PhD Candidate

louis.stockwell@warwick.ac.uk

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Louis.G.Stockwell@warwick.ac.uk

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Profile

I am a PhD Candidate & Associate Tutor in the Department of Politics and International Studies. I joined Warwick in 2021 after several years working in local government. I completed my BA(hons) in International Politics at the University of Huddersfield, and my MSc (cum laude) in Political Science at Leiden University, where my researchLink opens in a new window focused on the effect of unofficial/illegal plebiscites on legislator policy positions.

Thesis

My doctoral research, 'Referendums and Politicisation: a Comparative Perspective' (provisional title), focusses on understanding the relationship between referendums, issue politicisation, polarisation, and political realignment in established democracies. I am supervised by Professor Ece Özlem AtikcanLink opens in a new window and Professor Michael SawardLink opens in a new window

Research interests

• Comparative politics
• Direct democracy and referendums
• Politicisation
• Polarisation
• Cleavages and political realignment
• Mixed-methods research
• Time series analysis and causal inference

Awards and scholarships

• Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) PhD Scholarship (2021), University of Warwick

Conference papers and invited talks

• (Conference presentation) On the Efficacy of Referendums as Democratic Innovations. PAIS Research Conference (University of Warwick, 29/06/2022)

Teaching

2022/23 academic year:

• PO107 Introduction to Politics

Other activities

• Co-Chair of the 2022-2023 Critical International & Political Studies (CRIPS) graduate working group
• Research Assistant on The Politics of Policy Formulation in The European Commission with Dr Tamara Tubakovic