Tomorrow I’ll be presenting one of my recent studies on the UK’s EU referendum at University of Warwick. The presentation is part of the interdisciplinary workshop “Media and new technologies in the Brexit referendum“, organised by the Department of Economics and Warwick … Continue reading
Last weekend I went to Canterbury to attend the 2016 EPOP Conference. The programme gathered several interesting presentations, including a whole set of studies on Britain’s EU Referendum. The conference has been an extremely stimulating venue in which I received … Continue reading
Published on The Plot blog on 18 July 2016 The outcome of the Brexit referendum has sparked a wave of comments to understand who the Leave voters are. The evidence so far indicates that those who decided to leave the … Continue reading
Published on the LSE Europp blog on 8 June 2106 A referendum implies two radically different choices. On the one hand, you can vote for a change, such as a constitutional change, the introduction of a new policy, or the … Continue reading
The Centre for the Study of Public Policy (CSPP) at University of Strathclyde has published a new version of my working paper on the effect of information in the Scottish independence referendum. The abstract of the paper is available here. … Continue reading
From 17 to 20 May I was in Konstanz at a symposium organised by the Graduate School of Decision Science, University of Konstanz. The symposium, entitled “Exploring Ignorance: Acquisition, Selection and Processing of Information” , gathered scholars from political science, economics … Continue reading
My article “Voting under uncertainty: the effect of information in the Scottish independence referendum” has been published in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. The article presents part of the results of a broader study on the 2014 Scottish … Continue reading
Published on the EPOP Blog on 4 May 2106 Voting Yes or No in a referendum is a substantially different choice. While Yes votes imply support for a change, No votes generally confirm the status quo. Such an imbalance is … Continue reading
From 7 to 10 April I was in Chicago at the Annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), where I presented my study on negative campaigning in the 2015 UK general elections.
On 3-4 December I attended the Political Psychology conference in Amsterdam, where I presented my recent paper on “The polarizing effect of negative campaigning: Evidence from the 2015 UK elections”. The conference, organised by members of the Amsterdam School for Communication Research … Continue reading