Undergraduate Advisees

2023-24:

Aidan Cairns "A Study on the Impacts of Terrorism on the French Electorate: the November 2015 Paris Terror Attacks and the 2015 Regional Elections"
Jacob Cousens "The Death of Social Democracy in Europe: an analysis of the Labour Party's unique position in the terminal decline of the European left-wing parties"
Lewis England "Immigrant Parenthood and Political Engagement: An Exploration of Political Socialisation Effects Using Longitudinal Data of Immigrants in Germany"
Sara Taylor "How Social Class Influences the Propensity to Engage with Sustainable Fashion"

2019-20:

Giorgio Collett "Political Uncertainty in Equity Market, a New Framework: Evidence from the Scottish and Catalan 2014 Independence Referenda"
- Paper accepted for presentation at the PSA UG Conference; summary here

Joshua Constant "The Rise and Fall of Iraqi Kurdistan's Challenge to Iraq's Sovereignty and the Western State Model"

Shanzay Ahsan "Assessing the Success and Future of State Partitions Vis-à-vis the Partitions of India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Sudan"

Robert Dean "To What Extent Does Natural Resource Endowment Influence the Allocation of Chinese Aid? A Sub-National Analysis of Zambia"

Cameron Butt "How Does State Independence Affect Economic Prosperity? Evidence from the Split of Czechoslovakia and Implications for Scottish Independence"

Josef Skrdlik "Did Special Economic Zones Contribute to Industrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa?"

Aidas Zvirblis "How Do Climate Protests Impact the Way British Newspapers Report on Climate Change? An Empirical Analysis of the International Rebellion"

2018-19:

Tisha Herold "Internally Displaced People's Social Capital: Development and Integration in the Colombian Urban Periphery"

Nicole Johnson "The Socio-Economic Impact of FDI Concessions on Local Communities: Evidence from Liberia"

Harry Knowlton "The Impact of Terror Attacks on Political Attitudes and Behavior: Evidence from the 2017 Terror Attacks in the UK"

Joshua Shawe "The Truth Revealed: Do Truth Commissions Promote Trust in the Army"

2017-18:

Marie Axt "Challenging the World Bank? Chinese aid and its implications for Western-style lending"

Peter Bristow "When Do Hybrid Political Orders Produce Local Legitimacy? A comparative study on the impact of hybridization on the local legitimacy of traditional authorities in Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda"

Jonah Champaud "EU Parliamentary Elections in Eastern European Parties: a quantitative analysis of conditional election effects on ideological positioning"

Joyie Chooi "How Have Affirmative Action Policies Affected Inter- and Intra-Racial Inequality in Malaysia?"

Nathan De-Bono "Globalisation, Welfare Spending and the Electoral System: a quantitative study of the compensation hypothesis under different electoral rules"

Pippa Fernandes "The Long-Term Effects of Demographic Shocks on Female Political Participation: Quantitative Evidence from the Transatlantic Slave Trade"
- Paper presented at EPSA 2019 in Belfast

Ana Krambeck-Silva-Rocha "The Impact of Corruption on Infrastructure Quality: Statistical Evidence from Brazil's Public Audits"

Dylan Potts "Olson Meets Leaders: a statistical analysis of institutional sclerosis, leader change, and economic growth"

Clio Simpson "Are Apologies Just Symbolic Politics? Assessing the relationship between a political apology and political reconciliation in post-conflict societies"
- Published as DGSi Working Paper 3/2018

2016-17:

Darcy Brough-Mylod "Intersectional Identities and Descriptive Representation: Evidence from the US House of Representatives"

Ingrid Hoegh "Clientelism and Political Dynasties: Why Some Patriarchic Societies in South and Southeast Asia Have Female Leaders, But Low Female Political Representation"

Michael Jacobs "Do voters trust politicians that pander? Policy platforms as a signal of character in US House Elections"
- Winner of the "Best Dissertation in Politics" prize
- Revise & Resubmit at Electoral Studies

Eesha Moitra "Natural Resources and Civil War Mediation: The understudied impact of state-rebel access to resources on mediation"

Jamie Penston-Raja "Assessing the Relationship Between Social Media and Political Engagement: An Experiment on the Impact of a Politically Motivated Facebook Page Among Students at Durham University"

Joseph Ronald "An Assessment of the Impact Membership in the Schengen Agreement Has on Its Citizens' Reaction Towards Immigration Following a Terrorist Attack"

Delainea Rust "Football and Political Attachment: A Quantitative Analysis of the Effect of World Cup and European Cup Participation on National and European Identification"

Mate Sal "Can We Fight Petty Corruption with Social Capital? Evidence from Latin America"

2015-16:

Hani Abdellatif "Does Ukip's Performance at the 2015 UK General Election Suggest That New Radical Right Parties Appeal to `Globalization Losers'?"

Jade Azim "Can `Value Modes' Explain Why the Working Class Do Not `Soak the Rich'?"

Eric Chim "The Relationship Between Centralized Corruption and Long-term Economic Growth in East Asia"

Margrete Danbolt "To What Extent Do Lynchings in the Jim Crow Era Affect Today's Racial Relationships in the U.S. South?"

Arturo Gorup-De-Besanez "Structural Adjustment, State Repression, and the Implications for Dictatorships: Case Studies From Sub-Saharan Africa"

Matthew Kernaghan "Does Lame Duck Status, Divided Government or the Combination of These Factors Negatively Impact the U.S. President's Ability to Have Judges Successfully Confirmed to the Lower Federal Courts"

Giulia Montefiore "The Roma Ghetto: Examining the Effect of Residential Segregation on Roma Right to Education in Rome, Italy"

Amarvir Singh-Bal "The Economic Vote in the 2015 United Kingdom General Election"

2014-15:

Oliver Poynton "The Impact of Social Media on Protest Dynamics in the Arab Spring"

Kiara Kijburana "Sustaining Protest: A Comparative Case Study of Two Protests in Thailand"