Mihkel Solvak
Biographic Data
| ID | 1535666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mihkel Solvak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mihkel |
| FAMILY NAME | Solvak |
| SIGNATURE | SOLVAK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0179-4036 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What makes a digital nomad destination? The case of small states
Digital nomads are a growing class of working travellers who can transform destinations. However, little attention has been paid to countries’ proactive efforts to attract digital nomads. This study has two aims: (1) to identify structural differences between digital nomad destinations and other countries, and (2) to determine which combinations of supply and demand factors influence countries’ self-selection as digital nomad destinations. Using …
The impact of remote internet voting on reducing the cost of electoral participation
What's worse, communism or carbon? Using the Transitions Delphi approach to identify viable interventions for the Estonian energy transition
Internet voting
Some countries offer options to vote in elections remotely via the internet. However, not all voters take up this opportunity. This study investigates the role of the Five-Factor Model personality traits in the choice to use internet voting, and the potential mediating effects of trust in internet voting, controlling for sociodemographic variables. Survey data collected after national elections in Estonia in 2011 ( N = 482), 2015 ( N = 535), and …
Internet voting in Estonia 2005–2019
Internet voting is a highly contested topic in electoral studies. This article examines Internet voting in Estonia over 15 years and 11 nation-wide elections. It focuses on the following questions: How is Internet voting organized and used in Estonia? How have the Estonian Internet voting system and its usage evolved over time? What are the preconditions and consequences of large-scale deployment of Internet voting? The results suggest that the r…
The diffusion of internet voting. Usage patterns of internet voting in Estonia between 2005 and 2015
E-voting has the potential to lower participation thresholds and increase turnout, but its technical complexity may produce other barriers to participation. Using Rogers' theory of the diffusion of innovations, we examined how the use of e-voting has changed over time. Data from eight e-enabled elections between 2005 and 2015 in Estonia, were used to investigate changes to the profile of e-voters and contrast them to those voting by conventional …
Sponsoring Private Member's Bills in Finland and Estonia
This article examines the degree to which sponsored private member's bills (PMBs) in parliament can be explained by electoral incentives. Such bills are a peculiar piece of draft legislation – technically simple, topically unimportant and with negligible passage rates. Yet members of parliament (MPs) sponsor them in large numbers. One possible explanation for this behaviour is the electoral context arising out of the variance in electoral distric…
Private Members' Bills and the Personal Vote
Private members' bills (PMBs) have mostly been studied from a government-opposition perspective as a tool in the hands of minor opposition parties. Using data on PMBs from two legislative periods of the Estonian parliament (1999–2007) and descriptive discriminant analysis (DDA), this article investigates if the personal vote notion explains why some members of parliament engage in sponsorship of PMBs more often than others in a fixed institutiona…
Muted differences
The UNDP report The Silent Majority Speaks (2007) demonstrates widespread consent and a popular desire for change while promoting a single state with strong regions as a compromise model for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Surprisingly, our own research (2009) on political legitimacy reveals quite the opposite tendencies, where political entities such as the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Republika Srpska (RS) more often drift …
Events and Reliability of Measures
This article aims to determine whether elections affect the level of interest in politics. The European Social Survey's (ESS) long fieldwork periods make it possible to compare the change in levels of interest in politics as election time approaches and campaigns intensify, or as elections pass and the attention of the public turns toward other issues. The scope and comparability of the ESS allows for seeing possible effects on a cross-national l…
The parliamentary elections in Estonia, March 2007
The diffusion of internet voting. Usage patterns of internet voting in Estonia between 2005 and 2015
E-voting has the potential to lower participation thresholds and increase turnout, but its technical complexity may produce other barriers to participation. Using Rogers' theory of the diffusion of innovations, we examined how the use of e-voting has changed over time. Data from eight e-enabled elections between 2005 and 2015 in Estonia, were used to investigate changes to the profile of e-voters and contrast them to those voting by conventional …
Internet voting in Estonia 2005–2019
Internet voting is a highly contested topic in electoral studies. This article examines Internet voting in Estonia over 15 years and 11 nation-wide elections. It focuses on the following questions: How is Internet voting organized and used in Estonia? How have the Estonian Internet voting system and its usage evolved over time? What are the preconditions and consequences of large-scale deployment of Internet voting? The results suggest that the r…
Sponsoring Private Member's Bills in Finland and Estonia
This article examines the degree to which sponsored private member's bills (PMBs) in parliament can be explained by electoral incentives. Such bills are a peculiar piece of draft legislation – technically simple, topically unimportant and with negligible passage rates. Yet members of parliament (MPs) sponsor them in large numbers. One possible explanation for this behaviour is the electoral context arising out of the variance in electoral distric…
