Felix Dwinger
@dwingerfelix.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), France • Autocratic Politics, Democratic Backsliding, Game Theory, Causal Inference • felixdwinger.com
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Reminder: the deadline to apply to the conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective" is tomorrow!
Call for abstracts for interdisciplinary conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective," May 26-27 in Toulouse @tse-fr.eu
Deadline: Nov 15. Travel/accommodation will be covered.
Please apply!
Co-organized with Jan Stuckatz, Selina Hofstetter, and Mikkel Dack.
Deadline: Nov 15. Travel/accommodation will be covered.
Please apply!
Co-organized with Jan Stuckatz, Selina Hofstetter, and Mikkel Dack.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Reminder: the deadline to apply to the conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective" is tomorrow!
The truly conspicuous part is that he does not end with 'Thank you for your attention to this matter!'
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The truly conspicuous part is that he does not end with 'Thank you for your attention to this matter!'
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📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...
London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science
We are inviting submissions for the London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science (LESS), a new forum for discussing experimental political science research among researchers at London unive...
forms.gle
August 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...
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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
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‼️ Former head of detention centre in Russia's Taganrog personally ordered torture of late Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna – police
Former head of detention centre in Russia’s Taganrog personally ordered torture of late Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna – police
Ukrainian police investigators have served the former head of Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 2 in Taganrog, Russia’s Rostov Oblast, with a notice of suspicion for ordering the torture of late Ukrainia...
www.pravda.com.ua
August 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
‼️ Former head of detention centre in Russia's Taganrog personally ordered torture of late Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna – police
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Moscow is either preparing to attack Estonia - a NATO nation - or is making new attempts to intimidate NATO.
Russia is moving electronic warfare systems 20km from Estonia against the backdrop of Zapad-2025 military drills in Belarus.
www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Russia is moving electronic warfare systems 20km from Estonia against the backdrop of Zapad-2025 military drills in Belarus.
www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/202...
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Moscow is either preparing to attack Estonia - a NATO nation - or is making new attempts to intimidate NATO.
Russia is moving electronic warfare systems 20km from Estonia against the backdrop of Zapad-2025 military drills in Belarus.
www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Russia is moving electronic warfare systems 20km from Estonia against the backdrop of Zapad-2025 military drills in Belarus.
www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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From May 2025 -
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R
- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York
#OpenAccess
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R
- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York
#OpenAccess
July 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
From May 2025 -
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R
- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York
#OpenAccess
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R
- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York
#OpenAccess
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It's too hot this evening to be outside 🥵 so I decided to sit indoors in the cool & sort through some old papers from uni papers I'd been meaning to clear out.
& I came across this clipping of an editorial from @newscientist.com from 2006!
It makes for some grim reading...
It's too hot this evening to be outside 🥵 so I decided to sit indoors in the cool & sort through some old papers from uni papers I'd been meaning to clear out.
& I came across this clipping of an editorial from @newscientist.com from 2006!
It makes for some grim reading...
July 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🧵/
It's too hot this evening to be outside 🥵 so I decided to sit indoors in the cool & sort through some old papers from uni papers I'd been meaning to clear out.
& I came across this clipping of an editorial from @newscientist.com from 2006!
It makes for some grim reading...
It's too hot this evening to be outside 🥵 so I decided to sit indoors in the cool & sort through some old papers from uni papers I'd been meaning to clear out.
& I came across this clipping of an editorial from @newscientist.com from 2006!
It makes for some grim reading...
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During the nationwide minute of silence in Ukraine, even as heavy rain fell, this man stopped alone in the street — motionless, soaked, and silent — to honor the memory of Ukraine’s fallen defenders.
No words. No gestures. Just pure respect.
Sometimes, the quietest moments speak the loudest.
No words. No gestures. Just pure respect.
Sometimes, the quietest moments speak the loudest.
July 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
During the nationwide minute of silence in Ukraine, even as heavy rain fell, this man stopped alone in the street — motionless, soaked, and silent — to honor the memory of Ukraine’s fallen defenders.
No words. No gestures. Just pure respect.
