Carlo Hofer

PhD in Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick (2026)

Now: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Queen Mary University of London

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Teaching 2021/22

PO11Q: Introduction to Quantitative Political Analysis I

PO12Q: Introduction to Quantitative Political Analysis II

Profile

Carlo Hofer completed his PhD in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick in 2026, supervised by Prof. Vincenzo Bove and Dr Andreas Murr. The thesis examined how online media environments and residential neighbourhoods condition political attitudes in the UK, drawing on the British Election Study Internet Panel and causal-inference designs. His viva was held on 31 March 2026, with Prof. Peter Thisted Dinesen (University of Copenhagen) as external examiner and Prof. Özlem Atikcan (Warwick) as internal examiner; the outcome was pass with no corrections, and the degree was conferred by the Senate on 12 May 2026.

While at Warwick, Carlo was a Research Associate on the ESRC project "Terror, Attitudes, and Wellbeing" (with Prof. Vincenzo Bove), advising the UK Home Office on the economic impact of terrorism on London's public transport, and a Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant for the undergraduate quantitative political analysis modules. He held a Departmental PhD Scholarship and an EUTOPIA Visiting PhD scholarship at the University of Gothenburg.

He is now a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London, working with Prof. Maria Grasso on the Horizon Europe project DEMETRALink opens in a new window on deliberative policy-making for sustainable food systems. For an up-to-date profile, current research, and publications, please see his QMUL profileLink opens in a new window or personal websiteLink opens in a new window.

Four data collections from the ESRC project on political humour are available via the UK Data Service, including (as lead author) Breaking the Ice: The Impact of Humour on Climate Change Attitudes and Political Participation, 2024 (https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858416).