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Lindsay Paterson is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, focusing primarily on education, sociology, political science, and history. Their research spans several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Education, Political Science and International Relations, History, and General Health Professions.

Their recent publications cover various aspects of education and social policy, with a focus on Scottish history and national identity, intergenerational educational inequalities, and social reform. Key papers include:

  • Education and support for Scottish Independence, 1979-2016 (2021) in Journal of Education Policy
  • Schools, policy and social change: Scottish secondary education in the second half of the twentieth century (2020) in Research Papers in Education
  • Social class and sex differences in higher-education attainment among adults in Scotland since the 1960s (2021) in Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
  • Education and Social Science (2022) in Scottish Affairs
  • Education and high-status occupations in the UK since the middle of the twentieth century (2022) in British Journal of Sociology of Education

Paterson has also published a book titled Scottish Education and Society since 1945 (2023) with Edinburgh University Press.

Their research addresses a range of topics, notably:

  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • Education Systems and Policy
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Scottish History and National Identity
  • Irish and British Studies
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms

Frequent co-authors in their work include R. Jones, Elin Royles, Fiona O'Hanlon, Ingela Naumann, and Fangqi Wen.

The primary venues where Paterson's work appears include:

  • Scottish Affairs
  • Research Papers in Education
  • British Journal of Sociology of Education
  • Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
  • Journal of Education Policy

With a diverse body of work covering social sciences and education policy, Lindsay Paterson contributes to understanding educational inequalities, social change, and national identity primarily within the Scottish and broader UK context.

Best Publications

  • New Statistical Methods for Analysing Social Structures: an introduction to multilevel models

    Lindsay Paterson;Harvey Goldstein

  • The autonomy of modern Scotland

    Lindsay Paterson

  • The Scottish Electorate : The 1997 General Election and Beyond

    Alice Brown;David McCrone;Lindsay Paterson;P. Surridge

  • Principles of Research Design in the Social Sciences

    Frank Bechhofer;Lindsay Paterson

  • Politics and society in Scotland

    Alice C. Brown;David McCrone;Lindsay Paterson

  • Scottish education in the twentieth century

    Lindsay Paterson

  • Coming down from the ivory tower? Academics’ civic and economic engagement with the community

    Ross Bond;Lindsay Paterson

  • The Scottish Electorate

    Alice Brown;David McCrone;Lindsay Paterson;Paula Surridge

  • New Scotland, New Politics

    Lindsay Paterson;Alice Brown;J. Curtice;K. Hinds

  • Schools, Classrooms and Pupils

    Lindsay Paterson

  • Social Class and Educational Attainment: A Comparative Study of England, Wales, and Scotland

    Lindsay Paterson;Cristina Iannelli

  • Socio-economic status and educational attainment: a multi-dimensional and multi-level study

    Lindsay Paterson

  • The Three Educational Ideologies of the British Labour Party, 1997-2001

    Lindsay Paterson

  • Politics and Society in Scotland

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  • Trends in Higher Education Participation in Scotland

    Lindsay Paterson

  • Circuits and efficiency in incomplete block designs

    Lindsay Paterson

  • Civic values and the subject matter of educational courses

    Lindsay Paterson

  • Scottish higher education, 1987–2001: expansion through diversion

    Cristina Iannelli;Adam Gamoran;Lindsay Paterson

  • Online discussion and the 2014 Scottish independence referendum: Flaming keyboards or forums for deliberation?

    Stephen Quinlan;Mark Shephard;Lindsay Paterson

  • The Conundrum of Scottish Independence

    David McCrone;Lindsay Paterson

  • Living in Scotland: Social and Economic Change since 1980

    Lindsay Paterson;Frank Bechhofer;David McCrone

  • Civil society and democratic renewal

    Lindsay Paterson

  • An introduction to multilevel modelling

    Lindsay Paterson

  • The Scottish Government Yearbook 1991

    Lindsay Paterson

  • Scottish Social Democracy: Progressive Ideas for Public Policy

    Lindsay Paterson

Frequent Co-Authors

David McCrone
David McCrone University of Edinburgh
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Alison Pattie
Alison Pattie University of Edinburgh
Adam Gamoran
Adam Gamoran University of Wisconsin–Madison
Harvey Goldstein
Harvey Goldstein University of Bristol
John Curtice
John Curtice University of Strathclyde
Alan J. Gow
Alan J. Gow Heriot-Watt University
Robert F. Anderson
Robert F. Anderson Columbia University
Robert M. Groves
Robert M. Groves University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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