Sometimes, the quietest moments speak the loudest.
No words. No gestures. Just pure respect.
Sometimes, the quietest moments speak the loudest.
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Last night Russia bombarded Ukraine
741 areal targets including a RECORD 728❗️drones @ 13⚠️ missiles
Reports included a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile - which reaches its target in mere minutes.
A friend “it was loud but I tried to sleep” - she means in a basement on a cold floor
Others weren’t so lucky
741 areal targets including a RECORD 728❗️drones @ 13⚠️ missiles
Reports included a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile - which reaches its target in mere minutes.
A friend “it was loud but I tried to sleep” - she means in a basement on a cold floor
Others weren’t so lucky
July 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Last night Russia bombarded Ukraine
741 areal targets including a RECORD 728❗️drones @ 13⚠️ missiles
Reports included a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile - which reaches its target in mere minutes.
A friend “it was loud but I tried to sleep” - she means in a basement on a cold floor
Others weren’t so lucky
741 areal targets including a RECORD 728❗️drones @ 13⚠️ missiles
Reports included a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile - which reaches its target in mere minutes.
A friend “it was loud but I tried to sleep” - she means in a basement on a cold floor
Others weren’t so lucky
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🚀 Launching the Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social!
We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy.
🌐 hu-govlab.de
Follow us for research, updates & collaborations.
#GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch
We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy.
🌐 hu-govlab.de
Follow us for research, updates & collaborations.
#GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch
HUMBOLDT-GOV.LAB | aktuelle Spitzenforschung
Das Humboldt Governance Lab (Humboldt GovLab) ist ein Forschungslabor an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
hu-govlab.de
July 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🚀 Launching the Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social!
We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy.
🌐 hu-govlab.de
Follow us for research, updates & collaborations.
#GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch
We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy.
🌐 hu-govlab.de
Follow us for research, updates & collaborations.
#GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch
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Morning in Kyiv. No sleep. Air quality is extremely bad. City is covered in thick smoke.
This is Russian terror, aimed at people who chose to stay, resist and fight.
This is Russian terror, aimed at people who chose to stay, resist and fight.
July 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Morning in Kyiv. No sleep. Air quality is extremely bad. City is covered in thick smoke.
This is Russian terror, aimed at people who chose to stay, resist and fight.
This is Russian terror, aimed at people who chose to stay, resist and fight.
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Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
www.cambridge.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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🚨 Academic job alert!
We are hiring 12 people at graduate, assistant professor, and full prof level in the 20th century history of Central/Eastern Europe.
Our institute is growing, Warsaw is brilliant, and we want young and enthusiastic people. Join us!
We are hiring 12 people at graduate, assistant professor, and full prof level in the 20th century history of Central/Eastern Europe.
Our institute is growing, Warsaw is brilliant, and we want young and enthusiastic people. Join us!
Join the team of the Center for Totalitarian Studies! - Instytut Pileckiego
The Center for Totalitarian Studies has announced competitions for positions in the humanities. We are looking for professors, adjuncts and assistants.
instytutpileckiego.pl
July 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨 Academic job alert!
We are hiring 12 people at graduate, assistant professor, and full prof level in the 20th century history of Central/Eastern Europe.
Our institute is growing, Warsaw is brilliant, and we want young and enthusiastic people. Join us!
We are hiring 12 people at graduate, assistant professor, and full prof level in the 20th century history of Central/Eastern Europe.
Our institute is growing, Warsaw is brilliant, and we want young and enthusiastic people. Join us!
