World-leading Research

Our research looks at big and broad-ranging topics and answers important questions through rigorous analysis and strong theoretical approaches. 

With access to expertise in a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods, our people apply their academic and methodological skill to help us understand the political worlds of today—and shape those of the future.

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A nexus for big questions and big ideas. We develop innovative new ways for gathering, processing and analysing data; we create new theoretical frameworks; and our research projects tackle some of the most-pressing challenges around the globe.

Research Excellence

Research publications

Smith, A. (2025) Gettysburg. Oxford University Press.
Kelly, E., Tilley, J. and Oskarsson, S. (2025) “Revisiting the link between political trust and political participation”, Journal of Politics [Preprint].
Fawcett, L. (2025) “‘New’ regional order in the Middle East: plus ça change?”, APSA-MENA Newsletter [Preprint].
Howlett, M. and Kurylo, B. (2025) “Reframing Reflexivity”, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, pp. 1–14.
Laborde, C. (2025) “Secularism”, in R. Bellamy and J. King (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory. Cambridge University Press, pp. 333–342.
Ward, A., Tilley, J. and Hobolt, S. (2025) “Why regional spending does not affect support for the European Union”, Journal of European Public Policy, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–25.
Ross Arguedas, A., Mitali, M. and Nielsen, R. (2025) Race and Leadership in the News Media 2025: Evidence from Five Markets. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
Yeandle, A. and Doyle, D. (2025) “Protest and Incumbent Support: Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Ghana”, Comparative Political Studies [Preprint].
Howlett, M. and Konkenk, L. (2025) “Finding the ‘field’ in our ‘homes’ and our ‘homes’ in the ‘field:’ a critique of the ‘home-field’ dichotomy”, PS: Political Science and Politics [Preprint].
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