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I am a Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, where I teach and research authoritarian politics, revolutions, and democratization, geographically focusing on North Africa.

I co-founded the Oxford Authoritarian Politics Network, which organizes speaker series on non-democratic governance, convenes reading groups, workshops and events.

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I am also a book review editor of Perspectives on Politics.
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I was previously the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Girton College, University of Cambridge.

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Teaching & Supervision
 

I teach two graduate courses on comparative authoritarian politics, most recently for Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations. You can find the course syllabus here.

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Previously, I have acted as a seminar leader for the Blavatnik School of Governance's Politics of Policymaking module and provided tutorials on North African politics for the Human, Social and Political Sciences BA at Cambridge University.

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I also act as a supervisor for graduate and undergraduate students. Please get in touch if you have a supervision enquiry.

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Students feedback on my teaching method and philosophy:​

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'Anne is a fantastic instructor. She comes to every class extremely well prepared, asks challenging questions that stimulate discussion, and provides thoughtful guidance on presentations and essays that deepened my understanding of the course. Her enthusiasm for the material is infectious and motivated me to prepare more for class. The presentations she gave were also helpful in further solidifying themes. I loved every second of this course, and Anne is by far the best instructor I have ever had in my degree. In addition, she went above and beyond what is expected for the course. Her exam prep sessions were extremely helpful, and she wrote far more sample exam questions than were expected' (Authoritarian Politics, May 2025)

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'I loved the course, one of my favorite seminars. Very interesting discussions and presentations. I appreciate that we could change the essay questions and approach the topics from different angles, I also like that they included multiple countries. I also appreciate the flexibility with topics, it allowed me to write better essays and do some research. I like that we chose our presentations as well so that we can focus on what's related to our research. I like Anne's approach and how she welcomed all suggestions and topics, also essay comments were very thorough and helpful. Thanks a lot for the interesting course!' (Authoritarian Politics, March 2025)

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'Anne was a great seminar leader. She created a welcoming environment. Not only did we learn but we shared a lot of laughs together. I really appreciated her powerpoints which helped to solidify concepts from the lecture. She also brought a breadth of knowledge from her own research that was added value to our discussions' (Politics of Policymaking, March 2025)

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'Genuinely really enjoyed the seminar. Anne created a safe space where everyone felt like they could contribute while ensuring that we stayed on track to cover concepts. It was a place of discussion, learning, and unlearning with people that you felt like you could learn with/from. Thank you, Anne. I'd definitely do the seminars again' (Politics of Policymaking, March 2025)

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'Thank you for a wonderful course this term. It truly was one of my favourite courses I've ever taken. Thank you so much!' (Authoritarian Politics, 2023)

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Articles & Chapters

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Recent publications include:

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 Anne Wolf. ‘How Erroneous Beliefs Trigger Authoritarian Collapse: The Case of Tunisia, January 14, 2011’, Comparative Political Studies, 2025, 58(4): 816-846.

 

Anne Wolf. ‘Bringing the State Back In: Ruling Parties and Regime Collapse’, Politics, 2024, 44(5): 554-562.

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Anne Wolf, “Rumors, Propaganda and Conspiracies: New Insights on the Ideological Dimensions of Democratic Backsliding and Autocratization”, Perspectives on Politics, 2024, 22(4): 1271-1274 (with Kathrin Bachleitner and Sarah Bufkin)

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Elizabeth J. Perry and Anne Wolf. “Contentious Politics under Authoritarianism: State-Mobilized Movements”. In Anne Wolf (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Authoritarian Politics, Oxford University Press: 2024.

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Wolf, Anne & Michael Wilis. "Le renouveau de l’islam politique au Maghreb après les indépendances." In Francois Burgat and Matthieu Rey, Histoire des mobilisations islamistes, Paris: CNRS, 2022.

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Wolf, Anne. "Morocco's Hirak Movement and Legacies of Contention in the Rif." The Journal of North African Studies, 2019, 24(1): 1-6.

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Wolf, Anne. "Beyond the ‘Revolution’: Authoritarian Revival and Elite Reconfiguration in Tunisia." The Middle East in London, 2018, 14(1): 12-14.

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Wolf, Anne. "'Dégage RCD!' The Rise of Internal Dissent in Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Rally and the Tunisian Uprisings." Mediterranean Politics, 2018, 23(2): 245-64.

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Wolf, Anne. "What are Secular Parties in the Arab World? Insights from Tunisia's Nidaa Tounes and Morocco's PAM." In Lise Storm and Francesco Cavatorta, Political Parties in the Arab World: Continuity and Change, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

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Wolf, Anne. "An Islamist 'Renaissance'? Religion and Politics in Post-revolutionary Tunisia." The Journal of North African Studies, 2013, 18(4): 560-73.

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For a full list of publications, please visit my Google Scholar site.

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Policy Papers

More policy papers are available on my Academia site.

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Multimedia

The end of democracy in Tunisia?

This is a recording of a live feature webinar held on Wednesday 10th November 2021 at the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Youssef Cherif (Columbia Global Centers) and Dr Anne Wolf (All Souls College, Oxford) discuss Tunisia's 2021 political crisis.

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