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A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
July 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
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June 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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📢📢📢 We're hiring at CERGE-EI in Prague! 📢📢📢
💥2 tenure-track AP positions in applied micro, but open across fields for strong candidates
💥1 post-doc in health economics
Perfect for couples! 👫👭👬
#EconTwitter #EconJobMarket #EuropeanJobMarketforEconomists #TimeToMoveToEurope
💥2 tenure-track AP positions in applied micro, but open across fields for strong candidates
💥1 post-doc in health economics
Perfect for couples! 👫👭👬
#EconTwitter #EconJobMarket #EuropeanJobMarketforEconomists #TimeToMoveToEurope
November 14, 2024 at 2:16 PM
📢📢📢 We're hiring at CERGE-EI in Prague! 📢📢📢
💥2 tenure-track AP positions in applied micro, but open across fields for strong candidates
💥1 post-doc in health economics
Perfect for couples! 👫👭👬
#EconTwitter #EconJobMarket #EuropeanJobMarketforEconomists #TimeToMoveToEurope
💥2 tenure-track AP positions in applied micro, but open across fields for strong candidates
💥1 post-doc in health economics
Perfect for couples! 👫👭👬
#EconTwitter #EconJobMarket #EuropeanJobMarketforEconomists #TimeToMoveToEurope
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Speaking in Uzbekistan Slovak PM Robert Fico calls for reform of Slovakia’s political system reducing numbers of parties. Says Europe needs to draw inspiration from more “economically more efficient” non-democratic systems like those of UZ, China, Vietnam.
dennikn.sk/minuta/46837...
dennikn.sk/minuta/46837...
Fico v Uzbekistane: Volám po zmene politického systému, aj Slovensko by potrebovalo menej strán
Robert Fico v Uzbekistane volal po zmene politického systému na Slovensku, v ktorom by bolo menej strán. Chválil režimy v Uzbekistane, Vietname a Číne, pri ktorých podľa neho krajiny s vládami zložený...
dennikn.sk
June 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Speaking in Uzbekistan Slovak PM Robert Fico calls for reform of Slovakia’s political system reducing numbers of parties. Says Europe needs to draw inspiration from more “economically more efficient” non-democratic systems like those of UZ, China, Vietnam.
dennikn.sk/minuta/46837...
dennikn.sk/minuta/46837...
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"the temperatures at every reef north of Ningaloo reached as high as or higher than ever recorded.
“We’ve never had every major WA reef affected in a single event. This is the worst coral bleaching event recorded for WA reefs.” "
#ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We’ve never had every major WA reef affected in a single event. This is the worst coral bleaching event recorded for WA reefs.” "
#ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"the temperatures at every reef north of Ningaloo reached as high as or higher than ever recorded.
“We’ve never had every major WA reef affected in a single event. This is the worst coral bleaching event recorded for WA reefs.” "
#ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We’ve never had every major WA reef affected in a single event. This is the worst coral bleaching event recorded for WA reefs.” "
#ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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DON’T SCROLL PAST TERROR. TALK ABOUT KHARKIV.
If I could, I would scream it into the world — but instead, I write it with shaking hands: RUSSIA STRUCK KHARKIV with 53 DRONES, 4 BOMBS & a MISSILE. It was the LARGEST & MOST RUTHLESS attack on the city since the war began. Three people were killed, 21 injured. THIS IS TERROR.
June 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
DON’T SCROLL PAST TERROR. TALK ABOUT KHARKIV.
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Why is democracy so fragile—and autocracy so resilient?
📅June 23-24
Line-up: @bartonelee2.bsky.social @janeesberg.bsky.social @felixhaass.bsky.social @mattingly.bsky.social @monikanalepa.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social &+
ℹ️ www.iast.fr/conferences/...
📅June 23-24
Line-up: @bartonelee2.bsky.social @janeesberg.bsky.social @felixhaass.bsky.social @mattingly.bsky.social @monikanalepa.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social &+
ℹ️ www.iast.fr/conferences/...
Workshop on the Political Economy of Autocratic Rule & Democratic Backsliding
Workshop on the Political Economy of Autocratic Rule & Democratic Backsliding, Toulouse, TSE/IAST Building, June 23–24, 2025.
www.iast.fr
June 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Why is democracy so fragile—and autocracy so resilient?
📅June 23-24
Line-up: @bartonelee2.bsky.social @janeesberg.bsky.social @felixhaass.bsky.social @mattingly.bsky.social @monikanalepa.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social &+
ℹ️ www.iast.fr/conferences/...
