2023 Annual Lecture by Prof. Maria Sobolewska
Prof. Maria Sobolewska joined us at the University of Edinburgh on the 17th of May 2023 to deliver the second SES annual lecture titled “Race… Read More »2023 Annual Lecture by Prof. Maria Sobolewska
2019 General Election
News: Two public SES events in May
We are delighted to announce that the Scottish Election Study will be hosting two events at the University of Edinburgh next month. Both are open… Read More »News: Two public SES events in May
Balmoral Blues? Scottish Attitudes to Conservative Leadership
Photo by Rico Meier on Unsplash In our previous blog we explained that Scottish voters had less respect for Boris Johnson but felt he was… Read More »Balmoral Blues? Scottish Attitudes to Conservative Leadership
From the Iron Lady to Big Dog: How Scots Feel About Johnson Compared to Thatcher and Why It Matters
It isn’t possible to talk about the rise of Scottish nationalism in the 1980s without encountering the idea that Margaret Thatcher was, ultimately, its handmaiden.… Read More »From the Iron Lady to Big Dog: How Scots Feel About Johnson Compared to Thatcher and Why It Matters
A Clan’s A Clan for A’ That? The Identities and Attitudes of Scotland’s Four Tribes
Last month, we published two posts on Scotland’s “Four Tribes”, the groups the country’s electorate can be divided into on the basis of public preferences… Read More »A Clan’s A Clan for A’ That? The Identities and Attitudes of Scotland’s Four Tribes
Scotland’s Four Tribes: An Interactive Story
Last week we introduced the four political tribes of Scotland and looked at how they voted. In this week’s blog we have created an interactive… Read More »Scotland’s Four Tribes: An Interactive Story
Long Read: Scotland’s Four Tribes
Fraser McMillan & Jac Larner Rather than confirming devolution within the United Kingdom as the country’s “settled will”, the 2014 independence referendum placed the constitutional… Read More »Long Read: Scotland’s Four Tribes