George Tsebelis

George Tsebelis
NationalityGreek
CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationPolitical scientist
AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Academic background
EducationNational Technical University of Athens
Sciences Po
Pierre and Marie Curie University
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis
ThesisParties and Activists: A Comparative Study of Parties and Party Systems (1985)
Doctoral advisorJohn Sprague
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
University of California, Los Angeles
Doctoral studentsAmie Kreppel
Websitehttps://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tsebelis/

George Tsebelis is a Greek-American political scientist who specializes in comparative politics and formal modeling.[1] He is currently Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.

He received undergraduate degrees in engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and in political science from Sciences Po. He received a doctorate in mathematical statistics from Pierre and Marie Curie University and one in political science from Washington University in St. Louis.[2] Tsebelis was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy's 2016 class[3] and was named the 2025 William H. Riker Prize recipient "in recognition of a body of research that exemplifies and advances the scientific study of politics”.[4] He also received honorary degrees from the Universities of Crete (2014)[5] and the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (2024).[6]

Veto players theory

Tsebelis developed the theory of "veto players", set out in his best known work, Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work (2002).[7]

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References

  1. ^ "George Tsebelis Interview". www.uni-bamberg.de. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  2. ^ "George Tsebelis". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Tsebelis to join American Academy of Arts and Sciences | U-M LSA Political Science". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  4. ^ "George Tsebelis has been named the 2025 William H. Riker Prize recipient | U-M LSA Political Science". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  5. ^ "George Tsebelis| Notre Dame Kellogg Institute for International Studies". kellogg.nd.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  6. ^ "George Tsebelis is awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | U-M LSA Political Science". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  7. ^ Munger, Michael C. (Fall 2004). "Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work". The Independent Review. 9 (2). Retrieved 10 November 2018.