
Professor Paula Surridge
B.Sc.(Warw.)
Current positions
Professor of Political Sociology
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
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Research interests
I am interested in social and political values, both their links to positions in socio-demographic space and their influence on political behaviour. I primarily use large-scale quantitative data sources to investigate how these values have influenced voting behaviour at general elections, and more recently at the EU Referendum.
I am especially interested in the role of education in social values, particularly understanding how education 'liberalises' and the effects of an expanding HE sector in shaping political discourse and preferences.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
UK in a Changing Europe
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
01/05/2022 to 30/04/2025
WES2021 Welsh Election Study 2021
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
01/03/2021 to 28/02/2025
Deputy Director UK in a Changing EU
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
05/01/2021 to 30/04/2022
UNDERSTANDING POPULATION TRENDS AND PROCESSES - A SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS INITIATIVE
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
01/02/2006 to 01/08/2009
Thesis supervisions
Race and the Referendum
Supervisors
Precarious choices
Supervisors
Distinction in Poland. Testing elements of the Bourdieusian theory of class.
Supervisors
Social reproduction and higher education
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
16/12/2024Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election
Political Quarterly
2024: The 'Valence' General Election?
Political Insight
Incumbency and identity: The 2021 Senedd election
Parliamentary affairs
Levelling up: What England thinks
Beyond Binaries: Understanding the fragmentation of British Politics
Political Insight