Palina Kolvani

Doctoral Research Fellow
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Email palina.kolvani@stv.uio.no
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Visiting address Gullhaug torg 1 0480 Oslo

Academic interests

  • Comparative politics
  • Democracy and democratization
  • Autocracies
  • Bureaucratic Politics
  • Corruption

Background

Associate researcher at the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute, University of Gothenburg, (2020-2021)

MSc in Political Science, University of Gothenburg (2020)

BA in Political Science and International Relations and Business Administration (double major), American University in Bulgaria (2018)

Tags: authoritarian regimes, Autocracy, Bureaucratic Politics, Comparative Politics, Corruption, Democracy, democratization

Selected publications

Hellmeier, Sebastian , Rowan Cole, Sandra Grahn, Palina Kolvani, Jean Lachapelle, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Shreeya Pillai, and Staffan I. Lindberg. 2021. "State of the world 2020: Autocratization Turns Viral". Democratization, 28:6, 1053-1074, doi: 10.1080/13510347.2021.1922390

 

Alizada, Nazifa, Rowan Cole, Lisa Gastaldi, Sandra Grahn, Sebastian Hellmeier, Palina Kolvani, Jean Lachapelle, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Shreeya Pillai, and Staffan I. Lindberg. 2021. "Autocratization Turns Viral. Democracy Report 2021".University of Gothenburg, Varieties of Democracy Institute. https://www.v-dem.net/en/publications/democracy-reports/
 
Kolvani, Palina, Martin Lundstedt, Amanda B. Edgell, and Jean Lachapelle. 2021. "Pandemic Backsliding: A Year of Violations and Advances in Response to Covid-19". University of Gothenburg, Varieties of Democracy Institute: V-Dem Policy Brief, No. 32, July 2021. https://www.v-dem.net/en/publications/briefing-papers/
 
Kolvani, Palina, Shreeya Pillai, Amanda B. Edgell, Sandra Grahn, Stefanie Kaiser, Jean Lachapelle, and Anna Lührmann. 2020. "Pandemic Backsliding: Democracy Nine Months into the Covid-19 Pandemic". University of Gothenburg, Varieties of Democracy Institute: V-Dem Policy Brief, No. 26, December 2020. https://www.v-dem.net/en/publications/briefing-papers/
 
Kolvani, Palina, Martin Lundstedt, Seraphine F. Maerz, Anna Lührmann, Jean Lachapelle, Sandra Grahn, and Amanda B. Edgell. 2020. "Pandemic Backsliding: Democracy and Disinformation Seven Months into the Covid-19 Pandemic". University of Gothenburg, Varieties of Democracy Institute: V-Dem Policy Brief, No. 25, October 2020. https://www.v-dem.net/en/publications/briefing-papers/
Published Sep. 3, 2021 10:34 AM - Last modified Nov. 26, 2021 2:06 PM

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