Speaker
Anne Meng, Assistant Professor of Politics, University of Virginia
Biography
Anne Meng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia.
Her research centers on authoritarian politics and institutions, and game-theoretic approaches to the study of dictatorship. Her book project examines how executive constraints become established in dictatorships, formally within state constitutions and informally within presidential cabinets. She also has other work on democratic erosion, leadership succession, ruling parties, electoral authoritarianism, and coup-proofing. She has a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and is interested in finding new and creative ways to collect data on authoritarian institutions.