Anna Fruhstorfer

Viel Erfolg liebe Lisa! Ich werd dich vermissen!

Book cover. Includes an image of tanks in front of the Brazilian Congress and the title: Lawmaking under Authoritarianism. Factions, Institutions, and Outcomes Across Dictatorships

New Publication Alert!
Why are legislatures in some authoritarian regimes more powerful and influential than in others?
In their book, Alejandro Bonvecchi and @emisimison.bsky.social answer this question by analysing past dictatorships in Argentina, Brazil, and Spain
www.cambridge.org/9781009676243

Tagungsprogramm Tag 1

Tagungsprogramm Tag 2 und 3. Auffindbar als pdf unter https://www.jura.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/Fachbereich_Rechtswissenschaft/Einrichtungen/Lehrstuehle/Muenkler/Enabling_Democracy_pre._programm_Feb._26.pdf

Tagung „Enabling Democracy“, 30.09-02.10.26 in Bonn. Nähere Informationen: www.jura.uni-bonn.de/institute-un...

Super happy to see that my paper with Dr. Robert Braun, "Pedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany" got published online in the American Sociological Review!

doi.org/10.1177/0003...

My first preprint is up!

Qualitative Methods in the Digital Era: How computation entangles fieldwork?

Drawing on 8 years collecting multiple types of data on Brazil’s environmental state, I reflect on how abductive fieldwork is changing.

Comments welcomed

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Schließung des Instituts für Archäologie an der HU-Berlin Die Archäologie gehört seit fast 200 Jahren zur wissenschaftlichen Tradition der Humboldt-Universität. Ihre Schließung bedeutet den Abbruch einer gewachsenen Forschungstradition und eine dauerhafte Sc...

Wenn ihr eine Minute Zeit habt, unterschreibt diese Petition gegen die mittelfristige Schließung des Archäologischen Instituts an der HU Berlin im Rahmen der Sparmaßnahmen:

Old black-and-white portrait of a young boy wearing a buttoned vest and collared shirt.

20 February 1936 | A Czech Jewish boy, Jiří Epstein, was born in Karlovy Vary.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 January 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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▶ The first gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://bit.ly/3MtiLwY

Portrait of a young woman with short dark hair, wearing a dark blouse.

20 February 1922 | A Polish Jewish woman, Sima Stopek, was born in Warsaw. She settled in France.

In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Pithiviers. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

📽️✨ #MyPhDPitch: @gatybiyo.bsky.social @eui-law.bsky.social reflects on fieldwork with the Baka people in Central Africa and what happens when state property law meets Indigenous ways of understanding the forest.

Really looking forward to talking about my book, Return of Tyranny, on March 3 at LSE’s @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social. If you are in London, please come! Details 👇

Auf @soziopolis.bsky.social ist heute das Dossier zu strategischer Prozessführung erschienen, das ich mit Verena Frick herausgebe. Sechs Autorinnen beleuchten strategische Klagen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven: www.soziopolis.de/dossier/stra...

Next Mon (23rd) I’m presenting new research on “Femonationalist Politics” at the Gender Working Group, EUI. 🙏 for the invite!

www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

We find femonationalist rhetoric makes nativist parties seem ⬆️ socially acceptable & ⬇️ extreme, though effects on overall support are modest.

NEW PUBLICATION
“How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social
🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808
I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.

Abstract of the paper: In response to rising immigration flows and the fear of Islamic radicalization, several Western countries have enacted policies to restrict religious expression and emphasize secularism and Western values. Despite intense public debate, there is little systematic evidence on how such policies influence the behavior of the religious minorities they target. In this paper, we use rich quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate the effects of the 2004 French headscarf ban on the socioeconomic integration of French Muslim women. We find that the law reduces the secondary educational attainment of Muslim girls and affects their trajectory in the labor market and family composition in the long run. We provide evidence that the ban operates through increased perceptions of discrimination and that it strengthens both national and religious identities.

As Abdelgadir and Fouka show, the headscarf ban in France negatively affected the educational attainment of Muslim girls, as well as their labor force participation and employment rates: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next? How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.

Amazing analysis of pub closures in the UK, by @laurenleek.eu, and the corporate interests behind them. Some important political and policy implications open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Sound und Widerstand: Was macht Musik zu einem Protestsong?

Zu Protestsongs von der großartigen Anna Schwenck

💡 To register and receive the webinar details, please follow this link: lnkd.in/d4-rgcVC

🤓 On Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 14:00-15:30 CET, we will be discussing Anna Fruhstorfer's anticipated monograph, Constitutional Change under Autocracy, just out with Oxford University Press.

The ICON-S CEE Chapter is delighted to invite everyone to our next online roundtable about an exciting new book! 😊

Lawmaking under Authoritarianism Cambridge Core - Latin American Government, Politics and Policy - Lawmaking under Authoritarianism

Why are legislatures in some authoritarian regimes more powerful than others? @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmulsse.bsky.social) and Alejandro Bonvecchi (UTDT-Conicet) tackle this question Lawmaking under Authoritarianism

doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Polisky

Two new articles in Party Politics

With
@gessler.bsky.social

Measuring party positions and issue salience with mass media and manifesto data"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...

With Hanspeter Kriesi
"Restructuring party systems in Northwestern Europe"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Feedback very welcome!

Als der Krieg endete, war Simone Veil keine 18 und Vollwaise.
Sie sei sich oft vorgekommen wie eine Außerirdische, kaum jemand wollte die Geschichten der Überlebenden hören. Noch Jahre später, da war sie  längst aufgestiegen zu einer bekannten Juristin

Book Cover, Constitutional Change under Autocracy, Oxford

Author with book copies

With this book, I hope to offer new insights into the political function of law under autocracy.
You can order it here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

They instrumentalize them to consolidate power, manage internal rivalries, and respond to external pressures. Drawing on case studies from Azerbaijan, Mexico, and the GDR, as well as a large-N comparative analysis, the book shows how these amendments can shape legitimacy and stabilize regimes.

It was a very special day when my book arrived, and I got to open the package with my family :)
Constitutional Change under Autocracy explores how autocrats use constitutional amendments not as mere legal tweaks, but as strategic tools.

I’m really looking forward to discussing our research in the upcoming PRD webinar, organised by the brilliant @jenny-oser.bsky.social.

Join us next Wed, 14 Jan, for a timely conversation on how democracy can be promoted online - and what research tells us about what actually works.

More details ⬇️

My colleague @mariamsalehi.bsky.social and I are organizing this event this coming Monday to discuss USA, Venezuela and the politics of force with excellent guest! Join us @interactfu.bsky.social, FU Berlin, or online.

Das @manifestoproj.bsky.social analysiert seit vielen Jahren politische Texte - aber unser Datensatz ist voll mit Zahlen. In einem Artikel in den neuen WZB-Mitteilungen haben meine Kolleg:innen und ich anhand von sechs Zahlen beschrieben, was wir da eigentlich so machen. 🔍🖥️📄