About REPRESENT
REPRESENT is the Research Centre for the Study of Parties and Democracy. It is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham, under the direction of Dr Fernando Casal Bértoa (School of Politics and International Relations, Nottingham) and Dr Tim Haughton (Department of Political Science and International Studies, Birmingham).
REPRESENT aims to bring together, and drive, innovative research in three areas that are, at present, disconnected: research on the falling social penetration of established political parties, research on the rise of populism, and research on the effectiveness of foreign aid given to support democracy. It does so on an interdisciplinary basis, connecting development studies, political science and area studies, and by bringing together leading experts on the politics of different regions (including Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia).
REPRESENT provides a ‘hub’ for knowledge exchange between academic researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. It aims to increase the accessibility of academic expertise on democratization to policy-makers and practitioners, to support researchers seeking to produce policy-relevant research on political parties and democratization, and to act as an ‘incubator’ for new collaborations between these groups.
Throughout 2019, REPRESENT will host a seminar series and a workshop, Evolving Party Systems, Ideological Configurations and Values (to be held in Nottingham 17 May 2019).
Directors
Fernando Casal Bértoa
Associate Professor in Comparative Politics
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: political party (funding) regulation, party (system) institutionalization, democracy promotion, qualitative methods
Email: Fernando.Casal.Bertoa@nottingham.ac.uk
Tim Haughton
Reader (Senior Associate Professor) in European Politics
Department of Political Science and International Studies – University of Birmingham
Research interests: campaigning, party politics in Central and Eastern Europe, politics of Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic
Email: T.J.Haughton@bham.ac.uk
Deputy directors
Nic Cheeseman (Profile to be added)
Annemarie Walter
Assistant Professor
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: party strategy, election campaigns, political scandals, public opinion
Email: Annemarie.Walter@nottingham.ac.uk
Website: www.annemariewalter.eu
Don S. Lee
Research Fellow
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: political economy of institutions, comparative regime types, elections and parties in democracy, Asian politics
Email: Don.Lee@nottingham.ac.uk
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/donslee
Our members
Lise Storm
Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies – University of Exeter
Research interests: political parties, democratization and authoritarian resilience/upgrading, primarily in the Middle East and North Africa
Email: L.Storm@exeter.ac.uk
Website: http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/staff/storm/
Cees van der Eijk
Professor of Social Science Research Methods
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: comparative electoral research, public opinion, democratic theory, methodology, knowledge graphs
Email: Cees.vanderEijk@nottingham.ac.uk
William T. Daniel
Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: political parties, legislatures, European Union
Email: William.Daniel@nottingham.ac.uk
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/wdaniel127/
Patricia Correa Vila
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
School of Languages and Social Sciences – Aston University, Birmingham
Research interests: political parties, party members, Spanish politics
Email: P.Correa-Vila@aston.ac.uk
Ian Collins
Doctoral Researcher
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: liberalism, populism, Russian Opposition in Western press
Email: Ian.Collins@nottingham.ac.uk
Esmeralda V. Bon
Research Associate DiCED
University of Manchester
Research interests: digital campaigning and electoral democracy
Email: Esmeralda.Bon@manchester.ac.uk
Website: https://esmeraldabon.com/
Twitter handle: @EsmeraldaVBon
Lewis Scott
Doctoral Researcher
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: Political marketing, social media, political branding, British politics
Email: Lewis.Scott@nottingham.ac.uk
Twitter handle: @lwssctt
Omar de la Cruz Carrillo
Assistant Professor in-Residence
Metropolitan Autonomous University, Campus Iztapalapa (UAM-I), Mexico and Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESO), Mexico
Research interests: electoral justice, gender quotas, Latin American politics, political parties, Mexican elections
Email: Omar.delaCruz@iteso.mx
Website: https://independent.academia.edu/OmarDelaCruzCarrillo
Anna Silander
Doctoral Researcher
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: radical right-wing populism
Email: Anna.Silander@nottingham.ac.uk
Nora Leach
ESRC DTP PhD Candidate
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: public administration, politicisation of bureaucracy, islands of excellence, democratisation, europeanisation
Email: Nora.Leach@nottingham.ac.uk
Manuel Hernandez – Gonzalez
Doctoral Researcher
School of Politics and International Relations – University of Nottingham
Research interests: quality of democracy, government alternation, presidential power, Latin American political systems
Email: Manuel.Hernandez-Gonzalez@nottingham.ac.uk
Susan Dodsworth
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