Senior
Lecturer in Politics - School of English, Sociology, Politics and
Contemporary History, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT.
1995-2002
Lecturer in Politics - School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT.
1993-1995
Research
Associate in Environmental Politics - Centre for Rural Economy, AEFM,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU.
1990-1993
Teaching Assistant - School of Politics, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY.
Publications and Research Funding
Research Funding
£44,000, ESRC 'Campaigning in Cyberspace: The 2005 General Election Online', with Rachel Gibson, May 2005-January 2006.
£150,518 from the ESRC's E-Society Programme to examine 'Representative Politics in the Age of the Internet: An Anglo-Australian Comparison', with Rachel Gibson, July 2003 - June 2005.
£86,806 from the ESRC's Democracy and Participation Programme to examine "Political Organisations, Participation and the Internet", with Rachel Gibson, October 2000 - March 2003.
£2,786 from the British Academy to examine, 'Political Parties and Online Campaigning in the 2001 General Election', with Rachel Gibson, March 2001- January 2002.
£3,000 from the Nuffield Foundation to examine "Campaigning on the Internet: UK Political Parties and the EU Elections", with Rachel Gibson, January 1999 - January 2000.
£7,800 from University of Salford, Vice Chancellor's Research Promotion Fund, "Participation, Political Organisations, and New ICTs: A Comparative Study". October 1999 - October 2001.
Publications (Since 1996)
Books
Electronic Democracy: Mobilisation and Participation Online, with Rachel Gibson and Andrea Rommele (eds), Routledge: London, 2003.
Net Gain? Political Parties and the Internet, with Rachel Gibson and Paul Nixon (eds), Routledge: London, 2003.
Reinvigorating Democracy? British Politics and the Internet, with Rachel Gibson (eds). Ashgate: Aldershot, 2000.
British Environmental Policy and Europe: Politics and Policy in Transition, with Philip Lowe (eds). Routledge: London, 1998.
Edited Journal Special Issue
'Political Parties and New ICTs', with Rachel Gibson and Andrea Rommele, Party Politics 9 (1), 2003.
'UK Politics and the Internet: The First Decade', with
Thierry Vedel, Parliamentary Affairs, 59 (2), 2006, [forthcoming].
Journal Articles/Research Notes
'The Potential of the Internet Revisited', with Thierry
Vedel, Parliamentary Affairs 59 (2), 2006, [forthcoming].
'(Re) connecting Politics? Parliament, the Public and the Internet', with
Lusoli, W. and R. K. Gibson, Parliamentary Affairs, 59 (1), 2006,
pp.1-19.
'Online Participation in the UK: Testing a Contextualised Model of Internet
Effects', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 7 (4),
2005, pp.561-583
'From Weird to Wired? MPs, the Internet and Representative Politics in the UK',
with Wainer Lusoli, Journal of Legislative Studies, 11 (1), 2005,
pp.57-81
'Digital Rank and File: Activists Perceptions and Use of the Internet', with
Wainer Lusoli, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 7
(4), 2004, pp.453-470.
'Online Participation and Mobilisation in the UK: Hype, Hope and Reality', with Rachel Gibson and Wainer Lusoli, Parliamentary Affairs, 56 (3), 2003, [Forthcoming].
'Virtually Participating: A Survey of Party Members Online', with Wainer Lusoli, Information Polity 7 (4), 2003, pp.1-17, [Forthcoming].
'The Internet and Political Campaigning: the new medium comes of age?' Representation, with Rachel Gibson and Wainer Lusoli, 39 (3), 2003, pp.166-180.
'German Parties and Internet Campaigning in the 2002 Federal Election', with Rachel Gibson and Andrea Rommele, German Politics, 12 (1), 2003, pp.79-108.
'Dinosaurs in Cyberspace? British Trade Unions and the Internet', with Wainer Lusoli, European Journal of Communication, 18 (2), 2003, pp.147-179.
'Political Organisations and Online Mobilisation: New Media Same Outcomes?' with Rachel Gibson and Wainer Lusoli, New Review of Information Networking, 8, 2003, pp.88-107.
'On-line and On Message? Candidate Websites in the 2001 General Election', with Rachel Gibson, British Journal of Political Science and International Relations,5 (2), 2003, pp.188-205.
'Election Campaigning On The WWW In The US And UK: A Comparative Analysis', with Rachel Gibson, Mike Margolis and David Resnick, Party Politics, 9 (1), 2003, pp.47-76.
'Virtual Campaigning: Australian Parties Online', with Rachel Gibson, Australian Journal of Political Science, 35 (1), 2002. pp.99-129.
'A Methodology for Measuring the Function and Effectiveness of Party Web-sites', with Rachel Gibson, Social Science Computer Review, 18 (3), 2000, pp.301-319.
