's largest datasets on Democracy, Environment, Migration, Social Policy, Conflict, and Representation