Miranda Duffy, a PhD student at the Centre for Democratic Engagement, has launched a podcast, as part of her studies, entitled DEN of ENQUIRY. The podcast uses poetry to kick-start conversations about democracy and the rule of law for 9+year olds and their adults.
Dr Eike Rinke has co-guest-edited a “Profession Symposium” (a series of 7 short articles) on the topic of “Opening Political Science” that has been published in print in the latest issue of PS: Political Science & Politics.
Professor Leston-Bandeira’s ground-breaking article on e-petitions was selected by the journal Policy & Politics, to be part of its free access virtual issue on digital, democracy and participation. Professor Leston-Bandeira’s article is free to access until the 31 March.
Professor Jocelyn Evans gave a paper, ‘Existe-t-il un effet de « halo » ? Analyse multiniveaux des effets contextuels de l’immigration sur le vote Front national en 2017’, to the Migrations and Society Research Unit in Paris (URMIS) on 11 January 2021.
Dr Jonathan Dean has published a new open access article in the journal ‘Politics’, entitled ‘Left politics and popular culture in Britain: From left-wing populism to ‘popular leftism’’.
Professor Jocelyn Evans has co-authored an election report on France’s recent local elections, focusing on the limited success of Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National.
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2019: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians, an article by CDE member Dr Timothy Heppell and co-authored with David Jeffery and Andrew Roe-Crines, has been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
CDE Associate Member, Dr Alex Prior, and CDE PhD student, Temitayo Odeyemi, were both selected to be part of the team working on the next global report of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which will focus on public engagement with parliaments. Both Alex’s and Temitayo’s research focus on public engagement with parliament and their expertise will be…