[Air-L] Call for papers: The workshop on The Interplay of Physical and Digital Authoritarianism

[hossein kermani]

Dear colleagues,

I would like to invite you to submit your papers to the workshop “The Interplay of Physical and Digital Authoritarianism: Methodological and Theoretical Challenges and Approaches”, which will be held in Innsbruck, Austria, on 7–10 April 2026 as part of the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops.

The workshop explores how offline (physical) and online (digital) forms of authoritarianism intersect and mutually reinforce each other across different regime types. We do not focus exclusively on formally authoritarian regimes; instead, we understand authoritarianism as a set of practices that can exist across democratic and non-democratic contexts. The workshop also addresses various authoritarian practices such as propaganda, disinformation, and hate speech.

More information is available here:
https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/WorkshopDetails/16783

The workshop offers a focused and engaging atmosphere to discuss individual projects in depth, with particular attention to the work of early-career researchers.

Please send your submissions (paper title and abstract) directly to me at hossein.kermani at univie.ac.at
 by 8 January.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Hossein Kermani
University of Vienna