Biography
Pavel Bačovský (PhD, University of Colorado Boulder), is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the College of the Holy Cross. He teaches introductory and upper-division courses in comparative politics and political psychology, and advises undergraduate students. In his research, he explores the effects of video games and other leisure activities on political socialization and participation, focusing primarily on teens and young adults in the WEIRD (OECD) countries.
Publications
- Bačovský, Pavel. 2025. “Level Up! Priming Hobbyist Political Identity Using Survey Experiment.” Journal of Experimental Political Science, 12(3), 237–53. https://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2024.9.
- Fitzgerald, Jennifer L., and Pavel Bačovský. 2024. "Young Citizens’ Party Support: The “When” and “Who” of Political Influence within Families." Political Studies, 72(2), 634-651. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217221133643
- Fitzgerald, Jennifer, Kathryn Schauer, Rachel Janie O’Neal, and Pavel Bačovský. 2023. "To belong: Feeling ‘at home’ and support for democracy." Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-023-00908-0
- Bačovský, Pavel, and Jennifer L. Fitzgerald. 2023. "Raising a Politically Engaged Generation: When Parental Influence Matters Most." Youth & Society, 55(1), 44-60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X211029976
- Bačovský, Pavel. 2021. "From Xbox to the Ballot Box: The Effects of Video Games on Political Behavior." Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 18(4), 401-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2021.1894523
- Bačovský, Pavel. 2021. "Gaming alone: Videogaming and sociopolitical attitudes." New Media & Society, 23(5), 1133-1156. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820910418