A Version of this, called 'How Do Dictators Survive So Long', also appeared on the World Service. Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford Post-doctoral Fellow in Politics at Trinity College, Dublin Fleeing the centre: The rise of challenger parties in the aftermath of the Euro crisis, 'We don't do God?' James Tilley, Anthony Heath and Sonia Exley (2004) Dimensions of British identity, in Alison Park et al (eds), British Social Attitudes: The 21st Report. Oxford University Press. Professor James Tilley | Oxford Institute of Population Ageing Professor James Tilley currently works at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. Geoff Evans and James Tilley (2012), The depoliticization of inequality and redistribution: Explaining the decline of class voting, Journal of Politics 74(4): 963-976. A somewhat different version of this, called 'What Can Chimps Teach Us About Politics', also appeared on the World Service. James Tilley and John Garry (2017), Class politics in Ireland: How economic catastrophe realigned Irish politics along economic divisions, in Michael Marsh, David Farrell and Gail McElroy (eds. I work primarily in the fields of public opinion and electoral behaviour, with a focus on Britain and the EU. One in 2018 called 'The Dictator's Survival Guide'. One called ‘Primate Politics’ in 2017, after which I ended up talking chimpanzees with Iain Duncan Smith on the Daily Politics. James Tilley and Geoff Evans (2014), Ageing and generational effects on vote choice: Combining cross-sectional and panel data to estimate APC effects, Electoral Studies 33(1): 19-27. John Garry and James Tilley (2009) The macro economic factors conditioning the impact of identity on attitudes towards the EU, European Union Politics 10(3): 361-379. Religion and party choice in Britain, Inequality, state ownership and the EU: How economic context and economic ideology shape support for the EU, Who's in charge? James Tilley (2016), We don't do God? One called 'Primate Politics' in 2017, after which I ended up talking chimpanzees with Iain Duncan Smith on the Daily Politics. Sara Hobolt, Jae-Jae Spoon and James Tilley (2009) A vote against Europe? Electoral change in 21st century Ireland. London: Sage. James Tilley and Geoff Evans (2011) Political generations in Northern Ireland, European Journal of Political Research 50(5): 583-608. James Tilley and Sara Hobolt (2011) Is the government to blame? Electoral change in 21st century Ireland. [1] He is a specialist in the study of public opinion and electoral behaviour. An experimental test relating to party positions on European integration, Political Studies 56(1): 192-214. One in 2018 called 'The Dictator's Survival Guide'. and one called 'Conspiracy Politics'. And finally, one called 'Do Voters Need Therapy?' Religion and party choice in Britain, British Journal of Political Science 45(4): 907-927. I work primarily in the fields of public opinion and electoral behaviour, with a focus on Britain and the EU. University of Oxford James Tilley (2016), We don't do God? Religion and vote choice in Britain, in Philip Cowley and Robert Ford (eds. Sara Hobolt, James Tilley and Jill Wittrock (2012), Listening to the government: How information shapes responsibility attributions, Political Behavior 35(1): 153-174. Should we lower - or raise - the voting age? My research at the moment concentrates on three main themes. Studies Comparative Politics, Political Sociology, and Political Science. and one called 'Conspiracy Politics'. Political generations and partisanship in the UK, 1964-1997, A Conservative Revolution? One called 'Lets Raise the Voting Age!' James Tilley (2005) Contracts, compacts and control: New Labour and personal responsibility, Political Quarterly 76(2): 299-301. An experimental test relating to party positions on European integration, Contracts, compacts and control: New Labour and personal responsibility, Political knowledge and enlightened preferences: Party choice through the electoral cycle, Libertarian-authoritarian value change in Britain, 1974-2001, British national identity and attitudes towards immigration, The moral minority: Evangelical Protestants in Northern Ireland and their political behaviour. London: Biteback. ), British Social Attitudes: The 28th Report. Fianna Fail activists: Coalition preferences and policy priorities. James Tilley is a Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. Most notably, I have written and presented a few radio documentaries for BBC Radio 4. I recently published, with Geoff Evans (Oxford), The New Politics of Class: The political exclusion of the British working class. Anthony Heath and James Tilley (2005) British national identity and attitudes towards immigration, International Journal on Multicultural Societies 7(2): 119-132. Third, I am interested in social group cues and particularly the creation of identity groups around 'Remain' and 'Leave' after the EU referendum in 2016. ), A Conservative Revolution? A somewhat different version of this, called 'What can Chimps Teach Us About Politics', also appeared on the World Service. Explaining defection at the 1999 and 2004 European Parliament elections, Consociationalism and the evolution of political cleavages in Northern Ireland, 1989-2004, Disaggregating conservative Protestant groups in Northern Ireland: Overlapping categories and the importance of a born-again self-identification, Perceptions and reality: Economic voting at the 2004 European Parliament elections, Does political information matter?