Private Members' Bills and the Personal Vote
Private members' bills (PMBs) have mostly been studied from a government-opposition perspective as a tool in the hands of minor opposition parties. Using data on PMBs from two legislative periods of the Estonian parliament (1999–2007) and descriptive discriminant analysis (DDA), this article investigates if the personal vote notion explains why some members of parliament engage in sponsorship of PMBs more often than others in a fixed institutiona…
Muted differences
The UNDP report The Silent Majority Speaks (2007) demonstrates widespread consent and a popular desire for change while promoting a single state with strong regions as a compromise model for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Surprisingly, our own research (2009) on political legitimacy reveals quite the opposite tendencies, where political entities such as the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Republika Srpska (RS) more often drift …
What's worse, communism or carbon? Using the Transitions Delphi approach to identify viable interventions for the Estonian energy transition
Events and Reliability of Measures
This article aims to determine whether elections affect the level of interest in politics. The European Social Survey's (ESS) long fieldwork periods make it possible to compare the change in levels of interest in politics as election time approaches and campaigns intensify, or as elections pass and the attention of the public turns toward other issues. The scope and comparability of the ESS allows for seeing possible effects on a cross-national l…
The parliamentary elections in Estonia, March 2007
Events and Reliability of Measures
This article aims to determine whether elections affect the level of interest in politics. The European Social Survey's (ESS) long fieldwork periods make it possible to compare the change in levels of interest in politics as election time approaches and campaigns intensify, or as elections pass and the attention of the public turns toward other issues. The scope and comparability of the ESS allows for seeing possible effects on a cross-national l…
Muted differences
The UNDP report The Silent Majority Speaks (2007) demonstrates widespread consent and a popular desire for change while promoting a single state with strong regions as a compromise model for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Surprisingly, our own research (2009) on political legitimacy reveals quite the opposite tendencies, where political entities such as the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Republika Srpska (RS) more often drift …
Private Members' Bills and the Personal Vote
Private members' bills (PMBs) have mostly been studied from a government-opposition perspective as a tool in the hands of minor opposition parties. Using data on PMBs from two legislative periods of the Estonian parliament (1999–2007) and descriptive discriminant analysis (DDA), this article investigates if the personal vote notion explains why some members of parliament engage in sponsorship of PMBs more often than others in a fixed institutiona…
The diffusion of internet voting. Usage patterns of internet voting in Estonia between 2005 and 2015
E-voting has the potential to lower participation thresholds and increase turnout, but its technical complexity may produce other barriers to participation. Using Rogers' theory of the diffusion of innovations, we examined how the use of e-voting has changed over time. Data from eight e-enabled elections between 2005 and 2015 in Estonia, were used to investigate changes to the profile of e-voters and contrast them to those voting by conventional …
Sponsoring Private Member's Bills in Finland and Estonia
This article examines the degree to which sponsored private member's bills (PMBs) in parliament can be explained by electoral incentives. Such bills are a peculiar piece of draft legislation – technically simple, topically unimportant and with negligible passage rates. Yet members of parliament (MPs) sponsor them in large numbers. One possible explanation for this behaviour is the electoral context arising out of the variance in electoral distric…
Internet voting in Estonia 2005–2019
Internet voting is a highly contested topic in electoral studies. This article examines Internet voting in Estonia over 15 years and 11 nation-wide elections. It focuses on the following questions: How is Internet voting organized and used in Estonia? How have the Estonian Internet voting system and its usage evolved over time? What are the preconditions and consequences of large-scale deployment of Internet voting? The results suggest that the r…
Internet voting
Some countries offer options to vote in elections remotely via the internet. However, not all voters take up this opportunity. This study investigates the role of the Five-Factor Model personality traits in the choice to use internet voting, and the potential mediating effects of trust in internet voting, controlling for sociodemographic variables. Survey data collected after national elections in Estonia in 2011 ( N = 482), 2015 ( N = 535), and …
What's worse, communism or carbon? Using the Transitions Delphi approach to identify viable interventions for the Estonian energy transition
What makes a digital nomad destination? The case of small states
Digital nomads are a growing class of working travellers who can transform destinations. However, little attention has been paid to countries’ proactive efforts to attract digital nomads. This study has two aims: (1) to identify structural differences between digital nomad destinations and other countries, and (2) to determine which combinations of supply and demand factors influence countries’ self-selection as digital nomad destinations. Using …
The impact of remote internet voting on reducing the cost of electoral participation
Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (4 works)