Jane Green

FAcSS The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences. Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used t ...

is a British

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and academic. She is Professor of Political Science and British Politics at the

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and a professorial fellow of

Nuffield College Nuffield College () is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. N ...

. She is a specialist in

public opinion Public opinion, or popular opinion, is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to society. It is the people's views on matters affecting them. In the 21st century, public opinion is widely thought to be heavily ...

and

electoral behaviour Psephology (; from Greek ) is the study of elections and voting. Psephology attempts to both forecast and explain election results. The term is more common in Britain and in those English-speaking communities that rely heavily on the British st ...

, and has co-directed the

British Election Study The British Election Study is an academic project to analyse the results of British elections that has examined every general election in the United Kingdom since 1964. The lead researchers are based at the University of Oxford and the University o ...

. She is the president of the

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Academic work

Green received her PhD from

Nuffield College, Oxford Nuffield College () is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. N ...

. She then joined the faculty at the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

, before moving to the University of Oxford. In 2017, Green coauthored the book ''The Politics of Competence: Parties, Public Opinion and Voters'' with political scientist Will Jennings. In ''The Politics of Competence'', Green and Jennings study how voters evaluate the competence of political parties on specific issues. They use data from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Germany to study three components of party issue competence: the reputation of parties on particular issues, voters' evaluations of parties on a particular issue, and how well voters think a party is performing overall. Green was a coauthor, together with the other British Election Study team members, of the 2020 book ''Electoral Shocks: Understanding the Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World''. The book uses data from the British Election Study to examine the state of British politics, and is organised around five shocks to British elections in recent years: the economic crisis,

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, immigration following the

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, the

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and the

2014 Scottish independence referendum A independence referendum, referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland be an independent country?", which voters answered with "Yes" or ...

. Green has served on the editorial boards of prominent political science journals including ''

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'' and ''Political Science Research and Methods''. She has been the co-director of the British Election Study, and she was a member of the inquiry established by the

and the

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into the failings of the polling relating to the British 2015 general election. Green has provided election analysis for ''

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'', including as part of their election night coverage. She has also done political analysis on

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television and radio programs. She received the Research Communicator of the Year award from the

Political Studies Association The Political Studies Association (PSA) is a learned society in the United Kingdom which exists to develop and promote the study of politics. It is the leading association in its field in the United Kingdom, with an international membership includi ...

. In 2018, she was elected a

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Selected works

*''The Politics of Competence: Parties, Public Opinion and Voters'', with Will Jennings (2017) *''Electoral Shocks: Understanding the Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World'', coauthored with the British Election Study team (2020)

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of Nuffield College, Oxford British political scientists Women political scientists Psephologists Academics of the University of Manchester Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences {{Polisci-bio-stub