Jānis Ikstens

Curriculum Vitae

Education: 1987.-1993. Studies at the Faculty of History and Philosophy, (State) University of Latvia

1993.-1997.Doctoral program at the Department of Political Science, University of Latvia

Academic titles and degrees:

1997. Dr.sc.pol. in Comparative Politics, University of Latvia

2005.Associate Professor, University of Latvia

2010.Professor, University of Latvia

Work experience:

1997.-2005. Lecturer, Vidzeme University College

2005.- 2010.Associate Professor, University of Latvia

2010.-Professor, University of Latvia

Languages:

English – excellent

Russian – excellent

Most significant scientific publications and text-books:

Ikstens, Jānis. European Parliament elections in the Baltic countries: A comparative view. In: Donatella Viola (ed.). The Routledge Handbook of European Elections. Routledge, 2012. (forthcoming).

Ikstens, Jānis. Latvia. In: European Journal of Political Research, vol.50, 2011, 1035-1045.

Ikstens, Jānis & Andris Runcis (eds.). Founding Elections in Latvia, 1993-1995. Edition Sigma, 2011.

Ikstens, Jānis. Latvia. In: European Journal of Political Research, vol.49, 2010, 1035-1045.

Ikstens, Jānis. Political Science in Latvia: Learning the basics. In: Rainer Eisfeld and Leslie Pal (eds.). Political science in Central and Eastern Europe: Diversity and convergence. Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2010.

Ikstens, Jānis. Farmers’ Union of Latvia: Does party strategy matter? In: Jean-Michel de Waele and Daniel-Louis Seiler (eds.), Les parties agrarians et paysans en Europe. Universite de Bruxelles: Brussels, 2009.

Ikstens, Jānis. Latvia. In: European Journal of Political Research, vol.48, 2009, 1015-1021.

Ikstens, Jānis.Patronageand party development in Latvia. In: Žaneta Ozoliņa and Iveta Reinholde (eds.). Laba pārvaldība. Zinātne: Rīga, 2009.

Steven D.Roper and Jānis Ikstens (eds.). Public Finance and Party Development in Post-Communist Europe. Ashgate, 2008.

Ikstens, Jānis. Does EUrope matter? The EU and Latvia’s political parties. In: Paul Lewis and Zdenka Mansfeldova (eds.). The Impact of EU Enlargement on Party Systems and Electoral Alignments in Central Europe. Palgrave, 2007.

Ikstens, Jānis. Baltic Nations. In: Encyclopedia of Global Perspectives on the United States of America. Berkshire Publishing, 2006.

Ikstens, Jānis and Andris Runcis. Brīvas un godīgas vēlēšanas. In: Juris Rozenvalds (ed.) Cik demokrātiska ir Latvija? Demokrātijas audits. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2005.

Auers, Daunis and Jānis Ikstens. Politisko partiju demokrātiskā loma. In: Juris Rozenvalds (ed.) Cik demokrātiska ir Latvija? Demokrātijas audits. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2005.

Ikstens, Jānis. European Parliament election in Latvia: more of the same? In: Rudolf Hrbek (ed.). European Parliament elections in the Eastern Europe. Nomos Verlag, 2005.

Ikstens, Jānis. EU referendum in Latvia. In:Jean Michel de Waele (ed.). EUaccession referendums. University of Brussels, 2005.

Ikstens, Jānis. FHRUL bloc: Leftist Parties or Parties or Russian-speaking People? In: Acta Universitatis Latviensis, vol.680 (April 2005), pp.152-161, 2005.

Ikstens, Jānis.Latvia. In: European Journal of Political Research, vol.43, 2004.

Jānis Ikstens. Nation-building and the role of international organizations in Latvia. In: Nobuya Hashimoto et al (eds.) A Collection of Papers on History and Today’s Situation of Russian-speaking population in Estonia and Latvia.HiroshimaUniversity, 2005.

Academic courses:

  • Introduction to Political sciencePart A4 CP
  • Introduction to studies (with Ass.Prof.D.Bāra)Part A4 CP
  • Research design Part A4 CP(MA program)
  • Political process in Latvia Part A4 CP (MA program)
  • Electoral studiesPart B 4 CP

Additional experience:

Member, Latvia’s Association of Political Scientists

Member, Council of Public Administration Policy Development

Member, Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia

14 January 2012