Chaos on campus: How and when students can challenge authoritarian rule

The talk is open to all – no registration needed. Please contact us in advance if you are not a student or a member of staff at Uppsala University, so we can make sure you can access the venue.

Speaker Bio

Sirianne Dahlum is a Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo and a member of the Norwegian Academy for Young Researchers. Previously, she has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Havard Kennedy School and the V-dem Institute at Gothenburg University, and a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Professor Dahlum’s research tries to understand the conditions that facilitate stable democracy, with a particular interest in citizens’ commitment to democracy and dictatorship, and when citizens will challenge political leaders and regimes.