Published on Political Violence @ a Glance on 18 October 2018 Guest post by Juan Masullo and Davide Morisi. The same night Mexico’s President-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (aka AMLO), won the election, he announced a radical shift in the … Continue reading
Published on the LSE Europp blog on 18 November 2106 On 4 December, Italians will vote in a referendum on the most far-reaching constitutional reform since the birth of the Italian Republic. From the very beginning, the country’s Prime Minister, … 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
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
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
The online experiment on Scottish independence and the UK election which I conducted at University of Edinburgh featured on The Times and The Herald Scotland: ‘Negative’ campaign helps Nationalists The Times – 6 May, 2015 ‘Unionist parties raising independence makes … Continue reading
Throwing Scottish independence into the electoral debate benefits the SNP and penalises the Labour, according to a study by the European University Institute conducted at the University of Edinburgh. When the three main Westminster parties – Conservatives, Labour and Lib … Continue reading
Published on the LSE Media Policy Project blog on 16, September 2014 With just a couple of days to go and opinion polls showing a strongly polarised electorate in Scotland, the only certainty is that the result of the independence … Continue reading
Published on EUDO Café – 29 August 2014 In less than two months the citizens of Scotland are going to decide on the future of their country in a clear-cut referendum. If Yes votes win the majority, Scotland will take … Continue reading