News & Events

DFG Grant Award

21 September 2015

Marinov submitted a grant proposal to the the German Science Foundation on Sept 21, 2015 for three-year funding of 220,000 euro. The grant proposal title and summary:

Processes or Candidates? The International Community and the Demand for Electoral Integrity

I and my co-authors are presenting three papers at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association: "Does Social Media Promote Civic Optimism?", "Cursing Your Candidate: Why Foreign Powers Lose Elections", "Do Public Fund Windfalls Increase Corruption?

Work on Troop Levels in The National Interest

24 July 2015

Democracies' Deadly Electoral Compromise

Nikolay Marinov

William G. Nomikos

See full text in TNI:

Article on Sanctions and Democracy Now in FirstView

24 July 2015

International Interactions

EPSA 2015 Vienna

Saturday, June 27, 2015 - 11:59

Marinov and Milan Svolik will present a research paper tentatively titled ``Cursing Your Candidate: Why Foreign Powers Lo

Data on Troops in Afghanistan Now at Princeton ESOC

12 June 2015

Nikolay Marinov, William G. Nomikos, and Josh Robbins show that democratic countries were less likely to contribute troops to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan close to election periods.

MPSA 2016 Flores and Nooruddin Roundtable

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 09:01

Marinov will discuss a book project by Flores and Nooruddin and serve as discussant on a separate panel on democratization. More below.

Author Meets Critics: Electing Democracy? by Thomas Flores and Irfan Nooruddin

Nikolova and Marinov Research Featured at FT's Beyondbricks

2 April 2015

In 2004 and 2005, Bulgaria was unexpectedly hit by torrential rain that caused extensive flooding. To deal with the destruction, the government awarded nearly €67m to 257 flood-stricken municipalities (see map below).

ENCoRe Bonn March 2015

Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 08:15 to Saturday, March 7, 2015 - 08:15

ENCoRe Workshop

German Development Institute Bonn 5-7 March 2015

All events take place in the lecture hall unless otherwise indicated

Academic panel 1: Post-conflict situations / The role of natural resources

ETH and University of Zurich

Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 00:09

CIS - ETH and University of Zurich, Feb 19, 2015, Lunch Seminar Series, presented ``Does Social Media Promote Civic Optimism?''