PhD Candidate at Konstanz University / Political Science / ICTs in Autocracies
Joined March 2014
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Rebecca Strauch retweeted
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“Public Opinion Effects of Digital State Repression”
Dr. @ReStrauc examines how the public reacts to internet shutdowns in repressive regimes that seek to suppress opposing views in #Africa.
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Rebecca Strauch retweeted
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🚨I have an opening for a PhD position (4-year) in my team at @IPZ_ch starting Jan 1, 2024. Join our vibrant research environment in the department and at @UZH_en in beautiful Zurich, Switzerland! Focus of the position is on studying the #digitaltransformation of politics.
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14 Feb 2023
Last week I successfully defended my dissertation on “Digital Adaptation in Autocracies” at @UniKonstanz 🥳. I am truly grateful for the endless support I received along the way. Many thanks to my committee @nils_weidmann, @gabi_spilker and @karstendonnay.
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Thrilled to announce that our article “Protest and digital adaptation” is now available @Res_Pol journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
@nils_weidmann and I show that citizens in autocracies adapt digitally to protest events on the ground by relying on the Tor encrypting network.
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1 Jun 2022
The reliance on the Tor network is even more pronounced in countries where the censorship of social media content is more common.
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Even if the mass adoption of anonymity-preserving technology seems unlikely, our study shows that citizens are able to fight back against digital interference by autocratic regimes.