People

Albert Ward

Research Topic:

The Politics of Local Attachment
AFFILIATION
Government and Politics Network
Comparative Politics and Government
College
St Peter's College
Course
DPhil Politics
supervisor

I am a DPhil (PhD) candidate in politics at St Peter's College and the DPIR, where I focus mainly on political behaviour and public opinion. My PhD research looks at the political effects of geographic identity, using observational and experimental data, panel studies and micro-level electoral data.

In the past, I’ve been a stipendiary lecturer at Jesus College and Hertford College. I’ve also been a visiting fellow at Harvard University and have worked for the BBC as a political analyst, as well as on a number of different research projects.

Before coming to Oxford, I completed an MSc in Comparative Government at the London School of Economics.

 

Teaching

  • I teach tutorials for Political Sociology (UG); Practice of Politics Prelims (UG) and Comparative Government (UG)

  • I've also delivered lectures for Political Sociology.

  • I have been a graduate teaching assistant for Q-Step 1 labs (UG)

  • I have taught PPE tutorials for the Oxford UNIQ summer school

Research

Most of my work involves observational surveys and experiments. My research interests include:

  • Political sociology

  • Survey science

  • Social / political psychology

  • Electoral behaviour

  • Local politics

  • Political geography

Awards and scholarships

  • Black Heart Foundation Scholarship (2021–2024)

  • Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship (2024)

  • Institute for Humane Studies Research grant (Jan and May 2024)

  • Nuffield College CESS subvention (2025)

  • Jesus College Major Research Grant Award (2024)

Publications

Public reports

  • 2025. Regional spending does not affect support for the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy (w/ James Tilley and Sara Hobolt)
  • 2024. Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024. New York: United Nations Development Programme. Available: undp.org/publications/peoples-climate-vote-2024 (w/ Steve Fisher and others)