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Organization profile
Research strengths within Politics fall within the following broad areas:
Elections and representation: With a specialist Centre for Elections and Representation Studies, the School studies voting behaviour, political attitudes and political behaviour. It has particular interests in political institutions and public opinion, political representation, participatory democracy, campaigns and elections, political communication, electoral systems, media and politics, and party activism.
Governance and Institutions: Scotland, UK, European and youth parliaments, European institutions, multi-level government and devolution and the politics of nationalism and regionalism. Expertise exists on theories of social movements and social change, Scottish and EU identity, state-society relations in the EU, civil society, religion and politics, environmental politics.
International politics: West European and South-East European politics. International politics, including international public policy, international institutions and global governance, international security, Asian international politics and security, the international role of NGOs, anti-globalisation movements, constructivist theories of security, feminist theory and Chilean politics.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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How Credible are Firms’ Voluntary Climate Commitments? An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Climate Action
1/05/22 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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EnergyREV Impact Accelerator Funding Application
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/04/22 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
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Polarisation and Harassment: A Survey of 2022 Scottish Local Election Candidates (RSE Small Grant)
1/03/22 → 28/02/23
Project: Research
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(Inequality in) Interest group involvement and the legitimacy of policy making
Rasmussen, A. & Reher, S., 6 Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Political Science. 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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[W]hat lies beneath: using latent networks to improve spatial predictions
Dorff, C., Gallop, M. & Minhas, S., 31 Mar 2022, In: International Studies Quarterly. 66, 1, 32 p., sqab086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A field trial of off-grid SHS interconnection in Rwanda's Northern Province
Soltowski, B., Stewart, F., Strachan, S., Campos-Gaona, D., Anaya-Lara, O. & Galloway, S., 28 Feb 2022, In: Energy for Sustainable Development. 66, p. 69-78 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Biographical Data of Cabinet Ministers, 18 Parliamentary Democracies, 1945-2015
Alexiadou, D. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 26 Nov 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LPCEXG
Dataset
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Replication Data for: "The Leadership Dilemma: Examining the Impact of Strong Leaders on Parties
Alexiadou, D. (Creator) & O'Malley, E. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 26 Nov 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TFEKZA
Dataset
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Replication Data for: "When Technocratic Appointments Signal Credibility"
Alexiadou, D. (Creator) & Spaniel, W. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 26 Nov 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/C6ESIZ
Dataset
Prizes
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2019 Britta Baumgarten Memorial Prize
Eschle, Catherine (Recipient), May 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Academy of Science of South Africa
Mattes, Robert (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Election to learned society
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APSA STEP Emerging Young Scholar Award
Bayer, Patrick (Recipient), 23 Jun 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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UKERC Conference
Karen Turner (Participant)
14 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Key-note speaker and plenary lectures at conferences
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Perspectives on Politics (Journal)
Robert Mattes (Peer reviewer)
25 May 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Journal peer review
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Invited keynote for You-Tube broadcast
Karen Turner (Speaker)
11 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Impacts
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Increased public and media awareness of voter behaviour at elections
John Curtice (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Public understanding, information and debate
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Influencing the work of Transparency International in monitoring and reporting on global corruption through an online survey.
Richard Rose (Participant) & William Mishler (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Public understanding, information and debate
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Student theses
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Engendering "civil society"?, Discourses of women's organisations in Turkey
Author: Ozgur Keysan, A., 22 Oct 2015Supervisor: Eschle, C. (Supervisor) & Rüdig, W. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Engineering democracy : the relationship between electoral rules and political engagement
Author: Boyle, B., 2 Jun 2021Supervisor: Brandenburg, H. (Supervisor) & Borz, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Explaining state cooperation with the international criminal courts and tribunals
Author: Jakusova, E., 30 Jun 2016Supervisor: Rüdig, W. (Supervisor) & Yusuf, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis