Filip Kostelka
Chair in Political & Social Change at the European University Institute (@eui-eu.bsky.social). Political behaviour, parties, democratisation, Central and Eastern Europe. On leave from @universityofessex.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaWhy did antisemitism rise in Germany during the Covid pandemic? And why was this increase concentrated among political centrists, rather than on the fringes? doi.org/10.1017/S153... @kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaLooking forward to discussing this article with a bunch of clever MA students tomorrow (morning 🥱)
- What explains the rising turnout in recent EP elections? @filipkostelka.bsky.social & @evakrejcova.bsky.social find that it's the strength of Eurosceptic parties at the national level. The more seats they hold in national parliament, the more mobilizing the EP election is doi.org/10.1080/0140...
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka🎄 Now if this isn't the perfect Christmas gift for scholars of elections! A fresh @cses.bsky.social Module 6 Advance Release for you all to analyze and explore!
- Announcement: The Second Advance Release of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Module 6 dataset is now available for download! For more information, please see: cses.org/2025/12/16/m...
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaI am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.
- 🚨We're #hiring! We're looking for a #Research #Fellow to join our team. The successful candidate will be part of the research project "Political #Finance in #Africa" led by Associate Professor @sarahbrierley.bsky.social for 2 years. 🗓️Apply by Monday 12 January 👇🏽 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaA week has passed since I successfully defended my dissertation at @eui-sps.bsky.social, and I still feel extremely proud of the skills I have learned and the research I have produced.
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaSo this happened a little while ago. I'm very grateful to the judges from the @psaireland.bsky.social and to @kevcunningham.bsky.social for generous financial support of the prize. It was great to be in Galway a few weeks ago to collect the award at the PSAI annual conference. lnkd.in/dEsZBksB
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaGood morning. A coda (from me) on this replication business. While I understand the impulse, it is disheartening that most of the discussion generated by this replication is about the replication "process" -- both the APSR's process and my own process. What could we be talking about instead?
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaI have now read the response by Turnbull-Dugarte and López Ortega again with a clearer eye. Multiple claims in this response are untrue or seek to obscure the truth. My interest has always been the accuracy of the scientific record, so I feel compelled to note some of these claims here.
- A critique of our (w/ @bertous.bsky.social) paper “Instrumentally inclusive” has just been published. Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response. osf.io/rn6h3/files/...
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka📢New publication: The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic. 🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaHere is a short interview for the @eui-eu.bsky.social about our article (w/ @filipkostelka.bsky.social & Nicolas Sauger) in the AJPS @ajpseditor.bsky.social. We discuss the key findings, why they matter, and how they speak to broader debates on migration and politics. www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka
Useful undergrad resource: A brief overview of 200 important concepts in political science link.springer.com/referencewor... - The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences invites prospective PhD candidates to join the SPS Virtual Open Day 2025. Discover online our doctoral programme, meet faculty and researchers, and learn about life at the EUI. 📅 4 December 2025 | Online event 🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaNew OA article @europe-asia.bsky.social: The Incumbency Advantage and the Enabler Effect: How Londongrad Beat the UK AML Regime Drawing on £2bn of property data, we show that not a single incumbent kleptocrat (0/72!) lost their UK assets. with @jheathershaw.bsky.social T. Mayne & S. Tokubayev
- If you know anyone considering doing a PhD in political science or sociology, encourage them to apply to the EUI PhD program and join the institute's landmark 50th cohort of PhD researchers in the SPS Department! Applications from Central and Eastern Europe are particularly welcome!
- 🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027! 📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort! Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd #EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaWe have reached peak "NATO expansion propaganda". Jeffrey Sachs claims he was personally told by someone he didn't meet that there was a broken promise to a person who says it wasn't made.
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaBetter get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)! epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨 Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
- Last week, I presented my research at the University of Rijeka (@unirijeka.bsky.social) during an event celebrating Croatia's accession to @eui-eu.bsky.social. I am grateful to the session's chair, Tena Prelec (@tenaprelec.bsky.social), & the audience for great questions & engagement.
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaSheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment. It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers. Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaJoin us on October 30 (12:00, IDHEAP Learning Lab) for the next IDHEAP–LAGAPE seminar! Anna Gwiazda (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) will present her work on Women’s Political Participation and Democratic Resilience in an Era of Democratic Decline. @unil.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaNano-targeting is not a persuasive weapon: it is a dissuasion and polarization weapon. New paper out osf.io/preprints/so... with the brilliant Thomas Robinson, @simonhix.bsky.social and @fresejoris.bsky.social – the first to quantify the perverse incentives/inherent democratic dangers of this tech.
