Robert Ford is a British academic and a professor of political science 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 ...

. He frequently writes for ''

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''. His interests include diversity, immigration, and

right-wing Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property ...

political parties. Ford wrote ''Revolt on the Right'' (2014) alongside Matthew Goodwin, which focuses on the rise of the right-wing

UK Independence Party The UK Independence Party (UKIP, ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of parliament (both through defect ...

following its success in the

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. The book relates the party's history and examines its voter base. He later edited ''Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: 50 Things You Need to Know About British Elections'' (2015) with Philip Cowley. This was followed by ''More Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: Another 50 Things You Need to Know About Elections'' (2016), also edited by Ford and Cowley. Ford authored ''Brexitland: Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics'' (2020), alongside Maria Sobolewska, which examines British identity, diversity, and immigration in the aftermath of

Brexit Brexit (, a portmanteau of "Britain" and "Exit") was the Withdrawal from the European Union, withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February ...

. He authored ''The British General Election of 2019'' with Tim Bale, Will Jennings, and Paula Surridge about the 2019 general election. In January 2023, Ford was appointed as a senior research fellow at

UK in a Changing Europe The UK in a Changing Europe is a pro EU think tank intended to improve access to research on the relationship between the UK and the European Union (EU). It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and is based at King's C ...

, a think tank which examines the ever-changing relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Robert Living people British political scientists Academics of the University of Manchester Year of birth missing (living people)