Research output per year
Research output per year
PhD, MA, BA (Hons)
BS8 1TU
My research focuses primarily on issues concerning party democracy, including political parties, politicians, elections, and voting behaviour.
My research expertise is the case study of Northern Ireland, on which I have published research on elections, party organisation, political gender equality, power-sharing and the dimensionality of policy space. That research has informed the work of the Northern Ireland Assembly and several interest groups, including the Electoral Reform Society. I have also been involved in the collaborative design and analysis of Voter Advice Applications (VAAs) for several elections in Northern Ireland.
I was a co-investigator on the ESRC-funded project: Out of touch and out of time? A cross-temporal and cross-level analysis of the social and ideological distance between UK voters and political elites (2018-23).
I am currently undertaking collaborative research on:
Research Fellow, Queen's University Belfast
Jan 2015 → Aug 2016
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Matthews, N. T. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
Matthews, N. T. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/18 → 31/08/21
Project: Research