Center for European Studies

Dr. Buštíková grew up in Prague and comes to UF from the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on illiberalism, polarization, and democratic erosion. She is part of the East European Politics Group in the Department of Political Science. Her book, Extreme Reactions: Radical Right Mobilization in Eastern Europe, received Harvard University's Davis Center Book Prize in political and social studies. She is also a recipient of the Best Article Prize from the European Politics and Society Section and Best Paper Prize from the Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association.  Dr. Buštíková currently serves as editor of the journal East European Politics. She is also an editor of Cambridge Elements on Politics and Society from Central Europe to Central Asia and Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems. She serves as Head of the Advisory Board for the Czech National Institute for the Study of Socioeconomic Impacts of Risks.