Religious Affiliation by Birth Decade, 1900-9 to 1980-9. Attitudes towards the Disestablishment of the Church of England. Belief in Britain, 1939-2009. Belief in Astrology, 1985-2008. Belief in Black Magic, 1973-1995. Belief in Dreams, ESP and Fate. Belief in Faith-Healing and Hypnotism. Belief in Folk Religion and Superstition. Belief in Fortune-Telling and Horoscopes, 1951-2008. Belief in Ghosts and Communication with the Dead.

I am a political scientist based at the University of Manchester, where I am a Research Fellow on the British Election Study. I split my time between Manchester and Oxford, where I am a Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. My research interests revolve around elections and I have written on political behaviour, political psychology, political parties, the effects of electoral rules, electoral forecasting, referendums, and polling. You can also find me on Twitter.

The leftward-marching Labour Party and the unmoving British electorate. Last year, I did some analysis. Of how respondents to surveys carried out as part of the British Election Study. Placed themselves and the main British political parties on a left-right scale. Despite what the election results might lead one to expect. One way is by using alluvial diagrams. Self-ratings on the left-right political scale in BES waves 5 and 12. Importing National Student Survey .

Simon and Hallsworth Visiting Professorships. A free exhibition of paintings by Wang Ying and Kostya Novoselov in the Samuel Alexander building. Organised by Manchester China Institute, the Whitworth and SALC. Our research centres push the boundaries of what can be achieved across disciplines.

At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I am also a Fellow at the Office of Evaluation Sciences. In the General Services Administration of the US Federal Government. I helped to start Research4Impact. An organization that aims to connect researchers and practicioners in the interests of improving public policy, governance, and advocacy. I am an active member of EGAP. The Evidence in Governance and Politics network. And I run the Methodology Speaker Series. Or my Google Scholar profile.

A blog about politics, economics and other trivia. Tuesday, March 6, 2018. The aim was to gather signatures for a referendum.

8th ESRC Research Methods Festival. In 2018 NCRM will host the eighth biennial Festival. Previous events were successful in attracting around 800 social science researchers. The Festival will be held 3 - 5th July, 2018 at the University of Bath.

Advice on using the library and researching the social sciences. A Fourth Week refresher! October 30, 2017. Time flies at Oxford, but we hope you are all settling in and enjoying being a part of Nuffield College. Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who came along to the Library Induction in 0.