Tamara Grechanaya

Tamara Grechanaya is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Germany, hosted by Prof. Dr. Nicole Bolleyer under the Humboldt Research Fellowship Program starting July 1, 2025.

Her research specializes in authoritarian resilience mechanisms through computational analysis of political narratives, civil society repression tactics, and propaganda strategies. She integrates political science theory with advanced text-mining techniques to dissect how authoritarian regimes maintain power through narrative control and institutional suppression.

Key scientific recognition includes:

• Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs (2025) from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

This fellowship funds her current research on authoritarian regime survival strategies at LMU's Geschwister Scholl Institute, where she collaborates with Professor Bolleyer's research group on regime stability dynamics.