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Filip Kostelka – Personal Website

Filip Kostelka – Personal Website

Hi! I am a political scientist based at the European University Institute and interested in political behaviour, party systems and democratisation. Welcome to my website!

You can check my latest publications, blog posts, or useful links for the study of politics in general, and Central and Eastern Europe in particular.

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Recently in the Media

EUI
Understanding Voter Fatigue
Mention of a keynote lecture

Irozhlas
Czech EUI Membership
Comment in Czech

Česká televize (ČT24)
Limits of democracy (Fokus Vaclava Moravce)
Live show in Czech

Courthouse News Service
Czech legislative election of 2025
Comments in English

AJPS
Change in Migrant’s Political Attitudes
Blog post in English

Euromaidanpresss.com
Treat Ukraine’s fight as our own
Co-signed open letter

The Guardian
Should Ukraine join NATO?
Co-signed open letter

Hertie School
Henrik Enderlein Prize
News item in English

Radio Free Europe
EP elections
Comments published in Russian

Česká televize (ČT24)
Results of EP elections
Interview in Czech

České noviny
Turnout in EP elections
Interview in Czech

Echo24
Turnout in EP elections
Extensive comments in Czech

Tvoříme Evropu (and ČTK)
Turnout in EP elections
Interview in Czech

Eui.eu
Research stay at Sciences Po
News item in English

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Election turnout
Expertise sharing with POST researchers

Eui.eu
Expert role in Canada
News item in English

Newtral
Causes of voter decline in Europe 
Citation of peer-reviewed research (article in Spanish)

New Eastern Europe
Is Europe’s democracy in Crisis?
Essay in English

Euronews
The End of Czech Populism?
Comments in English

Phys.org
Enforcement & Compulsory Voting
Citation of peer-reviewed research

Euronews
Czech Presidential Elections
Comments in English

Euronews
Breakup of the former Czechoslovakia 
Comments in English

Euronews
Regulation in the Czech Republic 
Comments in English

Inroads
Russia and the Rogue Intellectuals 
Essay in English

Euronews
Attitudes to Refugees in Central and Eastern Europe 
Comments in English

EUIdeas
John Mearsheimer’s lecture on Ukraine: Why he is wrong and what are the consequences
Short essay in English

La Vanguardia
Global Decline in Voter Turnout
Comments in Spanish

La Croix
Reduce the number of election days to increase turnout
Op-ed in French

Franceinfo
How to tackle electoral abstention in France
Interview/extensive comments in French

Euronews
Meet the extrovert billionaire bidding to be the Czech Republic’s next president
Comments in English

Asia Times
Anti-Russian sentiment spreading to Central Europe
Comments in English

Euronews
Petr Fiala: Who is the Czech Republic’s likely new prime minister?
Comments in English

Euronews
Why the Czechs have finally turned their back on communism
Comments in English

Euronews
Six takeaways from the Czech Republic’s historic election
Comments in English

Washington Post
After election win, Czech opposition seeks to oust prime minister hit by Pandora Papers disclosures
Comments in English

The Conversation
Pandora papers: how revelations about Czech PM could push country further from EU
Short article in English

Washington Post
After the Pandora Papers ensnared the Czech prime minister, voters are having their say. But will they care?
Comments in English

The Conversation
Global voter turnout has been in decline since the 1960s – we wanted to find out why“
Short article in English

Le Monde
Why did women participate less in the French Regional Elections of 2021? 
Comments in French.

Canada Research Chair in Electoral Democracy
Gender Gap in Voter Turnout
Podcast in French.

Inroads
Political Developments in the Czech Republic
Essay in English, available also on this website.

LSE Euro Crisis
Protesting in Old and New Democracies
Blog post in English

LSE Democratic Audit
Gender Gap in Voter Turnout
Blog post in English

Tafra
Voter turnout in new democracies
Blog post by Tafra in French & Arabic

France inter (Programme: Foule continentale)
Global decline in voter turnout
Interview  in French, available here (starts at 09:10).

Radio France Internationale
Czech presidential election of 2018
Interview  in French, available here (starts at 11:15).

France Forum
Voting abroad & alien suffrage
Essay in French, available also on this website.

Inroads
Czech elections 2017
Essay in English, available also on this website.

Alarm
Czech elections 2017
Comment in Czech

Euroactiv.sk
Voter turnout in new democracies, Czech elections 2017, Catalonia
Interview in Slovak

Radio Canada
Voter turnout in new democracies, politics in CEE
Interview in French

zmescience.com
Voter turnout in new democracies
News article in English

Phys.org
Voter turnout in new democracies
News article in English

Radio Canada
French Legislative Election
Interview in French

Le Monde
Voter Turnout in France
Op-ed in French

voxeurop.eu
Corruption in Postcommunist countries
Interview available in French, English, Spanish, Italian and Romanian.

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