📅June 23-24
Line-up: @bartonelee2.bsky.social @janeesberg.bsky.social @felixhaass.bsky.social @mattingly.bsky.social @monikanalepa.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social &+
ℹ️ www.iast.fr/conferences/...
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Inspired by this lineup? Join us at the IAST workshop.
✍️Register by 15/06: www.iast.fr/registration...
👉Organized with care by: A. Degrave, @dwingerfelix.bsky.social @haasvioleta.bsky.social @hlarreguy.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social K. Michelitch, A. Ezzeldin Mohamed & @asimpser.bsky.social
✍️Register by 15/06: www.iast.fr/registration...
👉Organized with care by: A. Degrave, @dwingerfelix.bsky.social @haasvioleta.bsky.social @hlarreguy.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social K. Michelitch, A. Ezzeldin Mohamed & @asimpser.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Inspired by this lineup? Join us at the IAST workshop.
✍️Register by 15/06: www.iast.fr/registration...
👉Organized with care by: A. Degrave, @dwingerfelix.bsky.social @haasvioleta.bsky.social @hlarreguy.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social K. Michelitch, A. Ezzeldin Mohamed & @asimpser.bsky.social
✍️Register by 15/06: www.iast.fr/registration...
👉Organized with care by: A. Degrave, @dwingerfelix.bsky.social @haasvioleta.bsky.social @hlarreguy.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social K. Michelitch, A. Ezzeldin Mohamed & @asimpser.bsky.social
Excited about our upcoming @iast.fr workshop on autocratic politics & democratic backsliding! Join us if you are in the Toulouse area or passing through on your way to #epsa.
Program,registration link, & add'l info on our workshop's website: tinyurl.com/iast-autocracy
Registration is required. ☝️
Program,registration link, & add'l info on our workshop's website: tinyurl.com/iast-autocracy
Registration is required. ☝️
June 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Excited about our upcoming @iast.fr workshop on autocratic politics & democratic backsliding! Join us if you are in the Toulouse area or passing through on your way to #epsa.
Program,registration link, & add'l info on our workshop's website: tinyurl.com/iast-autocracy
Registration is required. ☝️
Program,registration link, & add'l info on our workshop's website: tinyurl.com/iast-autocracy
Registration is required. ☝️
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The clear goal is to suffocate what remains of Hungary’s critical civil society and to intimidate independent media, ahead of the highly contested 2026 elections — elections that the incumbent Fidesz party would lose if held today, writes @danielhegedus.bsky.social.
euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
May 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The clear goal is to suffocate what remains of Hungary’s critical civil society and to intimidate independent media, ahead of the highly contested 2026 elections — elections that the incumbent Fidesz party would lose if held today, writes @danielhegedus.bsky.social.
euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
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My first book piece in German!
Ich habe meinen ersten deutschen Buchbeitrag für die Sächsische Zeitung veröffentlicht, in dem es darum geht, wie man Einwanderung populär machen kann! Wenn Sie in Dresden sind, kommen Sie am Dienstag um 14 Uhr zur MIDEM.
www.saechsische.de/kultur/regio...
Ich habe meinen ersten deutschen Buchbeitrag für die Sächsische Zeitung veröffentlicht, in dem es darum geht, wie man Einwanderung populär machen kann! Wenn Sie in Dresden sind, kommen Sie am Dienstag um 14 Uhr zur MIDEM.
www.saechsische.de/kultur/regio...
May 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
My first book piece in German!
Ich habe meinen ersten deutschen Buchbeitrag für die Sächsische Zeitung veröffentlicht, in dem es darum geht, wie man Einwanderung populär machen kann! Wenn Sie in Dresden sind, kommen Sie am Dienstag um 14 Uhr zur MIDEM.
www.saechsische.de/kultur/regio...
Ich habe meinen ersten deutschen Buchbeitrag für die Sächsische Zeitung veröffentlicht, in dem es darum geht, wie man Einwanderung populär machen kann! Wenn Sie in Dresden sind, kommen Sie am Dienstag um 14 Uhr zur MIDEM.
www.saechsische.de/kultur/regio...