Rebecca Tapscott, Ph.D. and Ambizione Fellow at the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy joins Anastasia Shesterinina, Ph.D., to discuss research ethics, fear, and empathy in fieldwork. Together they reflect on their experiences and Tapscott’s new book Arbitrary States: Social Control and Modern Authoritarianism in Museveni's Uganda.

To learn more about this research, join Rebecca Tapscott, Keith Krause, Didier Péclard, Dennis Rodgers, and Karen Zamberia during the 2021 Democracy week for a discussion on Democracy and Transitional States focusing on civilian experiences in Uganda.

Register here: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/democracy-and-transitional-states-civilian-experiences-ugandan-state