Andrew Konitzer specializes in the areas of subnational political and economic development, voting behavior and issues of democratic decentralization and federalism within post-communist states. A former Research Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Kennan Institute for Advanced Russia Studies, his publications include articles in such journals as Europe-Asia Studies, Post-Soviet Affairs, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, East European Politics and Societies and Electoral Studies and a book chapter in Judyth Twigg and Kate Schecter (eds.), Social Capital and Social Cohesion in Post-Soviet Russia (M.E. Sharpe, 2003). He has recently published a book examining regional-level electoral accountability entitled Voting for Russia's Governors: Regional Elections and Accountability under Yeltsin and Putin (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006).

In addition to several years of field research experience in Russia, the Baltics, Ukraine, and the Balkans, Dr. Konitzer has also participated in technical assistant programs and worked as a field director for a USIA-sponsored public servant training program in Samara, Russia.

Currently, he is working on a new project comparing Croatia’s and Serbia’s progress towards EU membership after 2000.

Dr. Konitzer's teaching interests include the politics of post-communism, political economy, voting behavior, international relations, foreign policy and research methods.