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Robert Johns has over twenty years of experience in research and teaching within the fields of elections, public opinion, and political psychology, specializing in survey methodology. He is particularly interested in how people think about politics, exploring complex concepts like beliefs, attitudes, and values. Having worked on numerous ESRC-funded survey projects, he is a founding investigator of the Scottish Election Study series and has expertise in designing survey experiments. His research areas include Scottish politics, especially support for SNP and Scottish independence, as well as foreign policy attitudes of the British public. He has also measured key variables in British public opinion, such as ideology and partisanship. In addition to his research, Robert has taught a range of modules on elections, public opinion, and political psychology at the University of Southampton. He also has a significant teaching history at the University of Essex and the University of Strathclyde, and has been active in the media as a political analyst.
University of Southampton • Southampton, England
Robert Johns has taken on a professorship at the University of Southampton, focusing on elections, public opinion, and political psychology.
University of Essex • Essex, England
Worked in the Department of Government, focusing on political science and conducting various research projects.
University of Strathclyde • Glasgow, Scotland
Founding investigator on the Scottish Election Study and involved in ad hoc research projects.