Petr Kopecky
Professor of Comparative Studies Political Parties and Party Systems
- Name
- Prof.dr. P. Kopecky
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3602
- kopecky@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Short CV
Petr Kopecký is Professor of Political Science and co-editor of the journal 'East European Politics'. He studied Economics at the University of Economics in Prague and Political Science at the University of Manchester. He received his PhD from Leiden University. He was lecturer and senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield, and Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg, and the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development in Accra.
Research
His main research interest are political parties and party systems in contemporary democracies. His current research focuses on the relationship between political patronage and the processes of party building and party organizational transformation, and on the politicization of recruitment of appointed elites. His other research interests include comparative (East) European politics, democratisation, comparative political institutions, legislative behavior, civil society.
PhD supervision
Petr Kopecký is available to supervise PhD students and invites PhD research proposals in the areas of:
- political parties
- patronage, clientelism and corruption
- comparative East European politics
See for more information on PhD positions:
Professor of Comparative Studies Political Parties and Party Systems
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Politieke Wetenschap
- Kopecky P. (2015), Political appointments: Politicians’ motivations. Lecture to the 8th ReSPA Annual Conference, Podgorica, 12-13 November 2015. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. (21 May 2012), On Patronage and Political Parties in Contemporary Europe. Inaugural Lecture. Leiden University. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. (4 November 2005), Political parties and the State in post-communist Europe: The nature of symbiosis. Workshop on Political Parties and the State in Eastern Europe. Leiden. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. & Van Biezen I.C. (31 August 2005), The state and the parties: Public funding, public regulation and party patronage in contemporary democracies. Conference on Political Parties and Political Development, National Democratic Institute. Washington DC, USA. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. (2 April 2004), Public attitudes towards the EU in the Czech and Slovak Republics. conference on Public Opinion About the EU in East-Central Europe. Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. (17 September 2004), The Rise of the Power Monopoly: Political Parties in the Czech Republic. seminar The Heterogeneous European Union: Parties and the party systems in new member states, Centre for European Studies. University of Helsinki. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. (22 March 2004), Political parties in new democracies. workshop on Party System Development and the Democratisation of Post-Independence Africa. SAIIA, Johannesburg. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. (25 June 2003), Civil society in the post-communist Central Europe. lecture at the Czech Centrum. Utrecht. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. (1 July 2003), Against the walls: NGO's, social movements, and collective protest in the post-communist societies. paper presented at the Institute of Social Studies. Den Haag. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. & Mair P. (6 May 2002), Political parties and government. OSSREA workshop on the Sustainability of African Political Parties. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. (6 December 2002), An awkward newcomer: EU enlargement and euroscepticism in the Czech Republic. Opposing Europe workshop, LSE. London, UK. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. & Van Cranenburgh O.B.R.C. (30 October 2002), Political institutions in new democracies: (Not so) hidden majoritarianism in New South Africa. NOB/NIG Congress. Rotterdam. [lecture].
- Kopecky P. (5 November 2002), Civil society and democratization: Evidence from Eastern Europe. lezing aan het Institute of Social Studies. Den Haag. [lecture].
- employment
- co-editor of a scientific journal