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Personal profile
Personal Statement
Born in the United States, I spent the past 25 years researching and teaching in South Africa, before moving to Strathclyde in 2016. My research focuses on issues of democratization, by studying voting, public opinion, and elected legislatures, in democratizing countries in Africa and particularly South Africa.
Research Interests
I work on issues of democratization primarlily through the tools of survey research but also employ other methods of institutional analysis. I am co-founder and Senior Adviser of Afrobarometer, a regular survey of public opinion in 35 African countries (www.afrobarometer.org). I am also co-founder and co-Principal Investigator of the African Legislatures Project, a study of legislatures and legislators in 17 countries(www.cssr.uct.ac.za/alp). Finally, I am the founder and Principal Investigator of the South African National Election Study, a longitudinal series of post-election surveys dating back to South AFrica's first democratic election of 1994 (www.cssr.uct.ac.za/daru/sanes). These studies are also carried out in association with the Comparative National Elections Project, and Comparative Study of Electoral Systems project.
Expertise & Capabilities
Survey Research
Comparative Politics
African Politics
South African Politics
United States Politics
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Master of Arts, University of Delaware
Bachelor of Arts, Youngstown State University
External positions
Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town
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Projects
- 5 Active
Global Barometer Surveys
Chu, Y., Mattes, R., Lagos, M., Haerpfer, C., Tessler, M. & Shastri, S.
1/06/00 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
In whose interest? Gender and mass-elite priority congruence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Clayton, A., Josefsson, C., Mattes, R. & Mozaffar, S., 15 Jan 2019, In : Comparative Political Studies. 52, 1, p. 69-101 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
5
Citations
(Scopus)
25
Downloads
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The consequences of partisanship in Africa
Mattes, R. & Kroenke, M., 31 Dec 2019, Research Handbook on Political Partisanship. Oscarsson, H. & Holmberg, S. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK, 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Datasets
Prizes
Liphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award
Robert Mattes (Recipient), Michael Bratton (Recipient) & E. Gyimah-Boadi (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 11 Journal peer review
British Journal of Political Science (Journal)
Robert Mattes (Peer reviewer)2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Journal peer review
International Political Science Review (Journal)
Robert Mattes (Peer reviewer)2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Journal peer review