Research Interests

Methods, Political Behavior, Political Psychology

Selected Publications

Simonovits G., McCoy J., and Littvay L. (2022) ‘Democratic hypocrisy and out-group threat: explaining citizen support for democratic erosion’ The Journal of Politics 84(3), pp. 1806-1811. https://doi.org/10.1086/719009

Kovarek D., and Littvay L., (2022) ‘Greater than the sum of its part(ie)s: opposition comeback in the 2019 Hungarian local elections’ East European Politics 38(3), pp. 382-399. https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2022.2038571

Vegetti F., and Littvay L. ‘Belief in conspiracy theories and attitudes toward political violence’ Italian Political Science Review 52(1), pp. 18-32. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2021.17

Erisen C., Guidi M., Martini S., Toprakkiran S., Isernia P., and Littvay L. ‘Psychological correlates of populist attitudes’ (Advances in) Political Psychology 42(S1), pp. 149-171. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12768

Castanho Silva B., Bosancianu C.M., and Littvay L. (2019) Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences 179. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/multilevel-structural-equation-modeling/book261334

Hawkins K.A., and Littvay L. (2019) Contemporary US Populism in Comparative Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Elements in American Politics. https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/contemporary-us-populism-in-comparative-perspective/8D5577EECBE831206721B23CFA35A9F8

Research Projects

Team Populism

European Social Survey Questionnaire Design Team for the Democracy and COVID-19 Modules

Comparative Study of Election Systems – co-PI for Hungary and Tunisia

Hungarian Twin Registry

CUPESSE – Horizon 2020 – Survey Study: Implementation and Analysis Work Package Leader (2013 – 2018)