Lecturer in Politics with Quantitative Methods University of Edinburgh.
Researcher in gender and politics, specialising in the gendering of political leadership, parliamentary representation, media representations of leaders and campaigning.
Dr Jessica C. Smith
I am a lecturer in Politics (with quantitative methods) at the University of Edinburgh within the School of Social and Political Science.
My research centres on the sources and consequences of bias in our political systems from what voters think to how our institutions operate.
In particular I research gender, electoral politics, representation and political leadership with a focus on British politics. The methods I use include experimental designs, large N survey data, content analysis, and elite interviewing
I have previously worked on projects on Parliamentary representation including the Fawcett Society’s Strategies for Success report on women’s experiences of selection and election in the UK Parliament and the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Gender Sensitising Parliaments Guidelines.
I am the co-convener of the PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group and the co-creator and convener of GenElect, the Gender and Elections Network
Current Research
Boswell, J. Smith, J. C. and Devine, D. (2024) Learning to govern: A typology of ministerial learning styles, Public Administration
Hargrave, L. and Smith J. C. (2023) ‘Working Hard or Hardly Working? Gender and Voter Evaluations of Legislator Productivity‘ Political Behaviour
Smith, J. C., (2022) ‘Representation in times of crisis: women’s executive presence and gender-sensitive policy responses to crises‘ JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY
SMITH, J.C. (2021) THE REMOTELY REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE? LESSON LEARNING FROM THE HYBRID COMMONS, Report
Smith J.C. (2021) ‘Bulldozing Brexit: The role of masculinity in UK party leaders’ campaign imagery in the 2019 General Election’ JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS, PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES
Smith, J. C. (2020) ‘Where are the women? Descriptive representation and COVID-19 in UK press briefings’, Politics & Gender, 16(4) pp.1-10 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X20000513
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