Comparative Politics

The Comparative Politics Cluster is one of three research clusters housed in the Politics and International Relations subject area. These clusters offer a forum for staff members and our postgraduate community to come together on a regular basis to discuss work in progress, present new ideas and offer peer support to advance our research. We regularly host presentations of papers but also discuss grant applications and organise workshops on writing skills and the process of getting published. The Comparative Politics Cluster is open to anyone and we welcome new ideas. 

Please contact the Cluster Convenor Timothy Peace if you would like to join the mailing list.

Staff Members

Adrian Florea - 

  • Senior Lecturer (Central & East European Studies) - profile

Ammon Cheskin - 

  • Senior Lecturer in Nationalism and Identity (Central & East European Studies) - profile

Ana Langer - 

  • Senior Lecturer (Politics) - profile

Andrew Judge - 

  • Lecturer - International Relations (Politics) - profile

Angela Romano -

  • Lecturer in International Political Economy (Politics) - profile

Anja Neundorf - 

  • Professor in Politics & Research Methods (Politics) - profile

Aykut Ozturk - 

  • Research Associate (Politics)

Bastian Struve -

  • Tutor (School of Social & Political Sciences)
  • Research Assistant (Politics)

Benjamin Franks - 

  • Senior Lecturer (Social and Political Philosophy) (School of Interdisciplinary Studies) - profile

Bernhard Reinsberg - 

Brian Girvin -

  • Honorary Professor of Contemporary Politics (School of Social & Political Sciences)
  • Tutor - Affiliate (External Relations) - profile

Carl Knight -

  • Senior Lecturer in Political Theory (Politics) - profile

Christopher Carman -

Christopher Claassen - 

  • Senior Lecturer (Politics) - profile

David Alexander - 

  • Affiliate Researcher (School of Social & Political Sciences) 

David Smith -

  • Professor - Alex Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies (Central & East European Studies) - profile

Fraser McMillan -

  • Research Associate (Politics)
  • ScotGov Tracker Research Associate (School of Social & Political Sciences) - profile

Holly Snape -

  • British Academy Fellow (Politics) - profile

Hua Wang -

  • Tutor, Affiliate (School of Social & Political Sciences)
  • Research Assistant (Politics) - profile

Huseyn Aliyev -

  • Research Fellow/Lecturer (Central & East European Studies) - profile

Ian Paterson -

  • Lecturer in International Relations (Politics) - profile

Jane Duckett -

  • Professor - Edward Caird Chair of Politics (Politics) - profile

Joanna Szostek - 

  • Lecturer in Political Communication (Politics) - profile

Karen Wright - 

  • Lecturer in Political Thought (Politics)

Kelly Kollman - 

  • Professor of Politics (Politics) - profile

Michael Heaney -

  • Research Fellow (Politics) - profile

Mo Hume - 

  • Professor of Latin American Politics (Politics) - profile

Myrto Tsakatika - 

  • Senior Lecturer (Politics) - profile

Neil Munro - 

  • Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics (Politics) - profile

Niccole Pamphilis -

Petar Bankov - 

  • Tutor, Research Assistant (School of Social & Political Sciences) - profile

Robert Lineira - 

  • Lecturer in Politics (School of Social & Political Sciences) - profile

Sergi Pardos-Prado - 

  • Professor of Comparative Politics (Politics) - profile

Sergiu Gherghina - 

  • Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics (Politics) - profile

Thomas Lundberg - 

Timothy Peace - 

  • Lecturer in Politics (Politics) - profile

Thomas Scotto - 

  • Dean of Learning & Teaching (Social Sciences College Senior Management)
  • Professor (Politics) - profile

Zachary Dickson -

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant (School of Social & Political Sciences) - profile

PG members

Alasdair Stanton

Ana Alonso Curbelo

Anthea Cain

Anthony Lee

Armin Seimel

Cristina Chueca Del Cerro

Daniel O'Malley

Ekaterina Tolstukha

Emilia Arpini

Eugenia Nazrullaeva

Evelyn Uribe Navarrete

Hannah Gracher

Isabel Rodríguez Toribio

Jade Saab

Johannes Gruber

Madilyn Cancro

Michael Scanlan

Michelle Marie Cook

Paul Gardner

Qingyue Zhang

Wai Fong Chau

Ziqian Ye

Areas of Expertise

Members of the cluster work on most aspects of comparative politics with particular expertise in the following geographic regions: Western, Eastern and Central Europe; China; United States; Russia and the post-Soviet region; Latin America; and the Middle East. Broad research interests include:

  • authoritarianism                                              
  • business & politics                                          
  • democracy and democratisation                               
  • elections and voting, including referenda             
  • energy policy                                    
  • environmental policy                                     
  • lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) politics
  • political communication
  • political economy                                           
  • political parties                                
  • political psychology                                       
  • politics of education                                      
  • politics of migration                                       
  • public opinion, especially elections, political trust, participation and democratic support
  • social movements and political activism                
  • welfare policy

Events

Upcoming Events

 

Past events

29th April 2021 – ‘Is there populism after democratic breakdown: The Erdogan government's response to the pandemic’ Aykut Öztürk

22nd April 2021 - “How is voter identification framed in UK Parliamentary Debates?" Ana Alonso Curbelo

4th March 2021 – “Good media use for the consolidation of democracy: a discussion of normative ideals” Joanna Szostek

18th February 2021 – “The Temporal Nature of Communication: The Case of the European Refugee Crisis in Germany” Armin Seimel