Carl Henrik Knutsen
@chknutsen.bsky.social
Political science professor, University of Oslo; Research group leader, CIR group; Researcher, PRIO; co-PI, V-Dem
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What happens when you combine @jacobnyrup.bsky.social fondness for turning dictators into Pepper Pig characters with my PowerPoint slides for the course I teach, Way of the Dictator. You get one of the greatest collaborations in the history of comparative authoritarianism 😆
@chknutsen.bsky.social
@chknutsen.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What happens when you combine @jacobnyrup.bsky.social fondness for turning dictators into Pepper Pig characters with my PowerPoint slides for the course I teach, Way of the Dictator. You get one of the greatest collaborations in the history of comparative authoritarianism 😆
@chknutsen.bsky.social
@chknutsen.bsky.social
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Spennende fast stilling på UiT Norges arktiske universitet for kvantitative samfunnsvitere (statsvitenskap, organisasjonsteori eller sosiologi). I tillegg får du muligheten til å bo i Tromsø og Nord-Norge 😁 www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Førsteamanuensis i samfunnsvitenskap (288658) | UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Stillingstittel: Førsteamanuensis i samfunnsvitenskap (288658), Arbeidsgiver: UiT Norges arktiske universitet, Søknadsfrist: onsdag 3. desember 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Spennende fast stilling på UiT Norges arktiske universitet for kvantitative samfunnsvitere (statsvitenskap, organisasjonsteori eller sosiologi). I tillegg får du muligheten til å bo i Tromsø og Nord-Norge 😁 www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
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Da vet vi hvordan Trump tenkte seg at den nye fredsplanen skulle bli akseptert av Ukraina: massivt press og trusler. bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Reuters reports that the U.S. has threatened to cut intel sharing and weapons supplies for Ukraine to press it into agreeing to Trump's 28-point plan. Sources say Kyiv is "under greater pressure from Washington than during any previous peace discussions." Trump wants it signed by Thursday.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Da vet vi hvordan Trump tenkte seg at den nye fredsplanen skulle bli akseptert av Ukraina: massivt press og trusler. bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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This week in America:
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This week in America:
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This is what competitive authoritarianism looks like - regime ally trying to purchase media and remove critical voices
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is what competitive authoritarianism looks like - regime ally trying to purchase media and remove critical voices
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Especially when you are paying the president tens or hundreds of millions of dollars (in blatant violation of the Constitution) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Especially when you are paying the president tens or hundreds of millions of dollars (in blatant violation of the Constitution) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
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People value free and fair elections, and prefer living in a country with free and fair elections but with less desirable outcomes (e.g. low levels of wealth) to living in a country without free and fair elections but with better outcomes journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00104140251392539
Are People Willing to Trade Away Democracy for Desirable Outcomes? Experimental Evidence From Six Countries - Jonathan A. Chu, Scott Williamson, Eddy S. F. Yeung, 2025
To what extent do people prioritize living in a democracy over other indicators of good governance or personal well-being? This question has become contested as...
journals.sagepub.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
People value free and fair elections, and prefer living in a country with free and fair elections but with less desirable outcomes (e.g. low levels of wealth) to living in a country without free and fair elections but with better outcomes journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00104140251392539
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The methodology business cycle
(Ok I'm trademarking that for a future paper 🤣)
(Ok I'm trademarking that for a future paper 🤣)
1. Someone comes up with a cool method.
2. Star scholars publish papers in big journals using cool method.
3. Cool method market for papers gets saturated.
4. Someone writes a paper pointing out a big flaw in cool method.
5. Reviewers reject cool method papers using 4.
Rinse, repeat. Rinse, repeat.
2. Star scholars publish papers in big journals using cool method.
3. Cool method market for papers gets saturated.
4. Someone writes a paper pointing out a big flaw in cool method.
5. Reviewers reject cool method papers using 4.
Rinse, repeat. Rinse, repeat.
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The methodology business cycle
(Ok I'm trademarking that for a future paper 🤣)
(Ok I'm trademarking that for a future paper 🤣)
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🚨 New article out!
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🚨 New article out!
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
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Join us tomorrow at @uio.no for the 3rd C-REX/CIR meeting on Democracy and Extremism. Presentations by @chknutsen.bsky.social & @jacravn.bsky.social, followed by comments from parliamentary leader T. Brenna (Labour Party) & H. Nordby Lunde (former Conservative MP). www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
Demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme
- C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning
Hvordan designe et robust demokrati og beskytte det mot voldelig ekstremisme? Innledninger ved professor og statsviter Carl Henrik Knutsen og professor og statsviter Jacob Aasland Ravndal. Kommentarer...
