Members of the 2017 Advisory Board

Prof. Cees Van Der Eijk (University of Nottingham)

Prof. Ailsa Henderson (University of Edinburgh)

Prof. Roger Scully (University of Cardiff)

Dr. Mark Shephard (University of Strathclyde)

Dr. Robert Ford (University of Manchester)

Dr. Nicholas Allen (Royal Holloway)

Dr. Peter Allen (Queen Mary)

Dr. David Cutts (University of Bath)

Dr. Nora Siklodi (University of Portsmouth)

Dr. Neil Matthews (University of Bristol)

Role of the participants

The Advisory Board members have agreed to collaborate and co-author publications in their area of expertise. Prof. Cees Van Der Eijk (University of Nottingham) of the BES team will advise on areas of cooperation and coordination that would facilitate mixed-methods use of BES and QESB data. Prof. Roger Scully (University of Cardiff) will advise on Welsh politics and Prof. Ailsa Henderson and Dr. Mark Shephard (University of Strathclyde) on Scottish politics. Dr. Robert Ford (University of Manchester) will advise on immigration issues and extreme parties and Dr. Nicholas Allen (Royal Holloway) will advise on the Leaders Debates. Dr Nora Siklodi will advise on EU issues and Brexit. Drs. Peter Allen, David Cutts and Kristi Winters will triangulate their research into sex, gender and vote choice and local politics.

Added value of collaboration

The Advisory Board will provide feedback on the replicated research topics, question wording, interview schedule structure, additional methods of data collection (the use of images or video stimuli, silent brainstorming, asking people to ‘tell a story’, etc.) and the method(s) of data analysis (grounded theory method, discourse analysis, narrative analysis, and cluster analysis in NVivo). Members of the Advisory Board will work with the PI and CI to prepare findings for conferences and manuscripts for publication at high-impact factor academic journals.