Hobolt, Sara


Professor Sara Hobolt  

Department

Position held

European Institute

Sutherland Chair in European Institutions

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Associate Member

University of Southern Denmark

Honorary Professor in Political Science

Experience keywords:

referendums; parties; elections; European politics; European Union

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Professor Hobolt's research interests include European Union politics, specifically focusing on elections, referendums, and public opinion, and European politics more generally. She is Vice Chair of the European Election Studies (EES), an EU-wide project studying voters, parties, candidates and the media in European Parliamentary elections.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Denmark; Norway; Britain; Europe; Sweden

Languages:

Danish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressRadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7580

Publications

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2013

Hobolt, Sara and Tilley, James and Banducci, Susan (2013) Clarity of responsibility: how government cohesion conditions performance voting. European journal of political research, 52 (2). pp. 164-187. ISSN 0304-4130

2012

Hobolt, Sara and Cramme, Olaf (2012) The growing importance of the EU in national politics means that political union can only succeed with the public’s support. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Hobolt, Sara B. (2012) Public opinion and integration. In: Jones, Erik and Menon, Anand and Weatherill, Stephen, (eds.) The Oxford handbook of the European Union. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 716-733. ISBN 9780199546282

Hobolt, Sara and de Vries, Catherine E. (2012) When dimensions collide: the electoral success of issue entrepreneurs. European Union politics, 13 (2). pp. 246-268. ISSN 1465-1165

Hobolt, Sara and Spoon, Jae-Jae (2012) Motivating the European voter: parties, issues and campaigns in European Parliament elections. European journal of political research, ISSN 0304-4130

Hobolt, Sara and Tilley, James and Wittrock, Jill (2012) Listening to the government: how information shapes responsibility attributions. Political behavior, ISSN 0190-9320

Hobolt, Sara (2012) Citizen satisfaction with democracy in the European Union. Journal of common market studies, 50 (s1). pp. 88-105. ISSN 0021-9886

2011

Hobolt, Sara and Van der Brug, Wouter and De Vreese, Claes H. and Boomgaarden, Hajo G. and Hinrichsen, Malte C. (2011) Religious intolerance and Euroscepticism. European Union politics, 12 (3). pp. 359-379. ISSN 1465-1165

Hobolt, Sara and Høyland, Bjørn (2011) Selection and sanctioning in European parliamentary elections. British journal of political science, 41 (03). pp. 477-498. ISSN 1469-2112

Hobolt, Sara and Brouard, Sylvain (2011) Contesting the European Union?: why the Dutch and the French rejected the European constitution. Political research quarterly, 64 (2). pp. 309-322. ISSN 1065-9129

Tilley, James and Hobolt, Sara (2011) Is the government to blame?: an experimental test of how partisanship shapes perceptions of performance and responsibility. The journal of politics, 73 (2). pp. 316-330. ISSN 0022-3816

Hobolt, Sara Binzer and Wittrock, Jill (2011) The second-order election model revisited: an experimental test of vote choices in European Parliament elections. Electoral studies, 30 (1). pp. 29-40. ISSN 0261-3794

Franklin, Mark N. and Hobolt, Sara (2011) The legacy of lethargy: how elections to the European Parliament depress turnout. Electoral studies, 30 (1). pp. 67-76. ISSN 0261-3794

Hobolt, Sara and Franklin, Mark N., (eds.) (2011) Special symposium: electoral democracy in the European Union. Elsevier Ltd., London, UK.

2010

Karp, Jeffrey A. and Hobolt, Sara, (eds.) (2010) Special symposium: voters and coalition governments. Elsevier Ltd., London, UK.

