Daniel Ritter

Daniel Ritter is a Senior Lecturer (Docent) at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University. As a political sociologist specializing in revolutions and social movements, he has held academic positions at the University of Texas at Austin, European University Institute, and University of Nottingham before returning to Stockholm University in 2016.

• Specializes in revolutions and social movements
• PhD from University of Texas at Austin (2010)
• Former postdoctoral researcher at European University Institute and Stockholm University
• Previously Assistant Professor at University of Nottingham (2010-2016)

His research focuses on the paradoxes of liberal internationalism in Middle East revolutions (The Iron Cage of Liberalism), democratization failures in civil war contexts (Social Movement and Civil War), and contemporary global political turbulence (On Revolutions). Recent work examines how international political forces constrain domestic revolutionary outcomes.

Key article keywords reveal trends in:

• 2015-2022 publications: revolutions (x3), democratization (x2), civil war (x1), Middle East (x1), political sociology (x3), social movements (x2)
• Subfields: authoritarianism, state-society dynamics, international intervention, protest movements, political violence, and global governance

Scientific Awards:

• 2017: Stockholm University “Award for Good Teaching”