Miroslav Nemčok
Researcher in political science at @UniOslo | Comparative politics, public opinion, and public policy. Coffee, food, aviation, and space exploration enthusiast.
www.miroslavnemcok.com
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok📢 New article 🌟 👤 Miroslav Nemčok (ISV) @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social 👉 Special Voting Arrangements 📗 Published in Oxford Handbook of Electoral Integrity 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokExploring the link between social policies and political attitudes: M. Nemčok (@miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, @uio.no) shared fresh insights with his colleagues at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social on SUPA’s ambition to examine how social policy complexity shapes citizens’ evaluation of political system.
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokYves and Tuva met with the Norwegian Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance. Yves presented how AI-driven policy portfolios can help identify smart deregulation opportunities. Exciting conversation and promising next steps.
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok🚨 CfP 🚨 At ECPR @ecpr.bsky.social GC 2026 (Kraków, 8.-11. 9. 2026) Y. Steinebach and A. Lenz @alexalenz.bsky.social are convening a panel on "Overburdened Bureaucracies" - how public administrations cope with rising demands and limited capacity. 🚨 Submit your abstract by 17 Dec! Details below ⬇️
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokA rare sight 🚨: the entire SUPA consortium gathered on one screen for a coordination meeting. Big ideas, good vibes — and just a hint of technical drama 💻.
- Our #SUPA team explained group-by-group 🧠
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokAt the University of Oslo @uio.no, we map how growing rule volumes reshape public administration: who implements what, and how responsibilities shift. Team: Y. Steinebach, M. Nemčok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social , M. Povitkina @mpovitkina.bsky.social, L. Gulli, M. Imran, T. Molde.
- Made it to the 82nd spot on Khrono’s TOP500 list of Norway’s most productive researchers (2023–2024). Grateful for the great colleagues, collaborations, and research environment I found at @uio.no that made it possible. 🔗 www.khrono.no/disse-500-fo...
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok🛑 The EU’s Better Regulation agenda risks cutting rules that protect workers, consumers & the environment. A policy brief by Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social calls for stronger oversight, transparency & reclaiming regulation: library.fes.de/pdf-files/bu...
- Our introduction to to the special issue on the formation of public opinion in the welfare state is now out in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social! 📖 Freely available: doi.org/10.1080/1350... A big thanks to Zhen Jie Im, Maria Grasso, and Franco Bonomi Bezzo for outstanding co-editorship.
- 📚 In their intro to the Special Issue “Public Opinion and the Welfare State: Sources, Processes, and Consequences”, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, Zhen Jie Im, Maria Grasso, and Franco Bonomi Bezzo review how attitudes toward the welfare state form and evolve 👇 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokWe are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI. We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research! Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokCongratulations to our consortium leader, Yves Steinebach, on his promotion to full professor! 🎉 Today he delivered his inaugural lecture, “The Balance Challenge: Navigating Policy Responsiveness and Effectiveness,” at the @statsvitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok...in contrast to the study above, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social @hannawass.bsky.social and Johanna Peltoniemi find that in Finland, the implementation of postal voting had a negligible effect on turnout across low-participation areas www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok🌍 ANALYZING (CLIMATE) POLICY PORTFOLIOS New paper in @jcpaicpa.bsky.social introduces an analytical approach to systematically map what governments do on (climate) policy along two dimensions: 🎯 Targets – goals governments address 🛠️ Instruments – how they pursue them 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1387...
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok📜 One way governments try to cut regulatory burden is #offsetting: for every new rule, an old one (or more) must go. 🗺️ The map and table show which OECD countries have used these schemes. 👉 Can you spot your country? (from Steinebach, Hinterleitner & Fernández-i-Marín doi.org/10.1111/puar...)
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokThe SUPA project has a new webpage! 🌐 👉 www.supa.uio.no/english/inde... There you’ll find: 🌍 project background & goals 👩🔬 team members & institutional partners 📢 news, events & publications (with more coming soon!) Check it out — and let us know what you think!
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok🤔 What makes a law complex—and why does it matter? In his talk, Steffen Hurka @steffenhurka.bsky.social (a close friend of SUPA) explains: 📏 how to measure legislative complexity ⚖️ why it varies across laws & policy areas 🏛️ how it shapes institutions & implementation www.youtube.com/watch?v=gclb...
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- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokPolicies, rules & regulations keep on growing. 📈🚨 Have you ever wondered how quick that growth is? 🤔 Hinterleitner, Knill @cknill.bsky.social & Steinebach in @reggovjournal.bsky.social empirically demonstrate the swelling complexity of legislative rulebooks! 📚 Read: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok💥 Publication ALERT 💥 Steinebach, Fernández-i-Marín, Hinterleitner & Knill examine #environmental policy in 21 democracies and find: - 1/3 of measures could be streamlined - Effectiveness preserved (sometimes improved!) Not crude cost-cutting ➡️ Smarter rules > fewer rules. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
- Introduction of 🤟 #SUPA 👇🚨⬇️
- SUPA's social media accounts are now active, and posting is about to begin. Follow us for thoughtful insights on administrative overburdening and science-based suggestions on how to address it!
