Political Behaviour

Research Pillar(s): Political Behaviour and Political Psychology

About: The Political Behaviour Group brings together a diverse group of faculty and students from across LSE to share research on topics related to public opinion, voting and elections, political parties, political communication, civic participation, intergroup relations and political psychology. Members of the group draw on varied methods and disciplinary traditions. Currently, there is significant methodological expertise in randomised experiments (survey and field experiments), sample surveys, causal inference with observational data, text-as-data methods and qualitative interviews. Regional expertise includes Britain, Europe, the United States, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and India. Members of the group also run the Electoral Psychology Observatory. 

Engaging researchers from the Department of Government and other LSE departments (including Media and Communications, Methodology, Psychological and Behavioural Science and the European Institute), the group holds a weekly research seminar on Thursdays throughout the academic year and hosts visiting scholars from across the UK and abroad.

Faculty members from the Political Behaviour Group are world leading experts in their field, regularly appear on national and international media, have been awarded numerous competitive research grants, awards, and fellowships from national and international funding bodies, and teach on the Department’s MSc Political Science (Political Behaviour stream), the BSc in Politics & Data Science, as well as across various other BSc, MSc and MRes/PhD programmes.

Members: Prof Chris Anderson, Dr Sarah Brierley, Prof Michael Bruter, Dr Zach Dickson, Dr Florian Foos, Dr Sarah Harrison, Prof Sara Hobolt, Dr Ryan Jablonski, Dr Nirvikar Jassal, Prof Michael Laver, Dr George Ofosu, Dr Miguel Pereira, Dr Mathias Poertner, Dr Pavithra Suryanarayan, Dr Melissa Sands

Current PhD candidates: Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno, A. Ceren Cinar, Gaetano Inglese, Tiffany Lau, Nick Lewis,  Asfa Shakeel,  Alex Yeandle

Former PhD students: Dr Eri Bertsou, Dr Jack Blumenau, Dr Diane Bolet, Dr Julian Hoerner, Dr Tom Hunter, Dr Katharina Lawall, Dr Julia Leschke, Dr Nicola Mastrorocco, Prof Nick Vivyan, Prof Markus Wagner, Dr Christopher Wratil

Political Behaviour Seminar Series: Meetings of the Political Behaviour Seminar series are open to all staff and students (from LSE and other institutions). The seminar will take place on Thursdays (in term-time) 4pm to 5pm, in CBG.4.17. unless otherwise stated and will also be available online via Zoom.

Seminar Convener(s): Dr Florian Foos, Prof Sara Hobolt, Dr Mathias Poertner
PhD student coordinator: Len Metson