Acknowledgements

Donors

This report was made possible by the generous support of the Dutch Postcode Lottery, Google, Inc., the Hurford Foundation, Jyllands-Posten Foundation, the Merrill Family Foundation, Meta Platforms, Inc., and Robert Tuttle & Maria Hummer-Tuttle.

The Freedom in the World Junior Fellowship program gives young researchers critical work experience in the democracy and human rights field. The nine-month program funds Junior Fellows in core research positions to contribute to this report, and equips them with a range of marketable skills that can propel them on to successful careers.

The Freedom in the World Junior Fellowship program is generously underwritten by the Merrill Family Foundation, with support from the Panter Family Fund. The Junior Fellows contributing to Freedom in the World 2024 include:

• Tsering, Junior Fellow for Asia-Pacific
• Gaby Ivanova, Junior Fellow for Europe and Eurasia
• Eva Stanley, Junior Fellow for sub-Saharan Africa

Freedom House is committed to editorial independence and is solely responsible for this report’s content.

Research and Editorial Team

• Matthew Barak, Research Associate
• Yana Gorokhovskaia, Research Director, Strategy and Design
• Cathryn Grothe, Research Analyst
• Amelia Larson, Associate Editor
• David Meijer, Editor
• Shannon O’Toole, Editorial Director
• Tyler Roylance, Staff Editor
• Jeffrey Sablosky, Research Manager
• Adrian Shahbaz, Vice President for Research and Analysis
• Lora Uhlig, Associate Editor

The Policy Recommendations were authored by Emraan Ansari, Annie Boyajian, Jennifer Brody, and Katie LaRoque.

Analysts

• Fatimah Alfareh, Independent researcher
• Aurora Almada e Santos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• Victoria Andreasyan, Independent researcher
• Ignacio Arana Araya, Carnegie Mellon University
• Rasha Al Aqeedi, Independent researcher
• Bojan Baća, Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg
• Slava (Veaceslav) Balan, PhD candidate, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
• Daniel Esteban Barría Yorins, Independent researcher
• Mariana Batista, Federal University of Pernambuco
• Armend Bekaj, Independent researcher
• Adib Bencherif, University of Sherbrooke
• Bruno Binetti, Inter-American Dialogue
• Sebastian Bitar, School of Government, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
• Gustavo Bonifaz Moreno, Senior Researcher at Global Partners Governance, London
• Brett Carter, Stanford University and University of Southern California
• Hannah Chapman, University of Oklahoma
• Peter Clegg, University of the West of England, Bristol
• Costa Constanti, Independent researcher
• Karin Deutsch Karlekar, PEN America
• Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University
• Julian Dierkes, University of British Columbia
• Boniface Dulani, University of Malawi
• Daniel Eizenga, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
• Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE/RL
• Connor Ewing, University of Toronto
• Brady Flynn, Position Green Advisory   
• Jon Fraenkel, Professor in Comparative Politics, Victoria University of Wellington
• Will Freeman, Fellow for Latin America studies, the Council on Foreign Relations
• Courtney Freer, Emory University
• Sergiu Gherghina, University of Glasgow
• Dustin Gilbreath, Caucasus Research Resource Centers Georgia
• Hamida Giyasbayli, Independent researcher
• Anas El Gomati, Sadeq Institue
• Jamie Hitchen, Independent researcher
• Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, University of Iceland
• Jonathan Hulland, American Jewish World Service
• Niklas Hultin, George Mason University
• Harry Hummel, Netherlands Human Rights League (Liga voor de Rechten van de Mens)
• Dr. Salomé Ietter, University of Warwick
• Rico Isaacs, University of Lincoln
• Faysal Itani, The New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy
• Kristen Kao, University of Gothenburg
• Weronika Kiebzak, Independent researcher
• Marko Kmezic, University of Graz
• Ooi Kok Hin, The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH)
• Ágnes Kovács, Eötvös Loránd University
• Joshua Kurlantzick, Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
• Olena Lennon, University of New Haven
• Michael Lettieri, Mexico Violence Resource Project
• Seulgie Lim, Bates College
• Lone Lindholt, Independent researcher
• Maria Lindholt, Independent researcher
• David McGrane, University of Saskatchewan
• Rachael McLellan, University of Glasgow
• Jasmin Mujanovic, Independent researcher
• Kuniaki Nemoto, Musashi University, Japan
• Franklin Oduro, Independent researcher
• Lucas Olo Fernandes, Comisión Ecuatoguineana de Juristas
• Susan Ostermann, University of Notre Dame
• Ana Pastor Gonzalez, Independent researcher
• Aljaž Pengov Bitenc, Radio KAOS
• Lucas Perelló, Marist College
• Amalia Perez Martin, Sacramento State University
• Elizabeth M. Ramey, Independent researcher
• Jasmin Ramsey, Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI)
• Adrien M. Ratsimbaharison, Benedict College, Columbia, SC (USA)
• Susanne Reitmair-Juárez, University of Innsbruck, Austria
• Milos Resimic, Independent researcher
• Elizabeth Rhoads, Lund University
• Tyson Roberts, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
• Marek Rybar, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
• Michael Semple, Mitchell Institute, Queen’s University Belfast
• Debbie Sharnak, Rowan University        
• Maggie Shum, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College
• Olga Skrypnyk, independent researcher
• Natalia Slavney, Research Analyst, Henry L. Stimson Center
• Ruzha Smilova, Centre for Liberal Strategies and Sofia University
• Ermias Tasfaye, Independent researcher
• Noah Tucker, The Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews
• Wouter Veenendaal, Leiden University
• Diego Velazquez, Journalist
• Franz von Bergen, Independent researcher
• Nikolaus von Twickel, Center for Liberal Modernity
• Gregory White, Smith College
• Leticia Yeboah, Position Green Advisory

Advisers

• Rita Abrahamsen, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottowa
• Alejandro Anaya-Muñoz, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México
• Rodrigo Barrenechea, Universidad Católica del Uruguay
• Florian Bieber, Center for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Austria
• Julio F. Carrion, University of Delaware
• Licia Cianetti, University of Birmingham, UK, Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability, and Representation (CEDAR)
• Javier Corrales, Professor, Amherst College
• Mai El-Sadany, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
• Georges A. Fauriol, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• Šumit Ganguly, Indiana University, Bloomington
• Julie George, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
• Lane Greene, The Economist
• Steven Heydemann, Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Smith College
• David Holiday, Independent researcher
• Sari Kouvo, Associate Professor, Gothenburg University
• Adrienne LeBas, American University
• Peter Lewis, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
• Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame
• Peter Mandaville, George Mason University
• Houda Mzioudet, University of Toronto
• Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
• Robert Orttung, George Washington University
• Tsveta Petrova, Lecturer, Political Science, Columbia University
• Catherine Putz, The Diplomat
• Susan Thomson, Colgate University
• Maya Tudor, Oxford University
• Bridget Welsh, University of Nottingham Malaysia
• Susanna D. Wing, Haverford College