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102
Citations
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5
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Charles E. Merriam Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context, transcending previous mainstream approaches of research.

Overview

Pippa Norris is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has produced a significant body of research in the social sciences, particularly within political science and related subfields. Their work spans several areas including political science and international relations, sociology and political science, communication, archeology, and public administration.

Their research focuses predominantly on topics such as populism and right-wing movements, electoral systems and political participation, social media and politics, academic freedom and politics, local government finance and decentralization, corruption and economic development, and public policy and administration research.

Among notable recent papers authored by Pippa Norris are:

  • "Cancel Culture: Myth or Reality?" (2021, Political Studies)
  • "Measuring populism worldwide" (2020, Party Politics)
  • "Closed Minds? Is a 'Cancel Culture' Stifling Academic Freedom and Intellectual Debate in Political Science?" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Global Party Survey, 2019" (2020, Harvard Dataverse)

The scientist has collaborated with several researchers including Kseniya Kizilova, Kath Murray, Susan McVie, Diego Farren, and Lauren Herlitz, contributing to research diversity and interdisciplinary approaches.

Pippa Norris has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Political Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Political Studies

In addition to peer-reviewed articles, they have contributed to academic books, including "Populism: Origins and Alternative Policy Responses" published by Latin America Research Commons eBooks in 2022.

Their work has been recognized by awards such as the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science in 2011, which acknowledged innovative contributions on political culture in a global context. Further distinctions include the Charles E. Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association in 2019 and election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide

    Pippa Norris

  • The Digital Divide

    Pippa Norris

  • Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide

    Pippa Norris;Ronald Inglehart

  • A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Postindustrial Societies

    Pippa Norris

  • Rising Tide: Gender Equality and Cultural Change Around the World

    Ronald Inglehart;Pippa Norris

  • Democratic Phoenix: Reinventing Political Activism

    Pippa Norris

  • Democratic Deficit: Critical Citizens Revisited

    Pippa Norris

  • Sacred and Secular

    Pippa Norris;Ronald Inglehart

  • Trump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism: Economic Have-Nots and Cultural Backlash

    Ronald F. Inglehart;Pippa Norris

  • Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior

    Pippa Norris

  • Critical citizens : global support for democratic government

    Pippa Norris

  • Rising Tide: List of Figures

    Ronald Inglehart;Pippa Norris

  • Political Recruitment: Gender, Race and Class in the British Parliament

    Pippa Norris;Joni Lovenduski

  • Radical Right: Voters and Parties in the Electoral Market

    Pippa Norris

  • Sacred and Secular: The Consequences of Secularization

    Pippa Norris;Ronald Inglehart

  • Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism

    Pippa Norris;Ronald Inglehart

  • THREE. Confidence in Public Institutions: Faith, Culture, or Performance?

    Kenneth Newton;Pippa Norris

  • Passages to power : legislative recruitment in advanced democracies

    Pippa Norris

  • On Message: Communicating the Campaign

    H.A. Semetko;P. Norris;J. Curtice;D. Sanders

  • Gender and party politics

    Joni Lovenduski;Pippa Norris

  • Does Television Erode Social Capital? A Reply to Putnam

    Pippa Norris

  • The Developmental Theory of the Gender Gap: Women's and Men's Voting Behavior in Global Perspective

    Ronald Inglehart;Pippa Norris

  • The True Clash of Civilizations

    Ronald Inglehart;Pippa Norris

  • PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED? Pluralism, Participation and Party Websites

    Pippa Norris

  • Framing Terrorism : The News Media, the Government and the Public

    Pippa Norris;Montague Kern;Marion R. Just

  • Choosing Electoral Systems: Proportional, Majoritarian and Mixed Systems

    Pippa Norris

  • Digital Divide: Civic Engagement

    Pippa Norris

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald Inglehart
Ronald Inglehart University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joni Lovenduski
Joni Lovenduski Birkbeck, University of London
John Curtice
John Curtice University of Strathclyde
Ivor Crewe
Ivor Crewe University of Oxford
Christopher Wlezien
Christopher Wlezien The University of Texas at Austin
Stefaan Walgrave
Stefaan Walgrave University of Antwerp
Mona Lena Krook
Mona Lena Krook Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert Mattes
Robert Mattes University of Strathclyde
Peter Van Aelst
Peter Van Aelst University of Antwerp
Andrew Geddes
Andrew Geddes European University Institute

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