I am a Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, where I research authoritarian politics, revolutions, and democratization, geographically focusing on the Middle East and North Africa.
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I am also a Co-Editor of The Journal of North African Studies and a Senior Research Fellow at the Project of Middle East Democracy.
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I was previously the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Girton College, University of Cambridge.
Books
Anne Wolf (ed). The Oxford Handbook of Authoritarian Politics. Oxford University Press, 2024
Anne Wolf. Ben Ali's Tunisia: Power and Contention in an Authoritarian Regime, Oxford University Press, 2023
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Anne Wolf. Political Islam in Tunisia: The History of Ennahda, Hurst & Oxford University Press, 2017
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Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
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Published in Arabic by Mediterranean Publishers, 2019​
Articles & Chapters
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Recent publications include:
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Anne Wolf. ‘How Erroneous Beliefs Trigger Authoritarian Collapse: The Case of Tunisia, January 14, 2011’, Comparative Political Studies, 2025, 58(4): 816-846.
Anne Wolf. ‘Bringing the State Back In: Ruling Parties and Regime Collapse during the Arab Uprisings’, Politics, 2024, 44(5): 554-562.
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Anne Wolf, “Rumors, Propaganda and Conspiracies: New Insights on the Ideological Dimensions of Democratic Backsliding and Autocratization”, Perspectives on Politics, 2024, 22(4): 1271-1274 (with Kathrin Bachleitner and Sarah Bufkin)
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Elizabeth J. Perry and Anne Wolf. “Contentious Politics under Authoritarianism: State-Mobilized Movements”. In Anne Wolf (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Authoritarian Politics, Oxford University Press: 2024.
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Wolf, Anne & Michael Wilis. "Le renouveau de l’islam politique au Maghreb après les indépendances." In Francois Burgat and Matthieu Rey, Histoire des mobilisations islamistes, Paris: CNRS, 2022.
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Wolf, Anne. "Morocco's Hirak Movement and Legacies of Contention in the Rif." The Journal of North African Studies, 2019, 24(1): 1-6.
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Wolf, Anne. "Beyond the ‘Revolution’: Authoritarian Revival and Elite Reconfiguration in Tunisia." The Middle East in London, 2018, 14(1): 12-14.
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Wolf, Anne. "'Dégage RCD!' The Rise of Internal Dissent in Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Rally and the Tunisian Uprisings." Mediterranean Politics, 2018, 23(2): 245-64.
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Wolf, Anne. "What are Secular Parties in the Arab World? Insights from Tunisia's Nidaa Tounes and Morocco's PAM." In Lise Storm and Francesco Cavatorta, Political Parties in the Arab World: Continuity and Change, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
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Wolf, Anne. "An Islamist 'Renaissance'? Religion and Politics in Post-revolutionary Tunisia." The Journal of North African Studies, 2013, 18(4): 560-73.
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For a full list of publications, please visit my Google Scholar site.
Service
Policy Papers
More policy papers are available on my Academia site.
Wolf, Anne, "Is Rached Ghannouchi Ennahda’s President for Life? Leadership Struggles Pose Challenge to Tunisia’s Largest Party," POMED, July 2021.
Wolf, Anne, "The Counterrevolution Gains Momentum in Tunisia: The Rise of Abir Moussi," POMED, November 2020.
Wolf, Anne, "Can Secular Parties Lead the New Tunisia?" Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 2014.
Teaching
I teach two graduate courses on authoritarian politics. The first one is for Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations. In addition, I teach a graduate course on varieties of authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa for Oxford's Middle East Centre, St Antony's College.
Multimedia
The end of democracy in Tunisia?
This is a recording of a live feature webinar held on Wednesday 10th November 2021 at the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Youssef Cherif (Columbia Global Centers) and Dr Anne Wolf (All Souls College, Oxford) discuss Tunisia's 2021 political crisis.
