I obtained my B.A. (cum laude) and M.A. (with merit) in Political Science from the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Central European University respectively. Prior to coming to Lund, I taught in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of the Philippines Los Baños from 2014 to 2020. My main research interests include quantitative research methods, voting behavior, patronage politics, electoral politics, and authoritarianism.

News

September 2020: I'll be joining the Department of Political Science at Lund University as a PhD student.

Publications

Unconditional Educational Assistance as a Programmatic Electoral Strategy in the Philippines: The Case of Makati City's Project FREE
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Miguel Enrico G. Ayson & Esther Mary L. Calvo
Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan (13) No. 3, 383-408, 2022

THE PHILIPPINES 2020: The Gamble of the Populist Leadership
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Yvan Ysmael T. Yonaha & Esther Mary L. Calvo
Asia Maior (XXXI), 205-221, 2020

Review of the book Behind the Façade: Elections under Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia by L. Morgenbesser
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Esther Mary L. Calvo
Asian Politics and Policy, 2019.

Talk like (wo)man: Analyzing Donald Trump's Tweets and Selected Campaign Speeches
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Esther Mary L. Calvo & Anastasiya Skripkina
UP Los Baños Journal (16), 43-54, 2018.

Teaching

Undergraduate Courses Taught (University of the Philippines Los Baños)

POSC 10: Principles of Politics and Governance
POSC 141: Contemporary Political Ideologies
SOSC 2: Social, Political and Economic Thought

Currently teaching (Lund University)

STVC74: Parties and Political Behavior
STVC76: Comparative Politics
UTVC36: Research Methods in Development Studies

Research Grant

1 January 2019-30 June 2020: The (Un)conditionality of Makati City's Project FREE: A case study on educational services as a potential source for electoral support funded by the UPLB Basic Research Program

Affiliation

Philippine Political Science Association, Member

Contact

esther.calvo@svet.lu.se Send Email