Permanent Faculty

Levente (Levi) received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2006 where he also studied Survey Research and Methodology. He has held visiting positions in multiple departments of the Eotvos Lorand University and the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Psychology. He has taught a number of workshops on missing data. Predominantly a methodologist, Levi’s research strives to find new analytical strategies to complex problems and research questions in any field of science. Past research has included evolutionary game theory through agent based computer simulations and macro-comparative exploration of the relationship between corruption and democratic performance. Current research includes exploration of a number of statistical questions, assessment of electoral systems and the genetics of social and political behavior. Active member of the American Political Science Association, Behavior Genetics Association and the International Society for Twin Studies. Levi also plays bluegrass and has two cats.

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Curriculum Vitae (external link)

Courses Taught:

2010/11
Quantitative Methods: Analyzing People
Quantitative Methods: Analyzing Countries

2009/10
Understanding Social Science Statistics
Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
Topics and Methods in Comparative Politics (with Maurizio Cotta)
Topics in Advanced Statistics: Nonresponse, Missing Data, and Causal Analysis

2008/09
Research Design: Scope and Methods (with Tamas Meszerics)
Voting Behaviour
Introduction to Statistics (with Tamas Rudas)
Intermediate Statistics
Advanced Methods in Applied Statistics