Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Outputs (569)

Unpacking the European Commission: Cabinet Composition and EU Policy-Making (2024)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T., & Hurka, S. (2024). Unpacking the European Commission: Cabinet Composition and EU Policy-Making. Journal of Common Market Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13678

We examine bureaucratic politics within the European Commission, using novel data on the backgrounds of individual members of Commissioners' cabinets. Although cabinet composition has become increasingly regulated in recent decades, its selection rem... Read More about Unpacking the European Commission: Cabinet Composition and EU Policy-Making.

Perceived negativity in British general election communications (2024)
Journal Article
Milazzo, C., & Ryan, J. B. (2024). Perceived negativity in British general election communications. Electoral Studies, 92, Article 102863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102863

British parties – and their candidates – frequently engage in the use of negative messaging. While previous studies shed light on the frequency and source of such messages, we know less about how negative messages are received. In this research note,... Read More about Perceived negativity in British general election communications.

Comparative judgement modeling to map forced marriage at local levels (2024)
Journal Article
Seymour, R., Nyarko-Agyei, A., Mccabe, H., Severn, K., Sirl, D., Kypraios, T., & Taylor, A. (in press). Comparative judgement modeling to map forced marriage at local levels. Annals of Applied Statistics,

Forcing someone into marriage against their will is a violation of their human rights. In 2021, the county of Nottinghamshire, UK, launched a strategy to tackle forced marriage and violence against women and girls. We set out to map the risk of force... Read More about Comparative judgement modeling to map forced marriage at local levels.

Marine mammals as indicators of Anthropocene Ocean Health (2024)
Journal Article
Plön, S., Andra, K., Auditore, L., Gegout, C., Hale, P. J., Hampe, O., Ramilo-Henry, M., Burkhardt-Holm, P., Jaigirdar, A. M., Klein, L., Maewashe, M. K., Müssig, J., Ramsarup, N., Roussouw, N., Sabin, R., Shongwe, T. C., & Tuddenham, P. (2024). Marine mammals as indicators of Anthropocene Ocean Health. npj Biodiversity, 3(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00055-5

The current state of marine mammal populations reflects increasing anthropogenic impacts on the global Ocean. Adopting a holistic approach towards marine mammal health, incorporating healthy individuals and healthy populations, these taxa present ind... Read More about Marine mammals as indicators of Anthropocene Ocean Health.

Going negative when spoiled for choice? Destabilizing and boomerang effects of negative political messaging in multiparty systems with multimember districts (2024)
Journal Article
Duggan, A., Crepaz, M., & Kneafsey, L. (2024). Going negative when spoiled for choice? Destabilizing and boomerang effects of negative political messaging in multiparty systems with multimember districts. Political Research Exchange, 6(1), Article 2387160. https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736x.2024.2387160

Classical electoral behaviour theories have associated possible benefits of negative campaigning with two-party plurality systems due to their zero-sum nature. Nevertheless, negative campaigning is a widely used electoral strategy outside of these co... Read More about Going negative when spoiled for choice? Destabilizing and boomerang effects of negative political messaging in multiparty systems with multimember districts.

Global China and Pakistan’s federal politics: 10 years of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (2024)
Journal Article
Adeney, K., & Boni, F. (2024). Global China and Pakistan’s federal politics: 10 years of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2024.2354568

The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the most prominent projects under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. While its geopolitical and financial implications have received much attention, CPEC’s mediation through the structures of Pakis... Read More about Global China and Pakistan’s federal politics: 10 years of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Shared adversaries in the Anglo-American Special Relationship: from the Cold War to contemporary threats (2024)
Journal Article
Rees, W., & Xu, R. (2024). Shared adversaries in the Anglo-American Special Relationship: from the Cold War to contemporary threats. China International Strategy Review, 6, 156–171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42533-024-00162-9

The Anglo-American Special Relationship has been at its most vibrant when the two countries have shared a common adversary. The Cold War confrontation with the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies, and then Islamist terrorism during the ‘War on Te... Read More about Shared adversaries in the Anglo-American Special Relationship: from the Cold War to contemporary threats.