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Edward Fieldhouse

Edward Fieldhouse

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7533-1475

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Biography

Ed Fieldhouse is Professor of Social and Political Science and Director of the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research. He completed a PhD at the University of Sheffield and joined the University of Manchester in 1993. Following a brief period in local government he directed the Centre for Census and Survey Research from 2002 until 2005. In 2006 he was appointed as founding director of the Institute for Social Change and executive director of Social Change: a Harvard-Manchester Initiative. Since 2014 he has been principal investigator of the British Election Study. His main research interests are voting behaviour, electoral geography, and social and contextual influences on electoral behaviour. He is co-author of over a hundred scholarly articles and books on a diverse range of topics including elections, voting behaviour, voter turnout and registration, social capital, unemployment and deprivation. He also has extensive experience of working with non-academic stakeholders.

 

 

Biography

Research interests

  • Elections and voting behavior
  • Social theories of turnout
  • Geographical and contextual effects in voting.
  • Mobilisation and campaign effects

Current and recentresearch projects:

  • Voters and the British Political System in the Context of Brexit: the British Election Study 2019-2023
  • Voters in Context: the British Election Study 2015
  • Constituency Campaigning at the 2010, 2015 and 2017 General Elections
  • The Scottish independence referendum and the British voter: an enhancement to the British Election Study Internet Panel
  • The Social Complexity of Immigration and Diversity
  • How different are direct mail and telephoning? A 'Get Out the Vote' randomised experiment in the 2009 European and Local Elections
  • The Political Representation of Ethnic Minorities in the UK in Comparative Perspective
  • Electoral Registration and Turnout in South Asian Communities in Great Britain

Further information

Additional academic activities:

www.britishelectionstudy.com/

 www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/politics/research/research-clusters/democracy-and-elections/

 

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Digital Futures
  • Cathie Marsh Institute

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  4. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  5. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  6. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  7. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  8. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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