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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For his profound analysis of the function of electoral systems in representative democracy.

Overview

Rein Taagepera is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans several fields within the social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology, political science, environmental engineering, and interdisciplinary areas such as renewable energy, sustainability, and astronomy and astrophysics.

Their scholarly work covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Taagepera's recent academic papers illustrate the range of their research interests. These include:

  • "World population growth over millennia: Ancient and present phases with a temporary halt in-between" (2023), published in The Anthropocene Review
  • "Predicting Party Systems from Electoral Systems" (2020), featured in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
  • "Lead and Lag Times of Countries in a Gentler World" (2020), published in Social Indicators Research (co-authored with Oliver Nahkur)
  • "Lack-of-Corruption Goes with Liberal-Egalitarian Features of Democracy" (2023), published in Comparative Sociology (co-authored with Peet Kask)
  • "Index" (2024), included in Cambridge University Press eBooks

Taagepera has frequently published in venues such as The Anthropocene Review, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Social Indicators Research, Comparative Sociology, and Cambridge University Press eBooks.

Co-authorship has been an element of Taagepera's scholarly activity. Regular collaborators include:

  • Miroslav Nemčok (23 publications)
  • Oliver Nahkur (2 publications)
  • Matthew Søberg Shugart (1 publication)
  • Peet Kask (1 publication)
  • Marek M. Kamiński (1 publication)

The scientist has contributed to academic literature through book publications as well. Notably, a book titled More People, Fewer States was published in 2024 by Cambridge University Press, which has received citations in academic circles.

Among the awards conferred upon Taagepera is the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, awarded in 2008 for analysis related to the function of electoral systems in representative democracy.

Best Publications

  • “Effective” Number of Parties: A Measure with Application to West Europe

    Markku Laakso;Rein Taagepera

  • The Baltic States: Years of Dependence - 1940-1990

    Romuald J. Misiunas;Rein Taagepera

  • Predicting party sizes: the logic of simple electoral systems

    Rein Taagepera

  • Corruption, Culture, and Communism

    Wayne Sandholtz;Rein Taagepera

  • PREDICTING THE NUMBER OF PARTIES: A QUANTITATIVE MODEL OF DUVERGER'S MECHANICAL EFFECT

    Rein Taagepera;Matthew Soberg Shugart

  • Rethinking Duverger's Law: Predicting the Effective Number of Parties in Plurality and PR Systems – Parties Minus Issues Equals One

    Rein Taagepera;Bernard Grofman

  • Estonia: Return To Independence

    Rein Taagepera

  • The Number of Parties As a Function of Heterogeneity and Electoral System

    Rein Taagepera

  • Size and duration of empires: Systematics of size

    Rein Taagepera

  • The Baltic States

    Rein Taagepera

  • Nationwide threshold of representation

    Rein Taagepera

  • Mapping the Indices of Seats–Votes Disproportionality and Inter-Election Volatility:

    Rein Taagepera;Bernard Grofman

  • The Baltic States, years of dependence, 1940-1980

    Romuald J. Misiunas;Rein Taagepera;Georg von Rauch

  • Arend Lijphart's Dimensions of Democracy: Logical Connections and Institutional Design:

    Rein Taagepera

  • The size of national assemblies

    Rein Taagepera

  • Effective number of parties for incomplete data

    Rein Taagepera;Rein Taagepera

  • Making social sciences more scientific : the need for predictive models

    Rein Taagepera

  • The Baltic States: Years of Dependence, 1980–1986

    Romuald J. Misiunas;Rein Taagepera

  • Effective Magnitude and Effective Threshold

    Rein Taagepera

  • A Generalized Index of Concentration

    Rein Taagepera;James Lee Ray

  • Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia

    Rein Taagepera

  • REFORMULATING THE CUBE LAW FOR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION ELECTIONS

    Rein Taagepera

  • Predicting Party Sizes

    Rein Taagepera

  • Making social sciences more scientific

    Rein Taagepera

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Soberg Shugart
Matthew Soberg Shugart University of California, Davis
Bernard Grofman
Bernard Grofman University of California, Irvine
Wayne Sandholtz
Wayne Sandholtz University of Southern California
Arend Lijphart
Arend Lijphart University of California, San Diego
Henry E. Hale
Henry E. Hale George Washington University

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