Roman-Gabriel Olar

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Assistant Professor

E:romangabriel.olar@dcu.ie
W:https://rgolar.weebly.com/
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I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. Previously, I was an Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin. I received my PhD in Government from the Department of Government at the University of Essex. I am also a Research Fellow at the Michael Nicholson Centre for Conflict and Cooperation, University of Essex. Between 2014 and 2018, I was a member of the Research School on Peace and Conflict at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). 
My research on the legacy of democratic transitions on democratic attitudes is funded by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). I have also engaged in policy consultancy for USAID's "Democracy, Human Rights and Governance" Excellence Center.

​My research focuses on the politics of authoritarian regimes, state repression, civil-military relations and democratization.
My work has been published at Comparative Political Studies, Research&Politics, and Journal of Peace Research.

My public scholarship on democracy and human rights can be found on Political Violence @ a Glance.

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2024 Roman-Gabriel Olar; Anja Neundorf (2024) 'Winds of change: Democratic transitions and long-term democratic support'. DEMOCRATIZATION (ONLINE), . [DOI]
2024 Olar, Roman-Gabriel (2024) 'Democratization Boost or Bust? Electoral Turnout After Democratic Transitions'. Comparative Political Studies, 57 (10). [DOI]
2023 (2023) 'Copy thy neighbor: Spatial interdependences in the democracy-repression nexus'. Journal of Human Rights, . https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2023.2289371
2023 Gleditsch, K.S.; Olar, R.G.; Radean, M. (2023) 'Going, going, gone? Varieties of dissent and leader exit'. Journal of Peace Research, 60 . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433221092813
2020 Anja Neundorf; Johannes Gerschewski; Roman-Gabriel Olar (2020) 'How Do Inclusionary and Exclusionary Autocracies Affect Ordinary People?'. Comparative Political Studies, 53 (12):1890-1925. [DOI]
2019 Roman-Gabriel Olar (2019) 'Fait accompli, or live to fight another day? Deterring and surviving coups in authoritarian regimes'. Research and Politics, . [DOI]
2019 Roman-Gabriel Olar (2019) 'Do they know something we don’t? Diffusion of repression in authoritarian regimes'. Journal of Peace Research, 56 (5):667-681. [DOI]
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Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
22/09/2014 University of Essex PhD Government
24/09/2012 University College London MSc International Public Policy
08/09/2008 Babes-Bolyai University BA European Administration

Other Activities

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Media

Title Year Type Authors
THE (NON)DEMOCRATIC EFFECTS OF COVID-19. WHICH REGIMES WILL RECOVER? 2020 Newspaper article (online) Roman-Gabriel Olar
MILITARIES AND COVID-19: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY 2020 Newspaper article (online) Katariina Mustalsilta and Roman-Gabriel Olar

Research Interests

Comparative Politics, International Relations, Human Rights, Conflict Processes, Authoritarianism, Democratization, Maximum Likelihood, Spatial Econometrics.

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Talking to the other side: The effect of dialogue and negotiation on democratic support Principal Investigator 17/08/2020 30/06/2021
Autocratic Revolving Doors: When do autocratic elites make a democratic comeback? DCU PI 07/04/2022 06/04/2023

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name Degree Supervision
Ay ,Emine PhD-track Supervisor

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2022 LG218
2022 LG514
2022 LG359
2023 LG250
2023 GC1EX
2023 LG2180
2024 GC2EX