- 📈 More laws, more policies, more regulations. But administrations aren’t growing at the same pace 🚨 This mismatch risks poor services, unequal treatment & frustration. That’s where #SUPA comes in: from 2025–2028, we’ll study how to improve rule design & strengthen modern democracies 🏛️✨
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok📢 New article 🌟 👥 Miroslav Kreos-Nemcok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social (ISV), Hanna Wass @hannawass.bsky.social & Juho Vesa 🔎 Partisan Influence on Policy Preferences in Retrenching the Welfare State 📖 Open access in Public Opinion Quarterly doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
- As global population growth starts to hit the brakes, Rein Taagepera and I consider what this means for our future and look for lessons from the past. 🔽👇⬇️
- 👨👩👧👦 As #PopulationGrowth slows, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social & Rein Taagepera draw on a striking demographic stall 2,000 years ago that preceded political fragmentation and imperial collapse. 🌍 Can modern states withstand the pressures of a post-growth world? 👉 buff.ly/BQCQ8Vj
- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok👨👩👧👦 As #PopulationGrowth slows, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social & Rein Taagepera draw on a striking demographic stall 2,000 years ago that preceded political fragmentation and imperial collapse. 🌍 Can modern states withstand the pressures of a post-growth world? 👉 buff.ly/BQCQ8Vj
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokRearmament challenges modern welfare states, pitting military vs. social spending. In our new #OA article in @jeppjournal.bsky.social, Stefano Sacchi, Caroline de la Porte and I show that citizens prioritize the welfare state—though important divisions emerge www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Slovak society has become even more divided after the assassination attempt on PM Fico. In this @denikn.cz interview [in Czech], I discuss findings from a study co-authored with @celytadeas.bsky.social (@au.dk), Peter Spáč, and Michal Tóth (@masarykuniversity.bsky.social). denikn.cz/1783201/nesn...
- When parties cut welfare, voters don’t rebel, even if it goes against their ideology or interests. Instead, they update their preferences to stay aligned with the party. Read our new paper in @poqjournal.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️
- Why do people support policies that go against their interests? Miroslav Nemčok and coauthors show that voters shift their views to match their party, even when that means supporting painful welfare cuts. Out now in POQ: doi.org/10.1093/poq/... @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social @hannawass.bsky.social
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- [1/3] Retrenching the welfare state is unpopular—yet parties that do it often escape electoral punishment. Why don’t voters punish parties for cutting welfare? @hannawass.bsky.social, Juho Vesa & I investigate this puzzle in @poqjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
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- Slovak PM Fico is about to land in Moscow to stand by Putin, legitimizing Russia’s narrative and defying EU foreign policy. As @palroren.bsky.social and I argue, Fico’s domestic pressure is now a warning sign for EU unity. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokInterested in how public services affect political distrust, populist support, and similar? Longitudinal evidence from Germany and Norway. doi.org/10.1080/1471...
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- Reposted by Miroslav Nemčok📢 New article 🌟 👥 Jean-François Daoust @jfdaoust.bsky.social, Miroslav Nemcok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, Philipp Christian Broniecki & Peter J. Loewen 🔎 Reassessing the winner-loser gap in satisfaction with democracy 📖 Open access in PLOS ONE journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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- It’s out! 🚨
- Ever heard “those unemployed people are staying home even though they could be working”? This idea, that everyone contributes their fair share to the welfare system, is crucial. Otherwise, the fundamental principles of social solidarity and redistribution are undermined. [1/n]
- It's becoming real! Our book "More People, Fewer States: The Past and Future of World Population and Empire Sizes" co-authored with Rein Taagepera at Cambridge University Press now has a cover and a dedicated webpage: www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
- This is my new favorite research paper; mostly because its abstract could be just emojis: 💩 ➕❄️🟰🔪❓ 🙅🙅♀️🙅♂️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
- When personal meets professional, you may land a paper in @EJPRjournal. I’m excited to see this joyful co-authored paper with these wonderful colleagues @annanhelgoy.bsky.social & @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social come out. Stay tuned! 🚨
- An acceptance feels extra nice when co-authored with your partner and best friend! Stay tuned for our paper on formative experiences and perceptions of system abuse, soon in EJPR! This is a new level of assortative mating/friendship. @annanhelgoy.bsky.social @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social
- It got much better!!! Don't hesitate to reach me on my FAX(!) number "WTF???" which was accepted by the system. I'll reply at my earliest convenience. Faxfully yours, Miro
- Just discovered my new favorite mandatory field in the submission forms: FAX. Even though you didn't ask, it is followed by an incredibly long list of salutation options in the UK and an academic degree list in Germany, which does expect that you may have obtained your degree elsewhere.
- I will never stop being amazed that this paper started as a sketch of its research design on a board in this photo. Doesn’t make sense? Neither to me anymore! doi.org/10.1080/1471...
- 1/ Curious about the influence of public services on political distrust and populist support? Check out our latest article in Public Management Review featuring @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social and @staffankumlin.bsky.social , all from UiOslo doi.org/10.1080/1471... plsky polisky policysky
- 1/ Curious about the influence of public services on political distrust and populist support? Check out our latest article in Public Management Review featuring @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social and @staffankumlin.bsky.social , all from UiOslo doi.org/10.1080/1471... plsky polisky policysky
- 2/ In Germany & Norway, negative public service performance evaluations correlate with general distrust in political actors and institutions. General evaluations across multiple services matter more than specific ones. However, certain service areas, like the Norwegian NAV, can impact public trust.
- Love these calm periods when no stress creeps in, and I can freely focus on work and life.
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- Every day with an acceptance email is a good day. Stay tuned for "Welfare State Evaluations, Normative Expectations, and Political Trust: Longitudinal Evidence from Germany and Norway" by @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social, S. Kumlin, and me, now accepted at Public Management Review! policysky polisky
- Reposted by Miroslav NemčokWe are hiring! ✅3-year post-doc at @unioslo-arena.bsky.social ✅Develop and implement your own research related to the domestic implementation of European law ✅Work with me, @dnaurin.bsky.social, and the EURNOR team! ✅No teaching obligation 📅 Apply by January 2! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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- Shit just got real. 🤞 ERC Starting Grant submitted 🤞
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