Spring 2025 Webinar #1 – Introducing the Transnational Repression Project: A Discussion of Subconcepts & Data

The TRP hosted the first of its spring 2025 webinar series on February 25th, "Introducing the Transnational Repression Project: A Discussion of Subconcepts & Data," with Rebecca Cordell and Dana Moss as featured panelists.

This conversation covered a wide range of important and relevant topics, including:

• An introduction to the Transnational Repression Project from co-directors Christian Davenport and Yousef Munayyer
• An overview of basic subconcepts and definitions pertaining to transnational repression
• Major datasets and other valuable repositories of information

Rebecca Cordell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on human rights and state repression. She is particularly interested in why countries cooperate in transnational repression, measuring human rights using machine learning and text analysis, and examining public opinion and human rights. Rebecca's research is published in International Interactions, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Human Rights, and Journal of Peace Research.

Dana Moss is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Her research and teaching focus on power and resistance, including the transnational repression of diaspora and refugee communities by authoritarian regimes. Her award-winning book, The Arab Spring Abroad: Diaspora Activism Against Authoritarian Regimes (Cambridge, 2022) explains the emergence and impacts of anti-regime diaspora mobilization during the 2011 uprising in Libya, Syria, and Yemen. Her current research focuses on how members of the military resist participating in violence during wartime. ​