Karel Kouba
karelkouba.bsky.social
Karel Kouba
@karelkouba.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Charles University, Prague | Comparative Politics & Area Studies | Latin America | Vice Dean for Project and Grant Management, Faculty of Arts | www.karelkouba.org
Great to see our paper in Scientific Data. Thanks to cooperation with @michael-weiss.bsky.social, we have assembled a dataset (over 30k obs.) covering all Latin American legislators since the 1980s. This will help comparative analyses of gender, turnover, careers...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Thanks to everyone who joined and took part in the discussion at 👉 Chile at a Crossroads: Actors and Contexts of the 2025 Election, a public lecture by Assoc. Prof. Robert L. Funk, renowned expert on Chilean politics.
We look forward to seeing you at our next events!

@karelkouba.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Reposted by Karel Kouba
Our article with Michael Weiss @michael-weiss.bsky.social is finally assigned to an issue of Latin American Politics and Society. We find an extreme legislative turnover across Latin America @reformaslatam.bsky.social @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org @era-areas.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We're looking for senior-level candidate (a comparativist) for a research group leader.
We are hiring! 🌏 For the future Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS) at @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz, we are looking for a 👉 Research Group Leader in Comparative Area Studies.

Join us in Prague – details here: bit.ly/CenMASleader

@millanos.bsky.social @karelkouba.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A job opening for comparativists!
We are hiring! Join @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz as a 👉 Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Area Studies and take part in building the future 🌏 Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).

Based in Prague – details here: bit.ly/CenMASpostdoc

@millanos.bsky.social @karelkouba.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📢 Our new article on gender representation in academic leadership is out (open access)! We look at the case of Czech academic elections. Elections are not biased against women per se, but the large gender gap arises at the stage of running in elections.
doi.org/10.1080/0307...
@unikarlova.cuni.cz
August 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We are hiring a postdoc! Our new ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies @era-areas.bsky.social at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz in Prague is searching for a postdoctoral researcher in comparative area studies.
www.ff.cuni.cz/2025/07/vybe...
Call for candidates: Researcher in Comparative Area Studies (Postdoctoral level) / Výběrové řízení na pozici: Vědecký pracovník v oblasti komparativních areálových studií (postdoktorand) | Filozofická...
www.ff.cuni.cz
August 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
We are hiring a research group leader! Our new ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies @era-areas.bsky.social at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz is searching for a research group leader in comparative area studies.
www.ff.cuni.cz/2025/07/vedo...
August 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM