Centre for Elections, Media & Parties (CEMaP)

Completed research projects

"Social Desirability and the Survey Response: Validating Voter Turnout". 2009-10. Funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Principal Investigator Jeffrey Karp.

"Perceptions of Power: Voter Attribution of Responsibility within the European Union". Funded by the Economic & Social Research Council. Co- Principal Investigator Susan Banducci (with Sara Hobolt at Oxford).

"Providing an Infrastructure for Research on Electoral Democracy in the European Union (PIREDEU)" The pan-European project includes fourteen partner institutions and is funded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme from 2008 up to 2011. Directed by Prof. Stefano Bartolini at the European University Institute.

"Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project" Exeter Team Module. YouGOV/Polimetrix,Inc.:Palo Alto, CA.

"Does Globalization Make a Difference? Public Perceptions of Constraint in Old and New Democracies" Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant 2008-11. Principal Investigator Jack Vowles.

"Electoral Systems And Party Personnel: The Consequences Of Reform And Non-Reform" National Science Foundation Grant (2008-11). Co-PI (Jack Vowles); Principal Investigators Matthew Søberg Shugart (UCSD), Ellis Krauss (UCSD) and Robert Pekkanen (U of Washington). UK and New Zealand data collection by Jack Vowles.

"The 2008 New Zealand Election Study". Funded by the New Zealand Electoral Commission and University of Auckland and other sources. Principal Investigator Jack Vowles.

"Elections, Party Strategy and Economic Voting". Funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Principal Investigator John Maloney.

"The Organisation of New Political Parties in Western Europe". Funded by the British Academy.Principal Investigator Nicole Bolleyer.

"Perceptions of the Fairness of Campaign Rhetoric in the United Kingdom and the United States". Funded by the British Academy. Principal Investigator Dan Stevens.

Political Gender Gaps in Europe: Cultural and Communication Contexts 2002-07, Dutch Science Foundation. Principal Investigator Susan Banducci (Exeter)

The Determinants of Active Civic Participation at European and National Level. 2004-08, EU's 6th Framework Programme.
Principal Investigator Richard Sinnott (University College Dublin)

Media Monitoring Project - Turkish Election Study. Principal Investigator Susan Banducci (Exeter)