The University of Exeter (@exeter.ac.uk) are looking to hire a new permanent full-time Lecturer in Criminology to join C2S2 (@c2s2exeter.bsky.social) and the wider SPSPA department (@exeterspspa.bsky.social). Full details available here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC992/l...
🚨 New paper with Maria Grasso on generational shifts in political values. Despite talk of rising age polarisation, we show that gaps in attitudes are stable or even narrowing. Economic attitudes move in cycles, while social values have become more liberal – mainly due to generational replacement.
For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What is the liberalizing potential of higher education? In this @bjsociology.bsky.social research, we show substantial variation in the association between field of study and anti-immigrant sentiment — a pattern most pronounced among those with tertiary degrees doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Thank you!
From today onwards, you can find me as a Lecturer in Politics at the beautiful University of Exeter @exeterspspa.bsky.social!
Couldn't be a better time to start with EPOP coming up. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and (hopefully!) making some new ones later this week!
The London Mayoralty is 25 this year. As a birthday present, the Mile End Institute asked Londoners whether they feel politically empowered.
In short, no. But why? For @theconversation.com, @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social and I dig into the clashing explanations.
theconversation.com/its-25-years...
Very happy to answer any questions about the role for those interested in applying. Just drop me a private message or email :)
If you're looking for a postdoctoral position and like the sound of all this, then please consider applying to be the MEI's new postdoc!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE933/p...
After a fantastic few years, I'll soon be leaving @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social and the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social.
I've been surrounded by inspiring and generous colleagues, had lots of time and freedom to pursue my own research agenda, and had the pleasure of running the Polling London project.
My most recent interview for the Dods Research Interview series is out, talking to @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social of @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social
www.dodspoliticalintelligence.com/resources/in...
He always looks so worried. Perhaps he should be. Did this for The Standard off the back of @mileendinstitute.bsky.social's fab London polling.
Yes - lots of other questions in the poll! The data tables are live now on the Mile End Institute webpage, linked below:
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/research...
That's a good point! I can't speak to the former, but on the latter... UK wide polling seems to suggest that this figure is 63% for Labour nationally. So, they seem to be retaining at a slightly higher level in London than elsewhere (as we might expect).
This means that Labour have a vote retention rate of just 74% in London, compared to the Conservative Party's 81%, the Liberal Democrat's and Green Party's 88% and Reform UK's 95%
New @mileendinstitute.bsky.social and @savanta.bsky.social polling out today shows that a quarter of Londoners who voted Labour in the 2024 GE would not do so again if there was a GE tomorrow - with Labour losing voters to parties on the right and left in roughly equal measure in the capital
New piece by @zoecrowther.bsky.social in @politicshome.bsky.social covering some of our ongoing research (w/ @karlpike.bsky.social @philipjcowley.bsky.social) into voters' time horizons and its implications for the current UK government's "politics of patience":
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
What better way to spend this sunny day than signing up to hear @timbale.bsky.social, @rmcunliffe.bsky.social and me discussing the state of the Conservative Party this coming Monday?
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
Thanks Javier, couldn't have done it without the support and generosity of yourself and many other fabulous SPIR and MEI colleagues!
BJPolS abstract discussing the financial and political polarization, the support for government spending on welfare measures, and the struggles of younger individuals and families in managing economic hardships, possibly in the context of British assets and family-centric economical approaches.
NEW -
Family Matters: How Concerns about the Financial Wellbeing of Young Relatives Shape the Political Preferences of Older Adults - cup.org/3Gny1bz
- @zackgp94.bsky.social, @profjanegreen.bsky.social & Geoffrey Evans
#OpenAccess
In the latest issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social, my article with Jonne Kamphorst in which we propose that educationally homogeneous social networks contribute to the stabilization of political conflict on the cultural dimension. A short thread on the main findings:
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
BJPolS abstract discussing the relationship between asset accumulation and voting patterns in Britain, focusing on the Conservative Party and generational differences in political behavior.
NEW -
Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain - cup.org/42JWcZl
- Justin Robinson, @pavlosvas1.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
We define HSS students as those taking courses in humanities, social sciences, psychology and education. This follows the British Election Study's main subject area classification rules. All other students are then STEM or other non-HSS students.
Thanks Rob!
Ultimately, we find evidence to suggest that the socialisation experiences individuals are exposed to while studying have important shaping effects on their attitudes. The effect of university study on political attitudes varies according to what, how and where individuals have studied.
…and for those who live in ‘university towns’ and ‘cosmopolitan London’ while studying, both places which are likely to have more left-leaning economic attitudinal profiles than average.
We also find the average effect of university study on economic attitudes is larger for those who move away from home to study and those who attend single campus institutions, who are likely to be more embedded in campus life and culture…
While all students tend to shift their social attitudes in a liberal direction whilst at university, STEM and non-HSS students typically experience a greater degree of liberalisation than HSS students, as their attitudes are less liberal to begin with, and so there is more scope for change in these.
We find that those who will go on to study for HSS degrees are much more socially liberal prior to commencing their studies than those who will later study STEM and other non-HSS degrees, and therefore believe our findings likely reflect a ‘ceiling effect’ for HSS students.
