Publications

Journal Articles

Jan Kovář (2026). The politicisation of European integration on politicians’ social media: which aspects of political opportunity structure matter?. Journal of European Integration, 1–26.

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Jan Kovář (2026). The Party Politics of EU Politicization on Social Media: Evidence from Czechia. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 1–23.

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Jan Kovář (2026). Selective EU Framing on Twitter: Party Leaders Across Six Member States, 2007–2022. Czech Journal of Political Science, 25–64.

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Jan Kovář (2026). European Council Conclusions Corpus, 2004–2026. GESIS Data Archive.

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K. Kochlöffel, P. Ayan Musil, Jan Kovář, Petr Kratochvíl, Zdeněk Sychra (2026). Determinants of political polarisation in the context of democratic renewal: a study of public attitudes in Poland. Third World Quarterly, 1–19.

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Book Chapters

Jan Kovář (2026). Czechia: Attitudinal, Behavioural, and Representational Trust and Legitimacy in the Czech Multi-Level Democracy. Activating European Citizens’ Trust in Times of Crisis and Polarization: Towards a New Era of Representative Democracy, 13–23. Springer Nature Switzerland.

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Katarzyna Kochlöffel, Petr Kratochvíl, Jan Kovář, Pelin Ayan Musil, Zdeněk Sychra (2025). Report studying Central European populism and new cleavages. ActEU / Horizon Europe.

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Jan Kovář, Petr Kratochvíl, Zdeněk Sychra, P. Ayan Musil, K. Kochlöffel, L. Morales, L. Ramiro, C. Pamies, G. Vigneaux, J. Del Val (2025). Report on the pirate innovations and the link between responsiveness and political trust and legitimacy of these party movements. ActEU / Horizon Europe.

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Jan Kovář (2024). Unequal Framing in Central Europe during Two Crises? How Politicians Framed Immigrants during the 2015–2016 EU Refugee Crisis and Following the Russian Aggression Against Ukraine. Representations of Refugees, Migrants, and Displaced People as the ‘Other’, 163–182. Springer Nature Switzerland.

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Petr Kratochvíl, Katarzyna Kochlöffel, Jan Kovář, Laura Morales, Pelin Ayan Musil, Luis Ramiro, Zdeněk Sychra (2024). The Populist Far Right in the EU: A convergence in immigration, climate change, and gender-related policies?. ActEU / Horizon Europe.

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Mats Rickard Braun, Jan Kovář (2024). Balkán, Turecko či Ukrajina: Budoucnost politiky rozšiřování v kontextu institucionálního nastavení. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Jan Kovář, L. Cvetanoska (2024). Anticipating the Czech European Parliament elections: ambiguous EU attitudes, sovereignty, scepticism on green policies and referendum on the government. European elections 2024. A turning point for EU integration?, 99–104. CIDOB.

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Jan Kovář, Jakub Eberle (2023). Většinové hlasování o zahraniční politice Evropské unie: vstřícný přístup je ve světle geopolitických výzev v českém zájmu. Svět v proměnách 2023: Analýzy ÚMV, 42–47. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Jan Kovář, Tomáš Weiss (2023). The 2022 Czech EU Council Presidency: Performance in the fields of security, energy and rule of law. Czech Journal of International Relations, 58(1), 81–99.

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Jan Kovář, Jakub Eberle (2023). Problematika právního státu v kontextu debaty o rozšiřování Evropské unie. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Sylvie Burianová, Jan Kovář (2023). Přístupy zemí severní a západní Evropy k fenoménu migrace: posun k restrikci?. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Jan Kovář (2023). Politicisation of Immigration in Central and Eastern Europe: Evidence from Plenary Debates in Two Countries. Problems of Post-Communism, 70(6), 667–678.

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Jan Kovář (2023). Media framing of immigrants in Central Europe in the period surrounding the refugee crisis: Security, negativity, and political sources. Communications, 48(1), 5–27.

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Jan Kovář, Jakub Eberle (2023). Je rozhodování jinak než jednomyslností v českém zájmu?. Discussion Paper. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

Books

Jan Kovář (2023). Debating Immigrants and Refugees in Central Europe: Politicising and Framing Newcomers in the Media and Political Arenas. Routledge.

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Jan Kovář, Jakub Eberle (2022). Použití veta ve Společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politice EU: Kdo a proč?. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Jan Kovář, Jakub Eberle (2022). Kvalifikovaná většina ve Společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politice Evropské unie: Argumenty pro a proti. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Jan Kovář, Kateřina Kočí (2022). Informal Differentiated Integration in EU Foreign and Security Policy: Perspectives of a Small Member State. EU IDEA Policy Briefs(5).

