Gerry Stoker

Do people today (dis/mis)trust politics? @ProfStoker argues that trust in political systems has decreased in the last decades in democracies. Watch the video and learn about the difference between dis- and mistrust and how to measure trust. Full video: regroup-horizon.eu/video-trust/

What makes a politician trusted by citizens? @viktor888, W Jennings, @ProfStoker, @lawrencemckay94, D Devine & @nobbyclarke31 find attributes of authenticity are as important as competence & integrity: buff.ly/41DzrXI @PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics @uniyorkpolitics

🆕 What causes #PoliticalTrust? @DanJDevine, @viktor888, Will Jennings, @ProfStoker & @_HannahBunting present the first experimental study of the distinct roles of ✅ competence, 😊 benevolence and 🤝 integrity in shaping trust in government. 👉 bit.ly/3VqdrMr #OA

What makes a politician trusted by citizens? @viktor888, @drjennings, @ProfStoker, @lawrencemckay94, @DanJDevine, @nobbyclarke31 find attributes of authenticity are as important as competence & integrity: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… @PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics @uniyorkpolitics

Our new paper about authenticity and political trust is out in @PolStudies today! 🥳 In it, @drjennings, @ProfStoker, @lawrencemckay94, @DanJDevine, @nobbyclarke31 and I use conjoint experiments from 7 countries to explore the determinants of trust🧵 See: doi.org/10.1177/003232…

Fantastic workshop! As my facial expression reveals, I am not used to embracing positivity, but the energy was infectious! Lots of great ideas in the pipeline here

I joined with the wonderful @pathwithanr and @IPPR for this analysis of voter turnout in the UK elections, and our findings were pretty stark. Not only was turnout historically low but the gaps between different kinds of places in the UK are clear. 🧵theguardian.com/politics/artic…

@drjennings Dorset South

"The reason the Tories stand on the brink of a historic defeat is a slow, rolling competence shock that has alienated voters across the spectrum, not just a few months of insurgency on their right flank." 👏@jburnmurdoch ft.com/content/d30bba… via @ft

Do we need to ‘complete the map’ of English devolution top-down? Or embrace asymmetry & empower local communities to collaborate on bespoke regional solutions? @ProfCatDurose @UKandEU @INLOGOV ukandeu.ac.uk/english-devolu…

Overall, we* find that trust in "representative" institutions has been declining by ~10 p.p. among democracies since 1990, but trust in "implementing" institutions has been rising! *Myself, @drjennings, @ProfStoker, @_HannahBunting, @DanJDevine, @lawrencemckay94 & Andrew Klassen

This is one of the latest seat distribution estimates for the French Assemblée nationale after 7 July by IFOP institute. 1/

Read my latest article to find out why this seat that should be considered safe for the Conservatives is expected to turn red on election night. linkedin.com/pulse/election…

Political trust & authenticity: @viktor888, @drjennings, @nobbyclarke31 & @ProfStoker explore the characteristics citizens & elites look for in a "good politician": journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… (OPEN ACCESS) #PolStudiesUKGE 14/27 @PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics @uniyorkpolitics

At today's Reform UK Manifesto event Farage said: "We’ve put up with the minds of...children, from a young age right through university…being poisoned”, raising the question: does studying at university cause attitude change? My research suggests the answer is: no, not really.

How do voters make decisions in a context of low #politicaltrust? @nobbyclarke31, @drjennings, Jonathan Moss & @ProfStoker analyse volunteer writing to examine this question: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #PolStudiesUKGE 12/27 @PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics @uniyorkpolitics #voting

The article by @lawrencemckay94 @drjennings @ProfStoker now appears in our @jepp_journal SI 'Regional Inequality & Political Discontent in Europe'. It shows that perceptions of geographic bias are widespread across five European democracies. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In the run up to #GE2024 on 4th July, we'll be posting @PolStudies articles discussing issues surrounding UK General Elections. 🗳️ All articles in this curated series are #freeaccess in June and July. Follow #PolStudiesUKGE for daily updates 📘 @SAGECQPolitics @PolStudiesAssoc

This week’s British Politics Election Year seminar is on Friday 2 Feb @NuffieldCollege with @robfordmancs @UoMPolitics. Find out more bit.ly/48QH6D3 Our thanks to @ProfStoker @unisouthampton for last week’s master-class on the importance of ‘place’ in British elections.

Our British Politics Election Year seminar is on Friday 26 Jan @NuffieldCollege with @ProfStoker @unisouthampton. Find out more bit.ly/3SaZrDP. Our thanks to @lucycbarnes & @AnnelieseDodds for last week's excellent opening to our information series @NuffieldLibrary