Want to find out more about V-Dem data and how to use it? Join the Varieties of Democracy Institute in a live webinar explaining the V-Dem data and tools for interested policy makers, academics, and students.
The second principle of democracy in the series on V-Dem’s 5 principles of democracy is Liberal Democracy. The liberal principle of democracy emphasizes the importance of protecting individual and minority rights against a potential “tyranny of the majority” and state repression.
We continue the series on V-Dems five principles of democracy with the electoral principle. This principle embodies the core value of making rulers responsive to citizens through periodic elections.
On the International Day of Democracy, we start a new series introducing the different varieties of democracy measured in the V-Dem project.
The Portuguese translation of the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 is out! It includes a new article examining the origins and impact of the far-right in Portugal.
The Spanish version of V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 is out, and includes a new section examining the advance of far-right political projects in Latin America.
Democratic backsliding is now happening in well-established democracies. Democracy in the USA is deteriorating at unprecedented speed, and media and journalists are increasingly targeted across the world. This, and more, is reported in the latest Democracy Report from the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg.
Deadline extended! Applications are open for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cross-National Survey Methodology in Political Science - Apply by April 15.
We welcome the new V-Dem Institute Director Steven Wilson, and ask him a few questions about his new role, his priorities for V-Dem and what research interest he brings with him to the project.
Two new research projects will tackle the issue of democratic resilience, in different ways. We congratulate the V-Dem researchers involved in the two projects that received funding from the Swedish Research Council.
