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Marta Vukovic

I am a Senior Scientist at the Department of Government at the University of Vienna, researching drivers and consequences of democratic backsliding in Europe and beyond. I mainly use survey experiments to explore how citizens understand democracy and under what conditions they renege on principles of liberal democracy.

I wrote my dissertation as part of the broader EU-Horizon Project known as Authlib (Neo-Authoritarianisms in Europe and the Liberal Democratic Response), which examined different forms of illiberalism across Europe.

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Publications

Vukovic, Marta, Susanna Bastaroli, and Sylvia Kritzinger. 2025. “Reckoning with the Past: Victims, Heroes, or Perpetrators? Italians’ Perceptions of WWII History.” In Authoritarian Trends and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe , edited by Oliver Rathkolb and Sybille Steinbacher. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag.

Hanson, Tim, Rory Fitzgerald, Eva Izpurua, and Marta Vukovic. 2025. “Surely Shorter Is Better? A Questionnaire Length Experiment in a Self-Completion Survey.” Survey Research Methods 19 (2): 139–152

Working Papers

Vukovic, Marta. “Beyond the Surface: Incoherent Understandings of Democracy Among Europeans”. Democratization, Revise & Resubmit (2026).

Vukovic, Marta, Piotr Zagórski, Jan Rovny, and Ben Stanley. “When Do Voters Accept Democratic Backsliding? A Conjoint Analysis of Distinct Types of Backsliding on Diverse Principles of Democracy.” Under review.

Vukovic, Marta, and Sylvia Kritzinger. “Democratic Defense or Erosion: The Effects of Elite Frames on Citizen Support for Party Bans”. Working paper.

Vukovic, Marta. “Rationalizing Intolerance: Why Are Citizens Intolerant of Protests They Disagree with? Working paper.

Vukovic, Marta, and Sylvia Kritzinger. “Drivers of Revisionist WWII History in Europe: Right-wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientation and Antisemitism”. Working paper.

Policy Reports and Commentary

Stecker, Marvin, Marta Vukovic, Sylvia Kritzinger, and Hajo Boomgaarden. 2026. “Austria’s Democratic Challenge: Illiberal Party in Motion, Citizens in Reply.” AUTHLIB Country Papers 6.

Vukovic, Marta. 2022. “Serbian Elections: Win for the Autocracy on the Back of Post-Truth Politics, Vote Rigging and Media Monopolization.” Who Governs?

Get in touch:

E-mail: marta.vukovic@univie.ac.at

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