Publications

Articles

Executive Constraints and Focal Points: Facilitators of Democratic Breakdowns Led by Incumbents versus Non-incumbents, 1789-2020.
With Vilde Lunnan Djuve, Carl Henrik Knutsen, and Svend-Erik Skaaning
Democratization, Forthcoming.

The Price of Incompetence: Security Failures and Selective Accountability in Autocracies.
With Austin S. Matthews
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Forthcoming.

Governing for growth? Economic performance and finance minister survival in democracies and autocracies.
With Jacob Nyrup
Political Research Quarterly, 2026.
[Paper] [Replication materials]

Constrainers vs. enablers? Fiscal deficits and the political survival of finance ministers across regime types.
With Lasse Aaskoven
Political Studies, 2025.
[Paper] [Replication materials]

Blame-shifting in autocracies following large-scale disasters: Evidence from Turkey.
With Edward Goldring, and Fulya Apaydin
Perspectives on Politics, 2025.
[Paper] [Replication materials]

Electoral Autocracies, Hybrid Regimes, and Multiparty Autocracies: Same, same but different?
Single-authored
Democratization, 2025.
Winner of the Frank Cass Prize ‘Best Junior/Young Scholar article’ 2025
[Paper] [Replication materials]

When do workers support executive aggrandizement? Lessons from the recent Turkish experience.
With Fulya Apaydin, Ferit Serkan Öngel, and Erol Ülker
Industrial Relations Journal, 2022.
[Paper]

Other

The rise of autocracies and the transformation of global governance.
With Faradj Koliev and Jonas Tallberg
WFD/PSA Policy brief series: The authoritarian ecosystem, 2026.
[Policy Brief]