Lucia Kovacikova

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Political Science

Welcome!

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science at Concordia University and a Visiting Scholar at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of Canada. My focus is on international political economy, specifically on a mixed-method exploration of paradiplomacy and economic development of subnational governments. Using the World Values Survey (Wave 7) data, in combination with my own paradiplomacy dataset, I aim to learn more about the impact of changing attitudes on subnational involvement in international economic development.

I received my B.A. from the University of Calgary, my M.Sc. from the University of Amsterdam, and my M.A. and Ph.D. from Tulane University in New Orleans. I also worked for numerous diplomatic and international organizations, including Global Affairs Canada, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, and the UK Department of International Trade.