Research Fellow
Chair of Comparative Political Systems: Eastern Middle Europe and Eurasia (currently at Chair of International Comparative Public Policy for organizational reasons)
Office hours:
Thursdays, 4.15–5.45 pm in Room 168
by prior arrangement via email
Marek Pršín has been a research fellow at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science since May 2020. His research centres on the party politics and political systems of post-socialist EU member states in East-Central Europe, with a particular focus on the emergence and success of new political parties. In his doctoral thesis, he uses a case study of the Czech Pirate Party to examine the conditions for the success and survival of new parties. His broader research interests also encompass processes of democratic erosion and illiberal tendencies in East-Central Europe.
He completed his Master’s degree in European Studies at the University of Passau in 2018, focusing on European integration as well as the society and politics of East-Central Europe. Previously, he studied European Territorial Studies at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Beyond academia, he has gained practical experience in the public sector, including serving as a policy officer for the EU Digital Agenda at the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic from 2019 to 2020.
Cirhan, Tomáš; Pršín, Marek (2025): Institutionalization of the Czech and Luxembourgish Pirate Parties. A Comparative Perspective. In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 19 (1), pp. 1–37. DOI: 10.1007/s12286-025-00642-1.
Pršín, Marek (2026): Machtwechsel in Tschechien. Illiberale Mehrheit in einem System mit vielen Vetospielern. In: Religion & Gesellschaft in Ost und West 54 (1), pp. 21–23.
Pršín, Marek; Haughton, Tim (2025): Motorists, Pirates and Dissatisfied Citizens: Recipes for Electoral Success in the Czech Republic (Views from Central Europe and the Balkans). Available online at https://views-from-central-and-balkan-countries.eu/motorists-pirates-and-dissatisfied-citizens-recipes-for-electoral-success-in-the-czech-republic, last updated Oct 7, 2025, last accessed Mar 17, 2026.
Pršín, Marek (2019): Antipluralismus in Ostmitteleuropa. Eine historisch-soziologische Annäherung im Anschluss an Stein Rokkan. In: Zeitschrift für Politik 66 (3), pp. 315–329.