Carolina Science Cafe | Data on Contemporary Authoritarianism
October 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Data on Contemporary Authoritarianism in Context: Russia since the Invasion of Ukraine
Join us for a special installment of the Carolina Science Cafe, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program. For the October cafe, we will welcome Sasha de Vogel, a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Associate Director with the Authoritarian Politics Lab in the UNC Department of Political Science. This cafe is done in partnership with the University of North Carolina Postdoctoral Association.
Designed for adults, this program explores science topics making national and international headlines and offers the chance to meet the experts behind the headlines. The Carolina Science Cafe is hosted at Haw River Tab & Table in Carrboro on Tuesday, October 1st, starting at 6:00 p.m. with light appetizers available for all attendees.
Before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Vladimir Putin’s government had already been designated as authoritarian. Since then, Russia has seen changes in its laws, more repression, and a growing acceptance of these harsh measures. As a result, Russians now find it nearly impossible to publicly oppose their government. This talk will examine the political shifts that have occurred in Russia since the war in Ukraine started.
About the Speaker
Sasha de Vogel is a post-doctoral fellow and associate director of the Authoritarian Politics Lab at UNC Chapel Hill. Her research addresses how authoritarian regimes manage their publics, in particular how they prevent or respond to protest, with a regional focus on Russia. Her scholarship has appeared in Conflict Management and Peace Studies, Democratization and Post-Soviet Affairs. She has a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan and previously held post-doctoral fellowships at New York University and Harvard University.
