Research

My research relates to the fields of Comparative Politics, Democratization Research and Comparative Authoritarianism. I am particularly interested in studying how economic and political inequalities affect political behavior of authoritarian elites and citizens living under an autocratic regime as well as how to measure and conceptualize regime transformation epsiodes (autocratization and democratization). Empirically, I apply quantitative methods (multilevel models, matching methods for panel data) and adopt a comparative perspective (cross-national comparisons with a focus on autocracies). Below you find information on current working papers and projects.

Work in progress

• Lott, Lars & Janika Spannagel (2023). Quality Assessment of the Academic Freedom Index: Strengths, Weaknesses, and How Best to Use It. Revise and Resubmit
• Lott, Lars (2024). How Academic Freedom Evolves. The Non-Democratic Roots of University Education and the Emergence of Academic Freedom. Work in progress
• Pelke, Lars (2021). How do past repression and indoctrination affect redistributive preferences? Work in progress
• Lott, Lars & Croissant, Aurel (2023). Measuring Autocratization. In: Routledge Handbook of Autocratization. Routledge. Finalized, available on request