Acknowledgements

Donors

This report was made possible by the generous support of Google, Inc., the Hurford Foundation, Jyllands-Posten Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc., and the National Endowment for Democracy.

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 employs 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 Foundation. The Junior Fellows contributing to Freedom in the World 2022 include:

Matthew Barak, Junior Fellow for Europe and Eurasia
Alexandra Dent, Junior Fellow for Sub-Saharan Africa
Alessandra Restifo, Junior Fellow for the Americas

Research and Editorial Team

Elisha Aaron, Editorial Research Assistant

Cathryn Grothe, Research Associate

David Meijer, Associate Editor

Shannon O’Toole, Managing Editor

Sarah Repucci, Vice President for Research and Analysis

Tyler Roylance, Staff Editor

Amy Slipowitz, Research Manager

Lora Uhlig, Associate Editor

Manisha Vepa, Research Associate

 

Analysts

Aalaa Abuzaakouk, Georgetown University

Vahid Aliyev, Independent researcher

Ibrahima Amadou Niang, Independent researcher

Victoria Andreasyan, Independent researcher

Ignacio Arana Araya, Institute for Politics and Strategy, Carnegie Mellon University

Bojan Baća, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg

Slava (Veaceslav) Balan, PhD candidate, University of Ottawa

Gerald Bareebe, Assistant Professor, York University

Mariana Batista, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Bruno Binetti, Inter-American Dialogue

Mamadou Bodian, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD)

Gustavo Bonifaz Moreno, Independent researcher

Brett Carter, University of Southern California and Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Anastasia Chacón González, Independent researcher

Hannah S. Chapman, Miami University

Annie Barbara Chikwanha, University of Johannesburg

Peter Clegg, University of the West of England, Bristol

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University

Jack Corbett, University of Southampton

Tariq Desai, The Governance Group

Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Director, Free Expression at Risk Programs, PEN America

Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University

Julian Dierkes, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia

Jake Dizard, Independent researcher

Rose Dlougatch, Independent researcher

Boniface Dulani, University of Malawi

Donika Emini, Executive Director, Balkan Research Institute

Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Jon Fraenkel, Victoria University of Wellington

Corinna-Barbara Francis, Independent consultant

Michael Freedman, University of Haifa

Sergiu Gherghina, University of Glasgow

Dustin Gilbreath, Caucasus Research Resource Centers Georgia

Liutauras Gudžinskas, Vilnius University

Fabian Habersack, University of Innsbruck

Ted A. Henken, Baruch College, CUNY

Jamie Hitchen, Independent researcher

Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, University of Iceland

Jonathan Hulland, American Jewish World Service

Niklas Hultin, George Mason University

Harry Hummel, Human rights defender

Salomé Ietter, Queen Mary University of London

Rico Isaacs, University of Lincoln

Faysal Itani, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy

Kristen Kao, University of Gothenburg

Jane Kinninmont, European Leadership Network

Marko Kmezic, University of Graz

Ágnes Kovács, Eötvös Loránd University

Joshua Kurlantzick, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Olena Lennon, University of New Haven

Lone Lindholt, Independent researcher

Maria Lindholt, Independent researcher

Rachael McLellan, University of Glasgow

Mushfiq Mohamed, Maldivian lawyer, writer, and activist

Kacey Mordecai, Independent researcher

Jasmin Mujanovic, Independent researcher

Joachim Nahem, The Governance Group

Gareth Nellis, University of California, San Diego

Kuniaki Nemoto, Musashi University

Lucas Olo, Commission of Jurists of Equatorial Guinea

Oge Onubogu, United States Institute of Peace

Susan Ostermann, University of Notre Dame

Ana Pastor, Independent researcher

Aljaž Pengov Bitenc, Independent researcher

Lucas Perelló, Marymount Manhattan College

Elizabeth M. Ramey, Center for Civilians in Conflict

Adrien M. Ratsimbaharison, Benedict College, Columbia, SC

Vlora Rechica, Institute for Democracy 'Societas Civilis' Skopje (IDSCS)

Tyson Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles

Marek Rybar, Masaryk University

Jean Eddy Saint Paul, Professor of Sociology, Brooklyn College

Debbie Sharnak, Rowan University

Maggie Shum, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame

Olga Skrypnyk, Chairperson of the board, Crimean Human Rights Group, and coordinator, Crimea Platform Expert Network

Ruzha Smilova, Department of Political Science, Sofia University, and Centre for Liberal Strategies

Merve Tahiroglu, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)

Elizabeth Tsurkov, Fellow, New Lines Institute

Noah Tucker, St Andrews University

Olesya Vartanyan, Senior South Caucasus Analyst, International Crisis Group

Wouter Veenendaal, Institute of Political Science, Leiden University

Diego Velazquez, Journalist, Luxemburger Wort

David Vivar, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

Franz von Bergen, Independent researcher

Nikolaus von Twickel, Independent researcher

Gregory White, Smith College

Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim, Research Associate, Sahel Research Group

 

Advisers

Alejandro Anaya-Muñoz, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City

Florian Bieber, University of Graz

Julio F. Carrión, University of Delaware

Licia Cianetti, University of Birmingham

Javier Corrales, Amherst College

Mai El-Sadany, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)

Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University, Bloomington

Julie George, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY

Lane Greene, The Economist

Yara Hawari, Al Shabaka

Steven Heydemann, Smith College

Sari Kouvo, Independent consultant

Adrienne LeBas, American University

Fabrice Lehoucq, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Peter Lewis, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame

Peter Mandaville, George Mason University

Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International

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

Gideon Rahat, Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Israel Democracy Institute

Maya Tudor, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Bridget Welsh, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Susanna D. Wing, Haverford College