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaWhat explains the rising turnout in recent EP elections? @filipkostelka.bsky.social & @evakrejcova.bsky.social find that it's the strength of Eurosceptic parties at the national level. The more seats they hold in national parliament, the more mobilizing the EP election is doi.org/10.1080/0140...
- Bacteriologists cannot turn into bacteria, but political scientists can turn into voters. Today is one of those days. #volby2025 #VotingInRome #frecciarossa
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaYou have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU? Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇 @bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
- ▶️ European + EU Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @bjornhoyland.bsky.social @chriswratil.bsky.social 📢 This section welcomes work on politics in Europe, European integration & the EU, using qualitative or quantitative approaches, single-country or comparative. 1/
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaThe call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025. epssnet.org/belfast-2026/ @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!
- 📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics ▶️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour 🧵
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaAmazing work from @evakrejcova.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social and N.Sauger!
- 1/ How does migration affect political attitudes? Using 380k obs from 104 sending & 28 receiving countries, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, Nicolas Sauger & I find some migrants’ attitudes align with locals, while others exceed origin-host context, reshaping ideological space. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaChange in migrants’ political attitudes: Acculturation and cosmopolitanization is now available in Early View. @evakrejcova.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/09/12/c...
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka1/ How does migration affect political attitudes? Using 380k obs from 104 sending & 28 receiving countries, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, Nicolas Sauger & I find some migrants’ attitudes align with locals, while others exceed origin-host context, reshaping ideological space. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
- Jan Rovny (@jrovny.bsky.social) meets an impressive lineup of critics (@annagbusse.bsky.social, @grigopop.bsky.social, @lenkabustikova.bsky.social, Johanna K. Birnir) of his fantastic book "Circumstantial Liberals: Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition and Democracy" at @apsa.bsky.social 2025
- We look forward to receiving your submissions for the Comparative Politics section of the EPSS conference (@epssnet.bsky.social)! In addition to innovative work on traditional topics & cases, we especially welcome strong contributions on less studied countries and regions (e.g., Eastern Europe). 📝
- ▶️ Comparative Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @nathaliegiger.bsky.social & @filipkostelka.bsky.social 📢 Our section welcomes individual papers and panels that engage with states, political regimes, welfare institutions, and governance from both contemporary and historical perspectives. 1/
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaWe are hiring! 🌏 For the future Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS) at @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz, we are looking for a 👉 Research Group Leader in Comparative Area Studies. Join us in Prague – details here: bit.ly/CenMASleader @millanos.bsky.social @karelkouba.bsky.social
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaWe are hiring! Join @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz as a 👉 Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Area Studies and take part in building the future 🌏 Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS). Based in Prague – details here: bit.ly/CenMASpostdoc @millanos.bsky.social @karelkouba.bsky.social
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaFrom June 2025 - Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval - cup.org/4enhQaZ "findings hold major implications for our understanding of voter turnout and democratic institutional engineering" - @filipkostelka.bsky.social #OpenAccess
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaI have been at every single EPSA conference since EPSA was founded. I am excited to attend EPSS 2026 in Dublin - below some clarifications on EPSA and EPSS
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaPlease share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaEPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊 www.gesis.org/en/institute...
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka🗳️Satisfaction boosts turnout, or voting boosts satisfaction? ➡️@filipkostelka.bsky.social L.Linek @jrovny.bsky.social @skvrnami.bsky.social find both in Central-Eastern Europe. Satisfaction spurs turnout, voting raises satisfaction, especially for winners www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaProf Skocpol making a crucial point here. The centralized police. And then the lawless quasipolice who guard the camps. Trump’s death bill moves the US towards those two thresholds, well known from Germany in the 1930s. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
- Does democratic satisfaction drive voter turnout, or does voting increase dem. satisfaction? Using 7 election panels, Lukas Linek, @jrovny.bsky.social, @skvrnami.bsky.social, and I find that—unlike in the West—both mechanisms may operate in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). 1/n @eui-sps.bsky.social
- We test pre-registered hypotheses on all (i.e. 7) electoral panels measuring satisfaction with democracy ever conducted in CEE. This includes the longest election panel (5-waves) collected in the region from the 2023 Czech presidential election. 2/n
- In part, we replicate an earlier study that André Blais and I conducted exclusively in Western countries (24 election panels) in 2018 (tinyurl.com/mr44fyc3). Here is an overview of how the results compare between CEE and the West. 3/n
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- Reposted by Filip Kostelka‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇
- I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices! Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaNEW - Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval - cup.org/4enhQaZ "findings hold major implications for our understanding of voter turnout and democratic institutional engineering" - @filipkostelka.bsky.social #OpenAccess
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaIf you have not read @kenbenoit.bsky.social statement, please do! And support @epssnet.bsky.social by becoming a member today! www.linkedin.com/pulse/suppor...
