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Mark Pickup is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, specializing in Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and Political Methodology. His research primarily focuses on political identities, political decision-making, conditions for democratic responsiveness, accountability, and the interplay between polls and electoral outcomes. His work examines political information, public opinion, and election campaigns across North American and European contexts. Methodologically, he has a strong interest in the analysis of longitudinal data, including time series, panel data, and network analysis. Furthermore, he engages in Bayesian analysis and the design of survey and lab experiments.
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