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James Ackland is a Research Associate in the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow. His major ongoing research projects include the Census Nonresponse and Electoral Turnout project, which takes a geospatial approach to identify the drivers behind non-responding behavior and turnout in local elections. He aims to understand the common predictors of these behaviors and how they differ across contexts. Additionally, his GeoPoll work seeks to enhance the polling industry's gold-standard 'MRP' polls by incorporating geospatial datasets and regression modeling to address under-represented demographic groups. With a background in quantitative political science, Ackland's PhD research focused on the structure of political attitudes and the formation of political beliefs within the context of UK electoral geography. His work involves extensive use of quantitative modeling and geospatial statistics, contributing to fields such as political geography and political psychology.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Conducting research on geospatial data analysis related to electoral engagement and public participation.