'New Parties, New Media: Italian Parties and the WWW', with Rachel Gibson and James Newell, Southern European Society and Politics, 5 (1), 2000, pp.123-142.
'Party Democracy On-Line: UK Parties And New ICTs', with Rachel Gibson, Information Communication and Society, 2 (3), 1999, pp. 340-367.
'National Environmental Groups and Europeanisation: The Case of the British Environmental Lobby', with Philip Lowe, Environmental Politics, 7 (4), 1998, pp. 155-165.
'UK Political Parties and the Internet: Politics as Usual in the New Media?', with Rachel Gibson, Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 3 (3), 1998, pp. 14-38.
'From Hierarchy to Networks: Sub-central Government and EU Urban Environmental Policy', with Richard Williams, Journal of Common Market Studies, 35 (3), 1997, pp. 439-464.
'Consolidation or Roll-Back: Environmental Policy and the IGC', Environmental Politics, 6 (1), 1997, pp. 178-184.
'UK Local Authorities and Local Agenda 21', New Political Economy, 1 (3), 1996, pp. 412-416.
Book Chapters
'Australian Government and Online Communication', with Peter
Chen, Rachel Gibson, & Wainer Lusoli in Sally Young (ed), Government
Communication in Australia, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2006
[forthcoming].
'Hunting Online Action: Participation and Protest in the Countryside Alliance',
with Lusoli, W. in The Internet and Politics: Citizens, Activists and Voters,
Sarah Oates, Diana Owen & Rachel Gibson (eds), Routledge: London.
'The Internet and 2005 Election: Virtually Irrelevant?' in The Nation Decides:
The 2005 General Election, Andrew Geddes and Jonathan Tonge (eds), Palgrave:
Basingstoke. 2005, pp.188-206.
'Introduction: Electronic Democracy' with Rachel Gibson, Andrea
Römmele, and Wainer Lusoli, in Electronic Democracy: Mobilisation and Participation Online, with Rachel Gibson and Andrea
Römmele (eds), Routledge: London, 2003. [Forthcoming].
'Political Parties and the Internet: An Overview' with Rachel Gibson, in Net Gain? Political Parties and the Internet, Rachel Gibson, Paul Nixon and Stephen Ward (eds), Routledge: London, Spring 2003, pp.11-39.
'Letting the Daylight in? Australian State Parties and the WWW', with Rachel Gibson, in Net Gain? Political Parties and the Internet, Rachel Gibson, Paul Nixon and Stephen Ward (eds), Routledge: London, Spring 2003, pp.139-160.
'The Net Change' with Rachel Gibson and Paul Nixon, in Net Gain? Political Parties and the Impact of the Internet, Rachel Gibson Paul Nixon and Stephen Ward (eds), Routledge: London, 2003, pp.234-244.
'New Technologies: Italy's First Internet Election', with Rachel Gibson and James Newell, in James Newell (ed) The Italian General Election of 2001: Berlusconi's victory, MUP: Manchester. 2002, pp.162-182.
'Environment and Transport: A Conspiracy of Silence?' in Jon Tonge and Andrew Geddes (eds), Labour's Second Landslide: the 2001 General Election, MUP: Manchester, 2002, pp. 164-185.
'Introduction', with Rachel Gibson, in Reinvigorating Democracy? British Politics and the Internet, Rachel Gibson & Stephen Ward (eds). Ashgate: Aldershot, 2000, pp. 1-8.
'Perfect Choice, Perfect Competition, Perfect Democracy? New ICTs and Politics', with Rachel Gibson, in Reinvigorating Democracy? British Politics and the Internet, Rachel Gibson & Stephen Ward (eds). Ashgate: Aldershot, 2000, pp.9-26.
'British Party Activity in Cyberspace: New Media Same Impact? with Rachel Gibson, in Reinvigorating Democracy? British Politics and the Internet, Rachel Gibson & Stephen Ward (eds). Ashgate: Aldershot, 2000, pp. 107-128.
'Conclusions: Modernising without Democratising?', with Rachel Gibson, in Reinvigorating Democracy? British Politics and the Internet, Rachel Gibson & Stephen Ward (eds). Ashgate: Aldershot, 2000, pp. 203-210.
'An Outsider's Medium?The European Elections and UK Party Competition on the Internet', with Rachel Gibson, in Philip Cowley et al (eds), British Parties and Elections Review Vol. 10, London: Frank Cass, 2000, pp.173-191.
'New Politics and the New Media: Green Parties,
Intra-party Democracy and the Potential of the Internet (an Anglo-Dutch
Comparison)', with Gerrit Voerman, in Gerrit Voerman and Paul Lucardie
(eds) Dutch Political Parties Yearbook, Groningen: University of Groningen, 2000.
'The First Internet Election? UK Political Parties
and Campaigning in Cyberspace', with Rachel Gibson. In Crewe, Ivor,
Brian Gosschalk and John Bartle (eds), Political Communications: How Labour Won the 1997 General Election, Ilford: Frank Cass, 1998, pp. 93-112.