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Jan Kovář (2022). Framing Different Groups of Immigrants in Central Europe Before and During the 2015–2017 EU Refugee Crisis. Europe-Asia Studies, 74(8), 1385–1412.

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Jan Kovář, Jakub Eberle (2022). Český zájem a rozhodování kvalifikovanou většinou ve Společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politice Evropské unie. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Jan Kovář, Kamil Kovář (2021). Who Governs in the Council? Determinants of Ministerial Participation in Council Meetings. East European Politics and Societies, 35(1), 156–181.

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Jan Kovář (2021). Ministerské memo: Reforma azylové politiky Evropské unie. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Jan Kovář, Christian Kvorning Lassen (2021). Disastrous pandemic management puts the Czech Republic at a critical democratic juncture. The effect of Covid on EU democracies, 8–9. European Policy Institutes Network.

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Jan Kovář (2021). Czechia: the Conference passes by. Managed Expectations: EU Member States’ Views on the Conference on the Future of Europe, 15. Centre for European Policy Studies & European Policy Institutes Network.

Book Reviews

Jan Kovář (2021). Catherine E. de Vries: Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration. Mezinárodní vztahy, 56(1), 101–107.

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Jan Kovář, Petr Kratochvíl, Zdeněk Sychra, Kateřina Kočí (2020). Vyhodnocení možných variant budoucího vývoje evropské integrace v kontextu zájmů ČR: Souhrnná výzkumná zpráva. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Kateřina Davidová, Jan Kovář (2020). Using Trade Policy to Tackle Climate Change and Protect the Environment. Prague European Summit Micro-Studies, 6–9. EUROPEUM: Institute for European Policy & Institute of International Relations.

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Jan Kovář (2020). Moving Forward or Turning Back? Slovak Parties and the Future of the EU. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 53(3), 43–63.

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Jan Kovář, Petr Kratochvíl (2020). How Does Identity Relate to Attitudes Towards Differentiation? The Cases of France, Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey. EU IDEA Research Papers(6).

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Jan Kovář (2020). Diferencovaná integrace České republiky v Evropské unii. Mezinárodní politika, 2020(2), 8–11.

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Christian Kvorning Lassen, Jan Kovář (2020). Czechia: This Covid-19 environment is not conducive to external solidarity. ‘Coronationalism’ vs a geopolitical Europe? EU external solidarity at the time of Covid-19, 8–9. Centre for European Policy Studies & European Policy Institutes Network.

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Christian Kvorning Lassen, Jan Kovář (2020). Czechia: economic recovery at the expense of climate and solidarity. Member states’ expectations towards the German Council Presidency, 7–8. Centre for European Policy Studies & European Policy Institutes Network.

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Christian Kvorning Lassen, Jan Kovář (2020). Czech Republic: political elites and citizens view EU cooperation with scepticism. EU crisis response in tackling Covid-19: Views from the member states, 5. Centre for European Policy Studies & European Policy Institutes Network.

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Jan Kovář (2020). Czech party positions on the EU’s finality: a conceptual metaphor approach. Journal of International Relations and Development, 23(2), 462–486.

Book Chapters

Jan Kovář, Zdeněk Sychra, Petr Kratochvíl (2020). Alignment of national parties and European party federations. Deliberative Democracy in the EU: Countering Populism with Participation and Debate, 113–130. Rowman & Littlefield International.

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Jan Kovář (2020). A security threat or an economic consequence? An analysis of the news framing of the European Union's refugee crisis. International Communication Gazette, 82(6), 564–587.

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Jan Kovář (2019). Variations of metaphors in party manifestos about EU finality: Assessing party positions through conceptual metaphors. Variation in Political Metaphor, 151–176. John Benjamins.

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Jan Kovář, Petr Kratochvíl, Zdeněk Sychra (2019). Representative Democracy in Czechia: A Disconnect Between the National and EU Level. Representative Democracy in the EU: Recovering Legitimacy, 107–127. Rowman & Littlefield International.

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Jan Kovář, Christian Kvorning Lassen (2019). Europe on the precipice: can the populist tide be turned. Prague European Summit Study, 7–9. EUROPEUM: Institute for European Policy & Institute of International Relations.

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Jan Kovář (2018). When Do Ministers Travel to Brussels? A Case of Hungary. Romanian Journal of Political Science, 18(2), 56–90.

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Jan Kovář, Zdeněk Sychra (2018). The European Dimension of the Czech Foreign Policy: Ambivalent Position of the Reluctant European. Czech Foreign Policy in 2017: IIR Analysis, 41–70. Institute of International Relations.