Fisher, Stephen D. and Hobolt, Sara (2010) Coalition government and electoral accountability. Electoral studies, 29 (3). pp. 358-369. ISSN 0261-3794

Hobolt, Sara and Karp, Jeffrey A. (2010) Voters and coalition governments. Electoral studies, 29 (3). pp. 299-307. ISSN 0261-3794

2009

Hobolt, Sara (2009) Campaign financing in Danish referendums. In: Gilland Lutz, Karen and Hug, Simon, (eds.) Financing referendum campaigns . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 62-80. ISBN 9780230579330

Hobolt, Sara and Leblond, Patrick (2009) Is my crown better than your euro?: exchange rates and public opinion on the European single currency. European Union politics, 10 (2). pp. 202-225. ISSN 1465-1165

Hobolt, Sara (2009) Europe in question: referendums on European integration. Oxford University Press , Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199549948

Hobolt, Sara and Spoon, Jae-Jae and Tilley, James (2009) A vote against Europe?: explaining defection at the 1999 and 2004 European Parliament elections. British journal of political science, 39 (1). pp. 93-115. ISSN 1469-2112

van der Brug, Wouter and Hobolt, Sara and de Vreese, Claes H. (2009) Religion and party choice in Europe. West European politics, 32 (6). pp. 1266-1283. ISSN 0140-2382

2008

Green, Jane and Hobolt, Sara (2008) Owning the issue agenda: party strategies and vote choices in British elections. Electoral studies, 27 (3). pp. 460-476. ISSN 0261-3794

Fisher, Stephen D. and Lessard-Phillips, Laurence and Hobolt, Sara and Curtice, John (2008) Disengaging voters: do plurality systems discourage the less knowledgeable from voting? Electoral studies, 27 (1). pp. 89-104. ISSN 0261-3794

Hobolt, Sara and Klemmensen, Robert (2008) Government responsiveness and political competition in comparative perspective. Comparative political studies, 41 (3). pp. 309-337. ISSN 0010-4140

2007

Klemmensen, Robert and Hobolt, Sara and Hansen, Martin Ejnar (2007) Estimating policy positions using political texts: an evaluation of the wordscores approach. Electoral studies, 26 (4). pp. 746-755. ISSN 0261-3794

Hobolt, Sara (2007) Campaign information and voting behaviour in EU referendums. In: De Vreese, Claes H., (ed.) The dynamics of referendum campaigns . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230517837

Hobolt, Sara (2007) Taking cues on Europe?: voter competence and party endorsements in referendums on European integration. European journal of political research, 46 (2). pp. 151-182. ISSN 0304-4130

2006

Hobolt, Sara (2006) How parties affect vote choice in European integration referendums. Party politics, 12 (5). pp. 623-647. ISSN 1354-0688

Hobolt, Sara (2006) Direct democracy and European integration. Journal of European public policy, 13 (1). pp. 153-166. ISSN 1350-1763

2005

Hobolt, Sara and Klemmemsen, Robert (2005) Responsive government?: public opinion and government policy preferences in Britain and Denmark. Political studies, 53 (2). pp. 379-402. ISSN 0032-3217

Hobolt, Sara and Riseborough, Paul L. (2005) How to win the UK referendum on the European constitution. The political quarterly, 76 (2). pp. 241-252. ISSN 0032-3179

Hobolt, Sara (2005) When Europe matters: the impact of political information on voting behaviour in EU referendums. Journal of elections, public opinion & parties, 15 (1). pp. 85-109. ISSN 1745-7289

2004

Hobolt, Sara (2004) Multiple identities in Europe. In: Dettling, Daniel and Gawlitta, Thomas and Novy, Leonard and Adebahr, Maria and Brökelmann, Cornelius, (eds.) EuroMission: Neue Perspektiven für das erweiterte Europa. LIT Verlag. ISBN 3825880842

Hobolt, Sara (2004) Lokal orientering. In: Gundelach, Peter, (ed.) Danskernes særpræg. Hans Reitzels Forlag, Copenhagen.

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Awards

Best Book prize by the European Union Studies Association (2010) for Europe in Question: Referendums on European Integration (OUP, 2009);
Winner of the APSA Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior section's Emerging Scholar Award (2011);
Nils Klim Prize (2012)

 

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