'Britain in Europe: Themes and Issues in National Environmental Policy', with Philip Lowe, in British Environmental Policy and Europe: Politics and Policy in Transition, Philip Lowe & Stephen Ward (eds). Routledge: London, 1998, pp. 3-30.
'Domestic Winners and Losers', with Philip Lowe, in British Environmental Policy and Europe: Politics and Policy in Transition, Philip Lowe & Stephen Ward (eds). Routledge: London, 1998, pp. 87-105.
'Prospects', with Philip Lowe, in British Environmental Policy and Europe: Politics and Policy in Transition, Philip Lowe & Stephen Ward (eds). Routledge: London, 1998, pp.285-299.
'The Politics of Mutual Attraction? UK Local Authorities and EU Environmental Policy', in Tim Gray (ed), UK Environmental Politics in the 1990s, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1995, pp. 101-122.
Published Conference Proceedings
'British Environmental Policy and European Integration', with Philip Lowe, in Silbergh, David and Calum Macloud (eds), Perspectives on Scottish Pollution Control Policy, Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University, 1997, pp. 16-38.
'UK Local Government and the Environmental Agenda in the 1990s', in Jeffrey Stanyer and Stoker, Gerry (eds) Contemporary Political Studies, Vol .2., Glasgow: Political Studies Association, 1996, pp. 845-857.
Reports and Working Papers
'Logging on or Switching Off? The Public and the Internet in
the 2005 General Election', Hansard Society: London, 2005.
'The Politics of the Future? UK Parties and the Internet' with Rachel Gibson, in
Stephen Coleman (ed) Elections in the Age of the Internet, Hansard Society:
London, 2001, pp.29-35.
'The Internet Election' with Rachel Gibson, Fabian Review, June 2001.
'UK Parties and Intra-party Democracy Online', with Rachel Gibson, Working
Papers in Contemporary History and Politics no.20., European Studies Research
Institute, University of Salford 1998.
'British Environmental Groups and Europeanisation', with Philip Lowe, Working
Papers in Contemporary History and Politics no.21, European Studies Research
Institute, University of Salford 1998.
'UK Political Parties and the Internet: Prospects for Democracy', with Rachel
Gibson, Working Papers in Contemporary History and Politics no.13., European
Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, 1997.
'European Integration and the Response of British Conservation Agencies' with
Philip Lowe, Working Papers in Contemporary History and Politics no.12, European
Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, 1997.
Conference/Workshop Papers (Since 2000)
'The elite view of e-democracy: MPs, Representation and ICTs', Hansard Society
and Headstar Edemocracy 05, London, November, 2005.
'Virtually Normal? Election Campaigning Online in the UK',
Comparative Workshop on Online Election Campaigning, Oxford Internet Institute,
Oxford, October 2005.
'Parties and the Virtual Campaign: the 2005 Election Online',
Political Studies Association, Elections, Parties and Opinion Polls Specialist
Group, [EPOP] Annual Conference, University of Essex, Colchester, September
2005.
'Parliaments, Publics and Virtual Representation: A Comparative
Look at Britain and Australia', European Consortium of Political Research
Conference, Budapest September 2005
'Old Politics, New Media: Parliament, the public and the
Internet', with Wainer Lusoli, Political Studies Association Conference,
University of Leeds, April 2005.
'Digital Rank and File: Party Activists' Perceptions and Use of
the Internet' with Wainer Lusoli, American Political Science Association Annual
Meetings, Philadelphia, August 2003.
'Grass e-routes: The Countryside Alliance and Online
Mobilisation', with Wainer Lusoli, European Consortium of Political Research,
Workshop on the Changing Media and Civil Society, University of Edinburgh, March
27-April 22003.
'Online Campaigning in the UK: The Public Response' with Rachel
Gibson and Wainer Lusoli, American Political Science Association Annual
Meetings, Boston Ma, September 2002.
'Dinosaurs in Cyberspace? - British Trade Unions and the
Internet' with Wainer Lusoli, Political Studies Association Conference,
University of Aberdeen, April 5-7 2002.
General Research Activities
Co-directed European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) workshop on
'Electronic Democracy', University of Grenoble, April 2001.
Successful bid to Co-direct ECPR Research Session on "Participation, Political
Organisations and New ICTs: A Five Country Study", Uppsala, October 1999.
UK representative on the EU Cost funded Government and Democracy in the
Information Age (GaDIA) working group "Political Organisations and New ICTs"
(1998-2003).
Co-director of APSA panel on Political Parties, Participation and the
Internet, Boston, Sept 1998.
Co-organiser of Workshop on British Politics and the Internet, European
Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, November 1998.
Member of the Media and Politics PSA specialist group steering committee.
