This paper examines the practices, performance, and perceptions of the messaging platform
Telegram as an actor in the 2020 Belarus protests, using publicly available data from …

Who are the people who, in the face of extreme repression, unexpectedly take to the streets
en masse in an authoritarian state? This article aims to answer this question with reference …

Do geopolitical orientations distinguish anti-Lukashenka protesters from non-protesters in
Belarus? Employing data from an original online protest survey among 18+ year-old citizens …

Drawing on three theoretical perspectives—“protest-democracy,”“authoritarian/patronal
regime dynamics,” and “contentious politics”—developed in the study of popular protests in …

Social trust is believed to be beneficial to societal mobilization and the participation in
protests. At the same time, state performance, notably of state power structures during …

How can and should we analyze mass mobilization and its outcomes in authoritarian (and
potentially democratizing) states as social scientists? Are there any distinctive features to the …

This study delves into the narratives employed by Belarusian propaganda during the Russo-
Ukrainian War, examining 1,750 news items from Belarusian state media sources and the …

The exchange rate reacts on political protests. Market agents affected by unrest increase
exchange rate volatility. This may be converted into currency devaluation if monetary …

The eruption of protests within consolidated authoritarian regimes is an infrequent event
seen by many scholars as resulting from the separatist intentions of a regional elite enabled …

Protest mobilisation and coordination require competences that extend beyond political
leadership and communication. Technology, which has become a daily part of humanity …