Professional Affiliation

Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Politics, University of York

Expert Bio

Dr. Edward Goldring is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Politics at the University of York. He studies authoritarian politics, mainly from a global comparative perspective but sometimes focuses especially on North Korea. His book manuscript, Purges: A Dictator’s Fight to Survive, examines the causes of elite purges and their effects on autocratic survival. Goldring’s work has been published or is forthcoming in journals including British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, and Democratization.