BSc (Hons), MA, PhD

Profile

I am working on the 'Network 1000' project.

Research Interests

I have considerable experience of using both single-country and cross-national survey series, such as the British Election Study, British Social Attitudes, the General Household Survey, Eurobarometer,  and the European Social Survey series, for conducting data analysis, primarily concerning voting behaviour and public opinion. I have also used the British Election Panel Study series to examine which social and political factors contribute to stable and unstable opinions on political issues. I am interested in more general methodological and conceptual issues concerning survey analysis as a research tool in the social sciences.

Other Professional Activities

Member of the PSA, EPOP and UACES

Publications

Clements, B. (under review) The role of the European issue in influencing voting behaviour at British general elections, 1983-2005, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

Clements, B. (under review) The sociological and psychological influences on public support for the European Union in Britain, 1983-2005, British Politics

Clements, B. (2007) The salience of the European issue and vote choice in Britain, 1983-2005, paper presented at the EPOP 2007 conference, University of the West of England, September 7-9.

Clements, B. (2006) The foundations of opinion stability on the EU: Evidence from the British Election Panel Studies, 1987-92 and 1992-97, paper presented at the EPOP 2006 conference, University of Nottingham, 8-10 September.