// PERSON
Bastian Herre
ROLE RESEARCHERMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN SEPTEMBER 4, 2026
// BIO
Bastian Herre is the Politics & Society Lead at Our World in Data, where he researches democracy, human rights, armed conflict, and violence. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and is an Honorary Researcher at the Oxford Martin School. He is best known for creating the Global Leader Ideology dataset covering 182 countries from 1945 to 2020, and for making research on global democratic trends accessible to broader audiences.
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mention·Our World in Data·SEPTEMBER 4, 2026
“The world used to be deeply undemocratic, and despite setbacks, it remains much more democratic than it was only half a century ago.”
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