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Daniel Schulte is a Lecturer (Teaching) in the Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL). His research interests focus on authoritarianism, autocratization processes, authoritarian legitimacy, and the intersection of religion and politics. Schulte has published peer-reviewed journal articles in prestigious journals such as Studies in Comparative International Development and Mediterranean Politics. He is currently working on a book project titled 'Morality Politics Autocratizing Societies,' which investigates the morality policy tools used by would-be autocrats to maintain their power, with a particular focus on changes in morality policies in Turkey, Russia, and Poland. His analysis emphasizes key issues related to religious education, women’s rights, and LGBTQI+ rights. At UCL, he leads modules on contentious politics and research methods and supervises both undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. Additionally, he serves as the Deputy Director of Research Ethics, providing oversight on ethics procedures and reviewing applications. Schulte's teaching excellence has been recognized with the P. Terrence Hopmann Award for Teaching and he has been named a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He completed his Ph.D. in Political Science, focusing on comparative politics and international relations, at Brown University.