Csaba Nikolenyi, PhD
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- Professor, Political Science
- Director of the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies
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Biography
Education
PhD (University of British Columbia)
I am a Professor at the Department of Political Science and Director of the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies at Concordia University. My research in Comparative Politics focusses on political parties and legislative politics in a variety of democratic settings such as Israel, Eastern Europe and India. I am founding Series Editor of the McGill-Queen’s-Azrieli Institute Series in Israel Studies and was former English Co-Editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science (2006-11). Currently, I am a member of the Editorial Board of the Israel Studies Journal and the Contemporary Review of the Middle East. I have won several research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and other agencies. My international appointments include a number of visiting and guest professorships including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Australian National University, O.P Jindal Global University, and Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg. My recent service contributions include chairing the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee, chairing the Azrieli Foundation International Post-Doctoral Fellowship Committee (Social Sciences), having served as Chair of the Department of Political Science and serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Israel Studies. I currently serve as Vice-President of the Association for Israel Studies.
Series Editor
McGill-Queen's - Azrieli Institute Series in Israel StudiesResearch interests
Israel StudiesLegislative Studies
Comparative Party and Electoral Systems
Political Institutions
Research affiliations
Member of the Board of Directors, Association for Israel StudiesResearch Committee of Legislative Specialists (International Political Science Association)
Teaching activities
Undergraduate courses
Israeli Political System
Constructing the Israeli Identity (field school)
Comparative Political Parties and Party Systems
Post-Communist Societies
Comparative Electoral Systems
Graduate courses
Rational and Public Choice
Game Theory
Legislative Studies
Selected publications
Books
Csaba Nikolenyi. 2023. Party Switching in Israeli Politics: Kalanterism in Comparative Perspective (State University of New York Press).
Csaba Nikolenyi. 2014. Institutional Design and Party Government in Post-Communist Europe (Oxford University Press).
Csaba Nikolenyi. 2010. Minority Governments in India: The Puzzle of Elusive Majorities (London: Routledge).