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2023

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60
Citations
16451
World Ranking
111
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Sara B. Hobolt is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations, as well as sociology and political science. Additional areas of study include strategy and management, communication, and gender studies.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology

Among the scientist's recent papers are:

  • Divided by the Vote: Affective Polarization in the Wake of the Brexit Referendum, 2020, British Journal of Political Science
  • Contestation and responsiveness in EU Council deliberations, 2020, Journal of European Public Policy

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Catherine E. De Vries
  • James Tilley
  • Simon Hix
  • Sven-Oliver Proksch
  • Jonathan Slapin

Key publication venues for their work are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • European Journal of Political Research
  • American Political Science Review
  • Political Behavior

Sara B. Hobolt has contributed to several book publications with various academic presses. Notable among these are works published by Princeton University Press, including multiple editions of Political Entrepreneurs around 2020, and books published by Oxford University Press such as Foundations of European Politics (2021 and forthcoming 2025 editions). Additional book contributions appeared with the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Zurich, and Latin America Research Commons eBooks.

Best Publications

  • The Brexit vote: a divided nation, a divided continent

    Sara B. Hobolt

  • Owning the issue agenda: Party strategies and vote choices in British elections

    Jane Green;Sara B. Hobolt

  • Fleeing the centre: the rise of challenger parties in the aftermath of the euro crisis

    Sara B. Hobolt;James Tilley

  • Public Support for European Integration

    Sara B. Hobolt;Sara B. Hobolt;Catherine E. de Vries

  • Measuring Subgroup Preferences in Conjoint Experiments

    Thomas J. Leeper;Sara B. Hobolt;James Tilley

  • Europe in Question: Referendums on European Integration

    Sara Binzer Hobolt

  • When dimensions collide: The electoral success of issue entrepreneurs

    Catherine E. De Vries;Sara B. Hobolt

  • Government responsiveness and political competition in comparative perspective

    Sara Binzer Hobolt;Robert Klemmensen

  • Is the Government to Blame? An Experimental Test of How Partisanship Shapes Perceptions of Performance and Responsibility

    James Tilley;Sara B. Hobolt

  • A Vote Against Europe? Explaining Defection at the 1999 and 2004 European Parliament Elections

    Sara B. Hobolt;Jae-Jae M. Spoon;James R. Tilley

  • Divided by the Vote: Affective Polarization in the Wake of the Brexit Referendum

    Sara B. Hobolt;Thomas J. Leeper;James Tilley

  • Blaming Europe?: Responsibility Without Accountability in the European Union

    Sara B. Hobolt;James Tilley

  • Issue Entrepreneurship and Multiparty Competition

    Sara B. Hobolt;Catherine E. de Vries

  • Responsive Government? Public Opinion and Government Policy Preferences in Britain and Denmark

    Sara Binzer Hobolt;Robert Klemmemsen

  • Taking Cues on Europe? Voter competence and party endorsements in referendums on European integration

    Sara Binzer Hobolt

  • Europe in Question

    Sara Binzer Hobolt

  • Clarity of responsibility: How government cohesion conditions performance voting

    Sara B. Hobolt;James Tilley;Susan A. Banducci

  • Blaming Europe?

    Unknown

  • A vote for the President? The role of Spitzenkandidaten in the 2014 European Parliament elections

    Sara B. Hobolt

  • Turning against the Union?: The impact of the crisis on the Eurosceptic vote in the 2014 European Parliament elections

    Sara B. Hobolt;Catherine E. de Vries

  • The second-order election model revisited: An experimental test of vote choices in European Parliament elections

    Sara Binzer Hobolt;Jill Wittrock

  • Going green: Explaining issue competition on the environment

    Jae Jae Spoon;Sara B. Hobolt;Catherine E. de Vries

  • When Dimensions Collide: The Electoral Success of Issue Entrepreneurs

    Sara B. Hobolt;Catherine E. De Vries

Frequent Co-Authors

James Tilley
James Tilley University of Oxford
Wouter van der Brug
Wouter van der Brug University of Amsterdam
Hermann Schmitt
Hermann Schmitt University of Mannheim
Jae-Jae Spoon
Jae-Jae Spoon University of Pittsburgh
Simon Hix
Simon Hix European University Institute
Kevin Arceneaux
Kevin Arceneaux Sciences Po
Hajo G. Boomgaarden
Hajo G. Boomgaarden University of Vienna
Susan Banducci
Susan Banducci University of Exeter
John Curtice
John Curtice University of Strathclyde

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