www.sv.uio.no
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Join us tomorrow at @uio.no for the 3rd C-REX/CIR meeting on Democracy and Extremism. Presentations by @chknutsen.bsky.social & @jacravn.bsky.social, followed by comments from parliamentary leader T. Brenna (Labour Party) & H. Nordby Lunde (former Conservative MP). www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
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Ser frem til å innlede til dette frokostmøtet sammem med @chknutsen.bsky.social om demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme i regi av @crexuio.bsky.social og CIR forskergruppen ved @statsvitenskap.bsky.social
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
Demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning
Hvordan designe et robust demokrati og beskytte det mot voldelig ekstremisme? Innledninger ved professor og statsviter Carl Henrik Knutsen og professor og statsviter Jacob Aasland Ravndal.
www.sv.uio.no
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Ser frem til å innlede til dette frokostmøtet sammem med @chknutsen.bsky.social om demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme i regi av @crexuio.bsky.social og CIR forskergruppen ved @statsvitenskap.bsky.social
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
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Hereby confirming that I’ve also been honored 😀 Thanks again for the great collaboration, @adridelrio.bsky.social and @plutscher.bsky.social !
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hereby confirming that I’ve also been honored 😀 Thanks again for the great collaboration, @adridelrio.bsky.social and @plutscher.bsky.social !
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Now I also got it @adridelrio.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social :-) Thanks @apsa.bsky.social
for mentioning our #education dataset:
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Data: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
for mentioning our #education dataset:
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Data: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Now I also got it @adridelrio.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social :-) Thanks @apsa.bsky.social
for mentioning our #education dataset:
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Data: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
for mentioning our #education dataset:
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Data: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Check out or new article — published today in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social — where we discuss and provide guidelines for the construction and use of datasets.
We draw on our lessons from three major data collection efforts on education policies and systems 👇
We draw on our lessons from three major data collection efforts on education policies and systems 👇
NOW OUT ON FV!!
Enhancing #Transparency & #Replicability in #Data #Collection: Lessons from the Construction of 3 #Education #Datasets
By @adridelrio.bsky.social, Woseeok Kim, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, Agustina S. Paglayan & @eugenian.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Enhancing #Transparency & #Replicability in #Data #Collection: Lessons from the Construction of 3 #Education #Datasets
By @adridelrio.bsky.social, Woseeok Kim, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, Agustina S. Paglayan & @eugenian.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Check out or new article — published today in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social — where we discuss and provide guidelines for the construction and use of datasets.
We draw on our lessons from three major data collection efforts on education policies and systems 👇
We draw on our lessons from three major data collection efforts on education policies and systems 👇
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Donald Trumps plan to subvert the midterms is underway
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way
Our election system is reaching a breaking point.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Donald Trumps plan to subvert the midterms is underway
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Thanks @apsa.bsky.social for the mention to my coauthored #education dataset with @chknutsen.bsky.social and @plutscher.bsky.social in @cpsjournal.bsky.social.
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Data: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Data: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thanks @apsa.bsky.social for the mention to my coauthored #education dataset with @chknutsen.bsky.social and @plutscher.bsky.social in @cpsjournal.bsky.social.
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Data: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Data: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
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It just got 10% dumber.
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
October 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It just got 10% dumber.
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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the federal government is waging war on citizens living in areas that didnt vote for donald trump, its insane
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
the federal government is waging war on citizens living in areas that didnt vote for donald trump, its insane
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New version (0.6.0) of my #rstats package {democracyData} xmarquez.github.io/democracyData/ with @freedomhouse.bsky.social data to 2024, as well as several other sources, plus minor improvements all around
Access and Manipulate Most Available Democracy Datasets
Archives a large number of democracy datasets, many of historical interest. It also provides a number of functions to download these datasets (where available) and determine membership of a country in...
xmarquez.github.io
October 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
New version (0.6.0) of my #rstats package {democracyData} xmarquez.github.io/democracyData/ with @freedomhouse.bsky.social data to 2024, as well as several other sources, plus minor improvements all around
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The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
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The self-censorship continues...
"I was the editor of Governing, a magazine and website covering state and local governments. But after facing increasing internal censorship pressures — largely to avoid critical coverage of President Donald Trump — I refused to go along, and I resigned."
"I was the editor of Governing, a magazine and website covering state and local governments. But after facing increasing internal censorship pressures — largely to avoid critical coverage of President Donald Trump — I refused to go along, and I resigned."
Another disturbing example of how Trump silences dissent: "the chief content officer for our parent company... stated in a meeting that we should not run articles that could draw the attention of the Trump White House and have them try to shut us down." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Opinion | I Quit My Job in the Face of Pro-Trump Censorship
A veteran journalist says his bosses were afraid of crossing the administration.
www.politico.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The self-censorship continues...
"I was the editor of Governing, a magazine and website covering state and local governments. But after facing increasing internal censorship pressures — largely to avoid critical coverage of President Donald Trump — I refused to go along, and I resigned."
"I was the editor of Governing, a magazine and website covering state and local governments. But after facing increasing internal censorship pressures — largely to avoid critical coverage of President Donald Trump — I refused to go along, and I resigned."