Encyclopedia Tyrannica: A Research Guide to Authoritarianism

Authors

Dr Teresa Almeida Cravo studied for her PhD in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom, for her Masters in Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, in the United Kingdom, and for her Undergraduate Degree in International Relations at the University of Coimbra, in Portugal. Since 2023, she is an associate professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics, a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, and the coordinator of the PhD program in international politics and conflict resolution, at the university of Coimbra, in Portugal. Previously, Almeida Cravo held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford (UK), at the University of Westminster (UK), at Monash University in Australia, and at Harvard University (USA). Almeida Cravo is a member of the International Studies Association, the European International Studies Association, and the British International Studies Association, among others. Her papers have been published by, among other outlets, Asia-Europe Journal, European Review of International Studies, Revue Internationale et Stratégique, and Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais.

Joanna Barszcz holds an MA in Clinical Psychology and an MA in Anthropology and Cultural Studies. Currently she is an independent scholar and head of the International Relations Centre at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznä (Poland). Her research interests and publications during her doctoral studies focused on communication theory in the cognitive sciences and the perspective of postmodern philosophy, as well as issues of resilience and chronic stress. Currently,she foremost works in international projects, and, in parallel, continues her doctoral studies in the field of social responsibility of science in an international context.

Dr Agnieszka Bógdä-Brzeziska studied International Relations in Warsaw. Since 2001-2003 and 2008-2016, she was Deputy Director of Institute of International Relations at the University of Warsaw, Poland. She is a founding member of Polish Society for International Studies (Warsaw, Poland), member of Polish Society of Political Science (Warsaw, Poland), Polish Geopolitical Society (Cracow, Poland), Space Commission of Polish Academy of Sciences (Gdäsk, Poland). Her previous books include Cyberterrorism and the problems of information security (ASPRA-JR, 2003); Terrorism and cyberterrorism as the greatest security challenge of the modern state, (co-author) (Conducting Research Foundation (FPBN), 2016); Re-visions and Re-Orientations. Non-European Thought in International Relations Studies (co-editor) (Bloomsberry-India, 2014). Her papers have been published by, among other outlets, Stosunki Midzynarodowe-International Relations; Journal of Geography, Politics and Society; Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity; Revista Român de Geografie Politic; Sustainability.

Dr Ana Bojinovi Fenko studied International Relations in Ljubljana. Since 2005 she is professor of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences in Slovenia. Bojinovi Fenko is a member of ISA, EISA, CEEISA and Slovenian Political Science Association. Her previous co-authored books include Mapping the New World Order (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) and Bridging the Gap Between the Study of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis: The Case Of International Regionalism (in Slovenian, 2010). Her papers have been published by, among other, the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea Studies, Journal of European Integration, Mediterranean Quarterly, Parliamentary