CV

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Education

• Ph.D. Stanford
• M.S. Economics, Stanford
• B.A. American University in Bulgaria

Work experience

• University of Gothenburg
  • 2023–: Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science
• University of Houston
  • 2018–2023, Professor, Department of Political Science
• University of Mannheim
  • 2013–2018, Professor, Chair for Empirical Democracy Research
• Yale
  • 2005–2013: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Publications

• Tsz-Ning Wong and Nikolay Marinov. 2025. “Campaign Contributions and Policy Divergence,” Social Choice and Welfare https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-025-01601-1
• Kennedy, Ryan, Nikolay Marinov, Adam Ozer, Lydia Tiede. 2025. “Signed, Sealed, Counted? An Experimental Study of Mail-in Ballot Signature Verification,” Political Research Quarterly https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129251319298
• Johannes Bubeck, Ashrakat Elshehawy, Nikolay Marinov, Federico Nanni. 2025. “The Importance of a Liberal Power’s Attention to Democratic Elections Around the World: How the US Electoral Cycle Affects Elections Globally,” Journal of Politics https://doi.org/10.1086/734276
• Matthias Mader, Nikolay Marinov and Harald Schoen. 2022. “Foreign Anti-Mainstream Propaganda and Democratic Publics,” Comparative Political Studies 55:1732–1764
• Elshehawy, Ashrakat, Nikolay Marinov, Federico Nanni and Jordan Tama. 2022. “SASCAT: Natural Language Processing Approach to the Study of Economic Sanctions,” Journal of Peace Research 60:877–885
• Elshehawi, Ashrakat, Konstantin Gavras, Nikolay Marinov, Federico Nanni and Harald Schoen. 2022. “Illiberal Communication and Election Intervention During the Refugee Crisis in Germany,” Perspectives on Politics 20:860–878
• Marinov, Nikolay and Maria Popova. 2022. “Will the Real Conspiracy Please Stand Up: Sources of Post-communist Democratic Failure,” Perspectives on Politics 20:222–236
• Bräuninger, Thomas and Nikolay Marinov. 2022. “Political Elites and the War on Truth,” Journal of Public Economics 206:104585
• Bubeck, Johannes, Kai Jäger, Federico Nanni and Nikolay Marinov. 2022. “Why Do States Intervene in the Elections of Others? The Role of Incumbent-Opposition Divisions,” British Journal of Political Science 52:85–106
• Marinov, Nikolay. 2021. “International Actors As Critics of Domestic Freedoms: The Role of Expertise and Benefits,” Mediterranean Politics 28:399–421
• Florian Foos, Lyubomir Kostadinov, Nikolay Marinov, Frank Schimmelfennig. 2021. “Does Social Media Promote Civic Activism? A Field Experiment with a Civic Campaign,” Political Science Research and Methods 9:500–518
• Bubeck, Johannes and Nikolay Marinov. 2017. “Process or Candidate? The International Community and the Demand for Electoral Integrity,” American Political Science Review 111:535–554
• Carnegie, Allison and Nikolay Marinov. 2017. “Foreign Aid, Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,” American Journal of Political Science 61:671–683
• Nikolova, Elena and Nikolay Marinov. 2017. “Do Public Fund Windfalls Increase Corruption? Evidence from a Natural Disaster,” Comparative Political Studies 50:1455–1488
• Marinov, Nikolay and William Nomikos and Josh Robbins. 2015. “Does Electoral Proximity Affect Security Policy?” Journal of Politics 77:762–773
• Marinov, Nikolay and Shmuel Nili. 2015. “Sanctions and Democracy,” International Interactions 41:765–778
• Goemans, Hein and Nikolay Marinov. 2014. “Coups and Democracy,” British Journal of Political Science 44:799–825
• Hyde, Susan and Nikolay Marinov. 2014. “Information and Self-Enforcing Democracy: The Role of International Election Observation,” International Organization 68:329–359
• Marinov, Nikolay. 2013. “Voter Attitudes When Democracy Promotion Turns Partisan: Evidence from a Survey-Experiment in Lebanon,” Democratization 20:1297–1321
• Kinne, Brandon and Nikolay Marinov. 2013. “Electoral Authoritarianism and Credible Signalling in International Crises,” Journal of Conflict Resolution 57:359–386
• Corstange, Daniel and Nikolay Marinov. 2012. “Taking Sides in Other People’s Elections: The Polarizing Effect of Foreign Intervention,” American Journal of Political Science 56:655–670
• Hyde, Susan and Nikolay Marinov. 2012. “Which Elections Can Be Lost?” Political Analysis 20:191–210
• Marinov, Nikolay. 2005. “Do Economic Sanctions Destabilize Country Leaders?” American Journal of Political Science 49:564–576

Book

• J. Bubeck and N. Marinov. 2019. Rules and Allies: Foreign Election Interventions (Cambridge University Press)

Funding in preparation

• See Research, Current Research

Funding granted

• German Science Foundation, PI: Processes or Candidates? 2016–19 (€289,620)
• Thyssen Foundation: Conspiracies, with Thomas Braeuninger, 2021 (€3,000)

Awards and Distinctions

• Best Paper (2010) Midwest Political Science Association
• Fellowships Kellogg (Notre Dame), Global Fellows (UCLA), CDDRL (Stanford)
• Visibility The Economist, Foreign Policy, Freakonomics, others
• Advocacy VarnaDisha NGO, winner of 2012 Vreme Prize, Varna