Fieldwork in Belarus
Research at the National library and the Belarusian parliament (Nacyjanalny Schod Respubliki Bielarus) in Minsk.
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09, 2016
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09, 2016
Seminar in Finland
Seminar lecture at the Department of Political and Economic Studies of the University of Helsinki on "Do Presidential Elections Matter?" View LINK
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09, 2016
ECPR Summer School (UK)
Co-director at the 26th European Consortium for Political Research PhD Summer School on “Political Parties and Party Systems” in Nottingham. View LINK
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09, 2016
EPOP Conference (UK)
Co-authored paper presented at the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) Annual Conference in the University of Kent. View LINK
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09, 2016
APSA Conference (USA)
Co-authored paper presented at the 112th APSA Annual Conference in Philadelphia.
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08, 2016
How many parties are in Spain’s lower chamber?
By Oscar Barberà Aresté (University of Valencia) The number of parties in a party system can be linked to its main issue dimensions filtered by other factors such the proportionality of the electoral system. The number of parties and their relevance is also tied to the cabinet bargaining process: the more parties are involved in [...]
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08, 2016
Does the Polish Peasant Party have a future?
By Aleks Szczerbiak (University of Sussex) Following its severe battering in last year’s elections, Poland’s agrarian party faces an existential struggle to hang on to what is left of its electorate. Although it retains considerable assets and is still the greatest potential electoral threat to the ruling party in rural areas, it cannot simply rely [...]
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08, 2016
Early elections, formation of the government and impact of the upcoming presidential elections
By Boban Stojanović (University of Belgrade) In April, Serbia held early parliamentary elections, the third in the last four years. After early elections in 2014, early parliamentary elections were also held in 2016 (April 24) together with the local elections. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has decided to go to early elections, with two objectives: [...]
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07, 2016
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07, 2016
Montenegrin 2016 Parliamentary elections: Same ol’… same ol’
By Olivera Komar (University of Montenegro) The next Montenegrin Parliamentary elections have been scheduled for October 16th. However, as it looks right now – they will bring no significant surprises. Quarter of century long incumbency of Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) will most probably continue without any significant challenges. It did not look that way [...]