German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. Viola Lucas

Former Associate

Short CV

09/2017: Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award, Global State Revenues and Expenditures (GSRE) Data Set
Since 11/2015: Associate at GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies
09/2013 - 12/2013: Visiting Scholar at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada
01/2011 - 10/2015: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
Education: International Economics (Diplom)and Political Sciences (Magister) at the University of Tuebingen, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo,US) and Sciences Po (Paris, France)

Current Research

Fiscal/public policy and state budgets
Resilience of authoritarian rule
Political and non-political violence
Economic development , modernization and transformation theory

Countries and Regions

Middle East
Nepal

Research Programmes

Peace and Security

Dissertation

The Effects of Autocracies on Governance

Awards

Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award 2017, Comparative Politics Section, APSA, 2017

Dr. Viola Lucas

Former Associate

GIGA Working Papers | 04/2017

Ousted from the Bench? Judicial Departures in Consolidating Democracies

Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos

Dr. Charlotte Heyl

Dr. Viola Lucas

Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh

Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber

Informationen zur politischen Bildung: Naher Osten | 12/2016

Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Golfkooperationsrat (GCC)

Dr. Viola Lucas

Former Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Dataset | 2016

Replication Data for: State Hydrocarbon Rents, Authoritarian Survival and the Onset of Democracy: Evidence from a New Dataset

Data and stata code for replication of results in the main text and the supplementary material for: Lucas, Viola, and Thomas Richter (2016), State hydrocarbon rents, authoritarian survival and the…

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/F7JJDP

Dr. Viola Lucas

Former Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Dataset | 2016

GSRE 1.0 - Global State Revenues and Expenditures Dataset

The GSRE 1.0 dataset is based on recently released historical documents from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and improves the coverage and accuracy of state budget data for most authoritarian regimes…

https://doi.org/10.7802/1290

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Dr. Viola Lucas

Former Associate

Wirtschaftshandbuch Asien-Pazifik | 2016

Nepal

Dr. Viola Lucas

Former Associate

German Political Science Association | 28/09/2018

Patronage, Verteilungskoalitionen und fiskalische Anpassung: Ein Vergleich unterschiedlicher autoritärer Regimetype

Organiser: German Political Science Association Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Ferdinand Eibl (Speaker), Dr. Viola Lucas (Speaker)

Dr. Thomas Richter

Ferdinand Eibl

Dr. Viola Lucas

Workshop | 05/06/2015

Spending versus Taxation in Petro-Autocracies: Exploring Mechanisms of Mass-Cooptation

The International Dimensions of Authoritarian Rule, London Organisers: King’s College London Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Dr. Viola Lucas (Speaker)

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Dr. Viola Lucas

Former Associate

Conference | 24/09/2012 - 28/09/2012

Do Different Autocracies Spend Differently? An Empirical Investigation of Social Welfare Expenditures

Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen Organisers: German Political Science Association Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Ferdinand Eibl (Speaker), Dr. Viola Lucas (Speaker)

Dr. Thomas Richter

Ferdinand Eibl

Dr. Viola Lucas

Dr. Viola Lucas

Short CV

Current Research

Countries and Regions

Research Programmes

Dissertation

Awards

Dr. Viola Lucas

Publications

Ousted from the Bench? Judicial Departures in Consolidating Democracies

Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Golfkooperationsrat (GCC)

Replication Data for: State Hydrocarbon Rents, Authoritarian Survival and the Onset of Democracy: Evidence from a New Dataset

GSRE 1.0 - Global State Revenues and Expenditures Dataset

Nepal

Lectures

Patronage, Verteilungskoalitionen und fiskalische Anpassung: Ein Vergleich unterschiedlicher autoritärer Regimetype

Spending versus Taxation in Petro-Autocracies: Exploring Mechanisms of Mass-Cooptation

Do Different Autocracies Spend Differently? An Empirical Investigation of Social Welfare Expenditures

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