Dr. Andrew Konitzer
Associate Director

Andrew Konitzer specializes in electoral institutions, party politics, voting behavior, European Union enlargement and issues of democratic decentralization and federalism within post-communist states. A former Research Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Kennan Institute for Advanced Russia Studies, his publications include the book Voting for Russia's Governors: Regional Elections and Accountability under Yeltsin and Putin (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) and articles in such journals as Europe-Asia Studies, Post-Soviet Affairs, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, East European Politics and Societies and Electoral Studies. In addition to several years of field research experience in Russia, the Baltics, Ukraine, and the Balkans, he has also participated in the planning and implementation of technical assistant and study abroad programs throughout the region.

PhD, Political Science, University of Pittsburgh

Russian, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian

• Voting for Russia's Governors: Regional Elections and Accountability under Yeltsin and Putin. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.


• “Serbia between East and West,” Russian History 38, (2011): 101-122


• "An Electorate Adrift: Refugees and Elections in Post-Milosevic Serbia," Europe-Asia Studies 61, no. 5 (2009): 857-874. With Jelena Grujić.


• "The Parliamentary Elections in Serbia, 11 May 2008," Electoral Studies 28, (2009): 141-145.


• "The Serbian Radical Party in the 2004 Local Elections," East European Politics and Society 22, no. 4 (2008): 738-756.


• "Prospects for Managed Democracy in Russia," Europe-Asia Studies, 59, no. 6 (2007): 1025-1047. With Stephen Wegren.


• "Federalism and Political Recentralization in the Russian Federation: United Russia as the Party of Power," Publius: The Journal of Federalism 36, no. 4 (2006): 503-522. With Stephen Wegren.


• "The 2003 Russian Duma Election and the Decline in Rural Support for the Communist Party," Electoral Studies 25 (2006): 677-695. With Stephen Wegren.


• "Serving Different Masters: Regional Executives and Accountability in Ukraine and Russia," Europe-Asia Studies 57, no. 1 (2005): 3-34.


• "Incumbent Electoral Fortunes and Regional Economic Performance during Russia's 2000-2001 Regional Executive Election Cycle," Post-Soviet Affairs 19, no. 1 (2003): 46-79.


• "Jurisdictional Voting in Russia's Regions: Initial Results from Individual-level Analyses," Europe-Asia Studies 55, no. 1 (2003): 133-153.

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Updated September 26, 2012