Democracy & Donuts: Autocracy & Apples
Join us on Wednesday, April 1 for a special edition: Autocracy & Apples.
Each month, we highlight a democracy-related initiative or program and share updates on upcoming events and opportunities connected to this theme.
Short remarks at 9:15 a.m.
This month, two Kellogg faculty fellows will share short introductions to their work:
- Victoria Hui (Political Science) will speak about her work on democracy, authoritarianism, and resistance movements, drawing on her research and engagement with democratic struggles, including Hong Kong.
- Michael Coppedge (Political Science) will highlight his work with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project and his Democracy Catalyst initiative, offering a look at how researchers use data and increasingly AI to track how democracies are changing around the world.

Victoria Tin-bor Hui
Victoria Tin-bor Hui is associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. She examines the centrality of war in the formation and transformation of “China” in the long span of history, comparative state formation and state-society relations, contentious politics and resistance movements, political culture, Asian and Confucian values, and Chinese politics...





