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Colin Rallings |
Professor of Politics;
Co-Director Local Government Chronicle
Elections Centre;
Postgraduate Studies Tutor;
Module leader for MSc
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Winner, Political Studies Association Communication
award 2007
Member, ESRC Research Resources Board 2000-4
Chair, ESRC Commissioning Panel for 2005
British Election Study
Specialist adviser to four House of Commons Select Committee
enquiries 2003-6
Elections analyst, Independent Television News since 1992
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Michael Thrasher |
Professor of Politics; and
Co-Director Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre
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Member of:
Political Studies
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American Political Science Association;
Elections, Parties and Opinion Polls Group
Urban Politics Group;
Electoral Systems Research Committee (IPSA);
Advisory Panel, Standards Board for England, 2002-present.
Political Studies Association Judge for Arthur McDougall Trust Fund
prize for best PhD on aspects of Party and Electoral politics,
2000-present.
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Galina Borisyuk |
Research Fellow
Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre |
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Research interests:
Electoral forecasting
Women’s representation
Support for minor parties
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David Brockington |
Senior Lecturer in Social
Science Methods;
Social Research Programme
Coordinator;
Associate Fellow, Local
Government Chronicle Elections Centre
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Member of:
American Political Science Association: Elections, Public Opinion, and
Voting Behavior; Representation and Electoral Systems; Comparative
Politics; Political Methodology.
Political Studies Association (UK)
Midwest Political Science Association (US)
Pacific Northwest Political Science Association (US)
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Brian Cheal |
Research Assistant
Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre |
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Member of:
Association of Electoral
Administrators
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Dawn Cole |
Project Administrator Local
Government Chronicle Elections Centre |
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Role:
Webmaster; production of various publications; assistance
with analysis and interpretation of data; management of research centre's
day to day administration.
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Michael Cole |
Honorary Research Fellow Local Government Chronicle
Elections Centre |
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Member of:
Political Studies
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Elections, Parties and Opinion Polls Group
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Jeremy Johns |
ESRC sponsored Postgraduate Student
Local Government Chronicle
Elections Centre |
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Research interests:
Electoral
Turnout in Second Order Elections. Examining the role of salience,
especially in relation to the benefits of electoral participation,
in UK and European elections.
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Tim Jones |
ESRC sponsored Postgraduate Student Local Government Chronicle
Elections Centre |
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Research interests:
Developments in the way political
parties conduct election campaigns, as they respond to changes in
individual voter behaviour, institutional arrangements and the
introduction of new technologies.
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Elena Long |
ESRC sponsored Postgraduate Student
Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre |
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Research interests:
Increases in computing
power and on-line interactivity are creating more opportunities
for end-users to interrogate large data sets. The research
explores innovative methods for users with varying statistical
knowledge to visualise these data.
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Mary Shears |
ESRC sponsored Postgraduate Student
Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre |
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Research interests:
The gender imbalance in elected
representatives in local government in England. A study of women candidates
and councillors.
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Luke Sloan |
ESRC sponsored
Postgraduate Student, LGC Elections Centre
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Research interests:
The development
and proliferation of minor parties in local government, their
organizational structure and ability to participate effectively
within competitive party systems.
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