Lucia Kovacikova, Ph.D.

Lucia Kovacikova, Ph.D.Marquette University

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of Americalucia.kovacikova@marquette.eduPersonal Website

Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor

Political Science

Dr. Kovacikova received her PhD in Political Science from Tulane University (2023). She also holds an MA from Tulane University (2021) and an MSc from the University of Amsterdam (2012). She has been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University and a Visiting Scholar at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of Canada. Her research focuses on paradiplomacy, subnational capacity, and international economic development policies of advanced industrialized states and their substate governments. Her current research project examines the link between the attitudes and values captured in the most recent World Values Survey (Wave 7) and the growing trend of paradiplomacy within Canada and across the OECD more broadly.

Education

Ph.D., Tulane University, 2023

Courses Taught

POSC 2601 International Politics

POSC 4621 Politics of the World Economy

Publications

Bauhr, Monika, Ruth Carlitz, and Lucia Kovacikova. "Beyond buildings: Social bargaining and effective access to public services." Public Organization Review 24, no. 1 (2024): 389-406.

Carlitz, Ruth and Lucia Kovacikova. "Gendered Impact of Corruption on Public Services in Emerging Democracies." In Gender and Corruption in Democracies: A Handbook, edited by Tiffany Barnes and Emily Beaulieau. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming.