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Jakob Tolstrup is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, specializing in authoritarian and post-Soviet politics. His research examines Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Georgia, with a focus on dictator-elite relations, propaganda, mass demonstrations, and democratization processes.
His primary research interests include:
- Mechanisms of authoritarian control (e.g., repression, personality cults)
- Foreign policy strategies of non-democratic states
- Protest dynamics in post-Soviet societies
- Electoral processes in transitioning democracies
Between 2015 and 2020, he contributed to the research project Conflict and Democratization, analyzing political transitions in Eastern Europe. His recent publications (2024) focus on elections in Georgia and Moldova, reflecting ongoing work on electoral integrity in post-Soviet states. Earlier works explore authoritarian diffusion, elite loyalty, and hereditary power structures.
No awards, student advisements, or laboratory affiliations are documented in available materials.
