Comparative Politics

Our research explores a wide range of topics including comparative political institutions and policies, political behaviour, democratisation processes, political parties, and state design.

One of our research strengths lies in studying these issues across several countries, regime types and policy sectors.

We address the most pressing contemporary questions in the discipline today including environmental policy and climate change; welfare policy and universal basic income; populism and the rise of the political far right; the political consequences of globalisation and decentralisation and central aspects of British and EU politics and policymaking.

People

Research students

Enoch Adranyi
Anna Bailie
Grace Cooper
Ge Huang
Rai Mansoor Imtiaz
Young-Gil Kim
Will Kitson
Tonghua Li
Michael Liu
Marynka Marquez
Maro Pantazidou
Aasim Sheikh
Yael Lopez Torres
Yihui Zhang

Highlight projects

Citizenship Futures: “the Politics Of Hope” In India And Europe
Brexit and UK Environmental Governance
Gendered nature of political leadership
Activating gender gaps: the role of party campaigning in shaping gendered patterns of party support
Judicial Activism and Off-Bench Behaviour: The Role of Legal Traditions

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