Comparative Politics Research Cluster UoM Politics

Here is our Comp Pols Seminar Series line up so far for 2023-2024. First up is Professor David Doyle @Politics_Oxford @LACOxford (we had to reschedule due to strikes but info on new date coming soon!)

@LotteHargrave presenting our paper on gender gaps in don't know survey responses. Women more likely to say don't know on political opinion and knowledge, no gaps on social/cultural or personal value questions (with @cerifowler, @_HannahBunting and @AnnaKSanders)

Can Labour overcome the problems with British policymaking? Drawing on a recent article, @ProfCatDurose, @Boswell_JC, @CairneyPaul & colleagues suggest that while policy analysis tends to focus on dysfunction, a more positive perspective is possible. 🔗ukandeu.ac.uk/can-labour-ove…

📢Data Update 📢 We have released an updated version of the British Election Study Internet Panel, alongside waves 20, 27, and 29 with some minor fixes. This includes rectifying a small labelling issue with our selfPriorities variables. Find data here: britishelectionstudy.com/data/

This was a lot of fun to make! Please watch/read our new post-election analysis of the UK GE. In short, the Liberal Democrats benefited from tactical voting when they were the main anti-Tory option! youtu.be/LSAdGa3bBnQ?si…

What drives ordinary citizens to want their country to join or stay in the European Union (EU)? 🧵 it’s being a democrat or becoming one! “Fighting for Europe: The EU's Democratic Pull Phenomenon in #Ukraine, #Poland and #Belarus” OPEN ACCESS @JCMS_EU onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jc…

🏘️ Community resilience is a measure of communities' ability to cope with and recover from crises. 💡 Here, @CCamacho_NHS and Dr Luke Munford (@dukester24) discuss their new measure of resilience in England & how it can inform policymaking 🔗 Read now: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2024/10/…

To celebrate the anniversary of the publication of The Zelensky Effect Czytajcie Efekt Zełenskiego PO POLSKU! @MieroszewskiPL

Congratulations to Silviya Nitsova, winner of the 2024 Beth Holmgren Graduate Student Essay Prize for her essay, “Oligarchic Networks of Influence and Legislatures in Developing Democracies: Evidence from Ukraine” (UNC at Chapel Hill) 2024 prize winners: buff.ly/3BOPZ49

Our very own @UoMNews @uomsoss @UoMPolitics @snitsova won an @aseeestudies prize for her paper on #Ukrainian Oligarchic networks!!! At UoM Silviya is a @BritishAcademy_ Fellow!

The @UoMPolitics crew at @APSAtweets Powerhouse professors @AngeliaWilson89 @FrancescaGains @rchlgibson4 @snitsova our new prize wining @BritishAcademy_ post doctoral fellow @AnnaKSanders (lecturer @UniOfYork prize wining alumna of our PhD Program!) Shout out @CompPolsUoM!

""Key milestones for Ukraine's EU journey include the Association Agreement and EU candidate status. The road ahead is tough but clear. #UkraineEU #EUEnlargement" My new @Carnegie_Europe piece carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/…

In this HURI public lecture, Olga Onuch discusses the book she co-authored, titled 'The Zelensky Effect.' Link here, for a recording: bit.ly/3SImuHc?r=lp #lectureseries #RussiaUkraineWar #Zelensky @OxUniPress

Fresh off the press - and challenging the image of an election pundit as a nerdy man: ⁦@UoMPolitics⁩ contribution to this report is all nerdy women… ⁦⁦@niamh_cashell⁩ ⁦@LouiseVThompson⁩ ⁦@LouiseLuxton⁩ and my humble self! electionanalysis.uk

New Opinion: Rosamond and colleagues highlight the urgent need for social science and humanities knowledge for climate action in Europe journals.plos.org/climate/articl… @Cladupont @ElinLBoasson @CharlieBEU @TomasMaltby @LR_Parks @KacperSzulecki @_Paul_Tobin_ @diarmuidtorney @GovPA_UGent

🗳️ If the UK is to achieve legally-binding climate targets, a new government needs to reduce emissions rapidly. But how to do this in the new political context? 🌿@MatPaterson and @_Paul_Tobin_ provide policy analysis on tackling net zero backlash: ow.ly/AsfC50SvnWl

🗳️ Following the 2024 General Election, how can a new government tackle the backlash against net zero? 🙋‍ @MatPaterson and @_Paul_Tobin_ advocate for a green industrial revolution and tackling the backlash directly. 👉 Read the article here: ow.ly/sWY750SvnNs

🗳️ If the UK is to achieve legally-binding climate targets, a new government needs to reduce emissions rapidly. But how to do this in the new political context? 🌿@MatPaterson and @_Paul_Tobin_ provide policy analysis on tackling net zero backlash: ow.ly/AsfC50SvnWl

Check out our timely @po_qu piece arguing for a strategic, balanced and relational approach to reforming UK central government. Excellent to work with Matt Flinders, Steve Martin @SarahAyres3 @Boswell_JC @ian_c_elliott @lizMancUni @CairneyPaul onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Today we’re highlighting another open access article by @LotteHargrave and @Jess_Smith1534, “Working Hard or Hardly Working? Gender and Voter Evaluations of Legislator Productivity.” Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

How were AI-generated images used in the General Election? Read my short piece to find out! 👇🏼 electionanalysis.uk/uk-election-an…