Levente Littvay

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Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations
Political Behavior Research Group (PolBeRG)
Center for Network Science (CNS)
Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies (DISC)
Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine (CELAB)
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Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
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805
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Qualifications: 
PhD in Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
MS in Survey Research and Methodology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
MA in Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
BSBA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Levente (Levi) received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2006 where he also studied Survey Research and Methodology. He has held visiting positions in multiple departments of the Eotvos Lorand University and the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Psychology. He has taught a number of workshops on missing data. Predominantly a methodologist, Levi’s research strives to find new analytical strategies to complex problems and research questions in any field of science. Past research has included evolutionary game theory through agent based computer simulations and macro-comparative exploration of the relationship between corruption and democratic performance. Current research includes exploration of a number of statistical questions, assessment of electoral systems and the genetics of social and political behavior. Active member of the American Political Science Association, Behavior Genetics Association and the International Society for Twin Studies. Levi also plays bluegrass and has two cats.

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Affiliations: 
Department of Political Science
Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations
Political Behavior Research Group (PolBeRG)
Center for Network Science (CNS)
Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies (DISC)
Academic/research topics: 
Behavior Genetics
Applied Statistics
Political Psychology
Survey Research
Academic/Research Areas: 
Political Science
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Language proficiencies (spoken): 
English
Language proficiencies (spoken): 
Hungarian

Publications

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Book
Littvay, L.. Corruption and democratic performance. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2007.
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Book Chapter
Littvay, L.. "A választási kampány pszichológiája a 2002-es magyarországi parlamenti választások fényében." In Politika pszichológiai tükörben : Magyarország, 1990-2005, edited by G. Lányi, 241-257. Vol. 2. ELTE Társadalomtudományi Kar Politikai Magatartásvizsgáló Kutatóközpont kiadványai 2. Budapest: Jószöveg Műhely, 2006.
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Conference Paper
Meszerics, T., and L. Littvay. "Pseudo-Wisdom and Intelligence Failures." In Conference Papers – International Studies Association, 1-16., 2009.
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Littvay, L., and A. N. Donica. "Corruption : a cause or an effect?" In Canadian Political Science Association Conference, 22., 2006.
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Smith, K. B., C. W. Larimer, L. Littvay, and J. R. Hibbing. "Getting People to Tolerate Bad Outcomes : An Experimental Study." In Conference Papers – Midwestern Political Science Association, 29., 2004.
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Journal Article
Osztovits, J., T. Horváth, and L. Littvay. "Chronic hepatitis C virus infection associated with autonomic dysfunction." Liver International 29, no. 10 (2009): 1473-1478.
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Sautter, J. A., T. A. Brown, L. Littvay, A. C. Sautter, and B. Bearnes. "Attitude and Divergence in Business Students : An Examination of Personality Differences in Business and Non-Business Students." Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies 13, no. 2 (2008): 70-78.
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Littvay, L.. "An Analytical Strategy for Modeling Count (Poisson) Distributed Phenotypes with Genetically Informative Twin and Family Data." Behavior Genetics 38, no. 6 (2008): 637.
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Littvay, L., B. Bearnes, J. Fowler, and M. Neale. "The Historimetric Database : A platform for quantifying historical information for twin research." Twin Research and Human Genetics 10, no. Supplement (2007): 40.
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Littvay, L.. "Comparison of Likelihood Based and Bootstrapped Confidence Intervals in the ACE Model." Behavior Genetics 37, no. 6 (2007): 773-774.
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Littvay, L.. "A new way of modeling ascertainment or MAR missing data in the ACE model." Behavior Genetics 37, no. 6 (2007): 773.
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Sautter, J. A., L. Littvay, and B. Bearnes. "A Dual-Edged Sword : Empathy and Collective Action in the Prisoner's Dilemma." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, no. 614 (2007): 154-171.
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Smith, K. B., C. W. Larimer, L. Littvay, and J. R. Hibbing. "Evolutionary Theory and Political Leadership : Why Certain People Do Not Trust Decision Makers." Journal of Politics 69, no. 2 (2007): 285-299.
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Thesis
Littvay, L.. Corruption and democratic performance. Lincoln, NE, USA: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006.
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