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Jan Kovář, Petr Kratochvíl, Zdeněk Sychra (2018). Direct Democracy in Czechia: From the Shadows to the Limelight. Direct Democracy in the EU: The Myth of a Citizens’ Union, 166–188. Rowman & Littlefield International.

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Jan Kovář, Zdeněk Sychra (2017). Evropský rozměr české zahraniční politiky. Česká zahraniční politika v roce 2016: Analýza ÚMV, 33–80. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů.

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Jan Kovář, Radko Hokovský (2016). Sustainable European integration: EU for the 21st Century. Prague European Summit 2016 Policy Papers, 14–20. Evropské hodnoty, o.s..

Books

Jan Kovář (2016). Revisiting the Second-Order Election Model and Its Application to European Parliament Elections in Central and Eastern European Countries. Metropolitan University Prague Press.

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Jan Kovář, František Mudroňka, Adéla Hájková, Nelly Tomčíková, Adam Čech (2015). Účast ministrů na Radě Evropské unie. Analýza think-tanku Evropské hodnoty, 1–49. Evropské hodnoty, o.s..

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Jan Kovář, Veronika Smolková, Tereza Nováková, Kateřina Blažková, Lukáš Hendrych, Jan Gillern (2015). První rok práce poslanců Evropského parlamentu. Studie think-tanku Evropské hodnoty, 1–50. Evropské hodnoty, o.s..

Book Reviews

Jan Kovář (2015). Politics in the Age of Austerity. Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, 9(1), 145–147.

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Jan Kovář, Adéla Hájková, František Mudroňka (2015). Národní parlamenty a jejich role v procesu evropské integrace. Odborný podklad think-tanku Evropské hodnoty, 1–29. Evropské hodnoty, o.s..

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Jan Kovář, Martin Roháček (2015). Jak se uchytili čeští europoslanci?. Odborný podklad think-tanku Evropské hodnoty, 1–23. Evropské hodnoty, o.s..

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Jan Kovář, Lukáš Hendrych (2015). Jak české politické strany pracují s unijními tématy?. Odborný podklad think-tanku Evropské hodnoty, 1–22. Evropské hodnoty, o.s..

Journal Articles

Jan Kovář (2015). Europeanisation of EP Election Manifestos: An Application of a New Approach on the Case of Slovak Political Parties. Czech Journal of Political Science, 22(2), 105–126.

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Jan Kovář (2015). Europeanisation of Czech Parties' Election Manifestos: Reviewing the 2013 Chamber of Deputies Elections. Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, 9(2), 78–106.

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Martin Roháček, Dominik Bergmann, Jan Kovář (2015). Docházka poslanců EP na schůze výborů. Studie think-tanku Evropské hodnoty, 1–49. Evropské hodnoty, o.s..

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Jan Kovář, Kamil Kovář (2014). Representation of Women in Second-order Elections: The Czech Republic and Slovakia Compared. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 15(1), 1–18.

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Jan Kovář (2014). Europeizace volebních programů pro volby do EP. Political Sciences, 17(3), 32–67.

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Jan Kovář (2014). Europeanisation of Slovak Parties’ Programmatic Documents for EP Elections: A Drop in the Bucket, or a Light at the End of the Tunnel?. Slovak Journal of Political Sciences, 14(1), 24–52.

Books

Jan Kovář (2013). Voting Behaviour in EP Elections in the Post-Communist Countries: Second-Order or Not?. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.

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Jan Kovář, Kamil Kovář (2013). Towards the European(-ised) Public Sphere: The Case of EP Elections in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Journal of Contemporary European Research, 9(5), 696–722.

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Jan Kovář (2013). The Supply Side of Second-Order Elections in the Czech Republic: A Light at the End of the Tunnel?. Romanian Journal of European Affairs, 13(1), 57–82.

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Jan Kovář, Kamil Kovář (2013). Candidate quality across different orders of elections: the cases of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. East European Politics, 29(2), 152–174.

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Jan Kovář, Kamil Kovář (2012). Women’s Representation in European Parliamentary Elections: A Second-Order Approach?. Politics in Central Europe, 8(1), 5–34.

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Jan Kovář, Kamil Kovář (2012). National or European? EP Elections Campaign Themes in the News Media. European Electoral Studies, 7(1), 30–41.

Book Reviews

Jan Kovář (2011). Vojtěch Belling: Legitimita moci v postmoderní době: Proč potřebuje Evropská unie členské státy?. Mezinárodní vztahy, 46(2), 110–114.

Book Reviews

Jan Kovář (2011). European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 12(1), 115–117.