CORE: Citizens, Opinion, Representation, Elections

A key concern for this research group is the study of bottom-up political processes in democracies. Group members investigate various aspects of political participation and behavior, focusing on both the mass public and political elites.

European voting patterns
Chart: European party group vote share: Christian Democrats Source: European Regional Democray Map, https://www.europeanregionaldemocracy.eu/ Schakel, A. H. & Verdoes, A. (forthcoming) Regional Electoral Democracy (RED) datasets. Photo: Open source

Affiliation

About the research group

Group members engage in research that covers a diverse and significant set of thematic areas:

  • Political participation, social capital, and the role of civil society organizations
  • Elections, electoral campaigns, and voting behavior
  • Public opinion formation and dynamics
  • Media influence and political communication
  • Political parties and mechanisms of political representation
  • Elite political behavior and decision-making
  • Quantitative, experimental, and survey-based research methodologies

Projects

People

Group manager

Gunnar Grendstad Professor and research group leader

Paulina Salek-Lipcean Postdoc and research group coordinator

Group members

Yvette Peters Professor

Raimondas Ibenskas Professor

Kristin Strømsnes Professor

Tor Midtbø Professor

Jonas Linde Professor

Arjan Hille Schakel Professor

Fay Madeleine Farstad Førsteamanuensis

Kyle Lohse Marquardt Professor

Gunnar Grendstad Professor

Jana Birke Belschner Forsker

Linn Sandberg Postdoktor

Alexander Verdoes Forsker

Ruben Berge Mathisen Postdoktor

Sergiu Lipcean Forsker

Idunn Johanne Bjøve Nørbech Postdoktor

Jose Diego Zurita Tapia Stipendiat

Julià Tudó Cisquella Stipendiat

Erick Alejandro Alvarez-Barreno Stipendiat

Marte Samuelsen Skogen Stipendiat

Welat Akman Westrheim Stipendiat

Arnt Bastian Øvrevik Mjærum Stipendiat

Silje Helene Løseth Stipendiat