Grants, Impact & Outreach

External Research Grants

Policy Briefs

The following policy briefs are prepared under the ESRC "The effect of terrorism on public attitudes and individual well-being in Great Britain" grant for the Homeland Security & Analysis Insight Group at the Home Office.

• Policy Brief No. 1: Are the effects of terrorism short-lived?  

• Policy Brief No. 2: The media coverage of terrorism

• Policy Brief No. 3: How do public beliefs about the government’s response to terrorism change after attacks?

• Policy Brief No. 4: The impact of terrorism on affective polarization

• Policy Brief No. 5: The emotional response to terrorism: Evidence from Twitter (2016-2020)

• Policy Brief No. 6: The impact of terrorism on individual wellbeing

UNU-WIDER Research Brief

• 05/2023: The prolonged effects of terrorism: A closer look

Articles in the Media, Blogs and Commentary

Partisan geographic sorting in the UK: do political views influence to where we choose to move? (with Georgios Efthyvoulou and Vincenzo Bove) SPERI, September 2023.

Internal migration and political polarisation: is the ‘Big Sort’ happening in the UK? (with Georgios Efthyvoulou and Vincenzo Bove)  Advantage,  The Magazine of CAGE Research Centre, Autumn 2022.

Why are we all working so hard? The Financial Times, June 2022.

Want to feel at home? Move to a place where people share your political views. The Guardian, December 2021.

In the aftermath of the referendum, people were less inclined to move when they were aligned with the Brexit preferences of their district  (with Georgios Efthyvoulou and Vincenzo Bove)  LSE British Politics and Policy, January 2022.

Terrorism violence, security concerns and the Brexit vote (with Georgios Efthyvoulou and Vincenzo Bove) UK In A Changing Europe, June 2021.

Why has coronavirus affected cities more than rural areas? (with Jesse Matheson, Max Nathan & Enrico Vanino) Economics Observatory, July 2020.

Terrorism and the Brexit vote (with Georgios Efthyvoulou) SPERI, February 2020.

Does Congressional experience lead to US governors securing higher funding? SPERI, October 2018.

How the government's pro-remain leaflet shaped the EU referendum SPERI, January 2018.