People

Tom Pruchnow

AFFILIATION
Government and Politics Network
Comparative Politics and Government
College
Nuffield College
Course
DPhil Politics

I am a first-year DPhil student in Politics at Nuffield College. In my current research I explore the relevance of social identities for linkages between voters and political movements, considering both the short term effect of political movements' symbolic appeals to social groups on voting behaviour and the long term role of these more symbolic, identity based linkages for processes of cleavage formation. My work is guided by a more general interest in the role of political actors during processes of attitude and preference formation.

I have gained valuable experience working as research assistant on various projects concerning European political behaviour with Professor Tarik Abou-Chadi.

I hold an MPhil in Politics (Comparative Government) from the University of Oxford and a BSc (Hons) in Economics from University College London.

Graduate Teaching: Analysing Vote Choice Data (2024-2025)

Undergraduate Teaching: Comparative Political Economy (2025-2026)