Dr Thomas Loughran
Lecturer in Politics (Electoral Politics and/or Quantitative Political Science)Research Interests
I am a political scientist whose research primarily focuses on studying electoral politics in Europe and the UK. My primary research interests are political values and attitudes, young people's politics and the 'votes-at-16' debate. My secondary research interests are the politics of integration within the European Union, trust in UK devolved insitutions, young people's political identities and the role of European values in citizenship education.
PhD Supervision Interests
I would be interested in supervising PhD projects in any aspect of electoral politics or young people's politics. In addition, I would also be interested in projects on electoral reform (particularly voting age reform), any aspect of UK devolution, political values attitudes and identities. I can provide specialist support for projects that aim to use quantitative methodologies and survey methods but I am happy to supervise projects on the above topics that utilise other methodologies.
01/03/2022 → 28/02/2027
Research