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Palina Kolvani
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PhD fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
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lsebr.bsky.social
Despite populist attacks on civil service employees and organisations, the fact remains that meritocratic bureaucracy boosts the business environment.
Why meritocratic bureaucracy is good for business - LSE Business Review
Despite populist attacks on civil service employees and organisations, the fact remains that meritocratic bureaucracy boosts the business environment.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
On October 13th Master of Science in Political Science Palina Kolvani will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science:

"The State of Numbers: Political Economy of Official Statistics"
Disputation Palina Kolvani - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)
Master of Science in Political Science Palina Kolvani will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: The State of Numbers: Political Economy of Official Statistics
www.sv.uio.no
September 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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statsvitenskap.bsky.social
📢 New article
👥 @palinakolvani.bsky.social & Marina Nistotskaya
🔎 On mechanisms of meritocratic recruitment: competence and impartiality
📖Open Access in Journal of Institutional Economics.
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S174...
April 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
palinakolvani.bsky.social
Fantastic to see the second paper of my PhD published in the Journal of Institutional Economics!
April 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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apsgworkshop.bsky.social
📢 Next Tuesday (8am PST, 11am EST, 4pm UKT)

Palina Kolvani (Oslo) will present her work "Who Counts? Electoral Fraud and Bureaucratic Careers".

Inga Saikkonen (Åbo Akademi) & Cole Harvey (Oklahoma State) will discuss.
April 30, 2024 at 9:38 PM
palinakolvani.bsky.social
Excited to see the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology published online, where Marina Nistotskaya and I have co-authored an entry on Bureaucracy: www.elgaronline.com/display/book...
December 20, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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apsgworkshop.bsky.social
Polisky Dictatorsky !!
SPRING 2024 SERIES SCHEDULE IS OUT
We are thrilled to announce a new season featuring fantastic promising work and discussants!
Make sure to participate by subscribing at tinyurl.com/bddy4bta (for Zoom links and updates)
A 🧵with details on each meeting:
December 18, 2023 at 3:14 PM
palinakolvani.bsky.social
Very happy to share that our paper with @chknutsen.bsky.social on COVID-19, Democracy and State Capacity has been accepted and is forthcoming in World Politics!

Its earlier version is available as V-Dem working paper here: t.co/d9ChlTJSZK

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November 28, 2023 at 5:12 PM