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaThis is fantastic. Very excited by this development in European Political Science. Please come and join us. Get involved. Sign up to the listserv. Etc
- 🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵
- Heading to Madrid with many political scientists at the Florence airport #EPSA2025 @eui-sps.bsky.social
- The 2nd edition of the #PoliticalBehaviour Workshop in Central and #EasternEurope featured 32 papers over two days, with speakers from all career stages across Europe—and even the US & China. Want to join us in June 2026? Keep an eye on our website for a new call: www.eui.eu/en/projects/... #CEE
- 📆 On 19-20 June, scholars across Europe met for a workshop on Political Behaviour in Central & Eastern Europe. Hosted by @eui-sps.bsky.social under the #EUIWidening Europe Programme, the event explored topics like voting trends, participation & public opinion. More info👉 loom.ly/Y3Udo4I
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka☀️ 35°C+fulfilling discussions=perfect workshop! Many thanks to @filipkostelka.bsky.social for organizing the workshop on Political Behavior in #CEE at the @eui-eu.bsky.social! I’m very grateful about all the suggestions, and happy to have met a truly wonderful group of outstanding scholars.
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaPoprvé v historii můžeš domů volit odkudkoli. Jak? Poštou. 👉https://www.volimdomu.cz/
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaLast Tuesday, we had the pleasure of having @filipkostelka.bsky.social present his work "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization" in our joint seminar with @dec-gr.bsky.social. We thank all the audience for attending and for the engaging discussion.
- Had a great time at Sciences Po, discussing @damienbol.bsky.social's impressive habilitation research, and now heading to Barcelona for a presentation at @transdem.bsky.social, equipped with an excellent read by @celytadeas.bsky.social
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaToday, I defended my habilitation in Paris. This is one for these peculiar national survivances that exist in many countries, but that we hardly talk about in globalized academia. Going through these hoops is nonetheless an important part of any academic career for many of us
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaHappy to present the first results from our @equalstrength.bsky.social project! Lots to do, still, but we have a fantastic team!
- Your name. Your background. Still deciding if your child gets a spot in daycare. Today at dept Seminar Series , @distasioval.bsky.social & Lea pessin shared sobering evidence of discrimination across Europe. Research like this reminds us: biases don’t pause at the nursery door. #SPSseminar #EUI
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaYour name. Your background. Still deciding if your child gets a spot in daycare. Today at dept Seminar Series , @distasioval.bsky.social & Lea pessin shared sobering evidence of discrimination across Europe. Research like this reminds us: biases don’t pause at the nursery door. #SPSseminar #EUI
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka🗣️Next TransDeM-DEC seminar: @filipkostelka.bsky.social (European University Institute) will present "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization", co-authored with @evakrejcova.bsky.social and Nicolas Sauger. 📅Tue May 27, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- Great tribute to Hanspeter Kriesi's impressive research career now happening at the European University Institute. @eui-sps.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaThis chart is from @britishelectionstudy.com @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social, me and Ed Fieldhouse. You can see that 2024 Reform voters mainly came from the Conservatives or UKIP in 2015. This has been a story on the right for *ten years* now, unless something very different happened last week.
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy." Interested in making scholarly & societal impact? We’re looking for: 🔹 1 Postdoc (100%) 🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%) Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8 More info ⬇️ (1/7)
- Reposted by Filip KostelkaNew paper out in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social (w/ @blaisa.bsky.social , @jfdaoust.bsky.social & Patrick Fournier) in which we show strong evidence of losers' consent in a citizen assembly! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka🗳️🇭🇺With every credible poll showing Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz far behind Péter Magyar’s TISZA party, talk in Hungary is shifting to whether Orbán might try to jail or ban his rival—à la Turkey. The real question now: will Hungary have free and fair elections in 2026? And would Orbán give up power?
- Reflecting the current authoritarian Zeitgeist, Nations in Transit research project by @freedomhouse.bsky.social, evaluating the state of democracy in former post-communist countries, has been discontinued after twenty years due to a lack of funding. This is what civilizational decline looks like.
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka📚😅🎉 Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher! Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies. Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com #RStats #PyData
- Reposted by Filip Kostelka*Nothing* should be run 'like Amazon Prime but for human beings’ Least of all immigrant deportations The head of ICE said he’d like the agency to implement a system of trucks that rounds up immigrants for deportation in a system similar to how Amazon delivers packages around the US Unconscionable
