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Personal profile
Personal Statement
I'm a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Political Science at the School of Government & Public Policy, which I joined as a Chancellor's Fellow in 2017. Before moving to Glasgow, I was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen. I hold a DPhil from the University of Oxford (Nuffield College), an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from Jacobs University Bremen.
My research focuses on political representation, behaviour, and attitudes. I use quantitative methods, including survey data analysis and survey experiments, to study how well public policy reflects the preferences of citizens, what explains differences in representation between different social groups and countries, and how it affects individuals' attitudes towards the political system. I am currently working on several projects about the representation of disabled people in politics, including my ESRC New Investigator Project "How do voters perceive disabled polilticians?".
My research has been published in Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Political Behavior, European Political Science Review, Electoral Studies, and Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, amongst others.
At Strathclyde, I am teaching Quantitative Methods at the postgraduate level.
You can find more information about my research here.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Sep 2011 → Jul 2015
Award Date: 15 Jul 2015
Master of Science, London School of Economics & Political Science
Sep 2009 → Sep 2010
Network
Projects
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How do voters perceive disabled candidates (New Investigator)
ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
1/09/19 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
Research Output
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Disability and political representation: analysing the obstacles to elected office in the UK
Evans, E. & Reher, S., 6 Oct 2020, In: International Political Science Review. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)4 Downloads (Pure) -
Mind this gap, too: political orientations of people with disabilities in Europe
Reher, S., 1 Sep 2020, In: Political Behavior. 42, 3, p. 791-818 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)16 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Replication Data for: "Mind This Gap, Too: Political Orientations of People with Disabilities in Europe."
Reher, S. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 6 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/JXJ0ZS
Dataset
Activities
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How do voters perceive disabled politicians?
Stefanie Reher (Speaker)
24 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Electoral Studies (Journal)
Stefanie Reher (Peer reviewer)
2 Jan 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial board member