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Westminster Bridge
The Westminster Bridge section of the Nuffield Politics Research Centre is developing new ways of disseminating political science research for non-academic audiences, on contemporary political problems.
Our 'Big Questions' take the best research in political science and make it more accessible to a general reader.
Professor Jane Green, Director, said:
"Westminster Bridge aims to better communicate social science findings and insights to politicians, policy-makers and the general public. Through accessible published research, extensive mainstream national media coverage and extensive engagement across audiences, we hope to help make political science more widely understood."
Nuffield College, home of the Nuffield Politics Research Centre, has long had an important role and voice in contemporary political debates. Making possible meaningful relationships with politicians, policy-makers, and journalists.
Nuffield Politics Research Centre Director Jane Green explains British politics for The Financial Times, from the Nuffield College quad.
See coverage in the media from the Nuffield Politics Research Centre, Westminster Bridge and the British Election Study.
21 March 2023 Times Radio Matt Chorley: More politics (still no boring bits), interview with the British Election Study team, Prof Jane Green, Prof Ed Fieldhouse and Dr Jack Bailey
20 March 2023 Politico write up from Westminster briefing event by the British Election Study team and UKiCE
15 February 2023 ITV News at Ten covering Nicola Sturgeon's resignation as Scotland's First Minister (Prof Jane Green interviewed)
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- Nov 2022 Anxiety nation? Economic insecurity and mental distress in 2022s Britain (Prof Jane Green comments in this Joseph Rowntree Foundation webinar)
- 23 Oct 2022 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (Prof Jane Green joined the panel)
- 30 Sep 2022 Things can only get better for Labour? Podcast: OppositionCast (from 11:35 – 14:15)
- 29 Sep 2022 What British people think about economic growth, The Economist
- 27 Sep 2022 Comment on electoral sentiment and risks BBC Radio 4: The World at One (c.40 mins)
- 27 Sep 2022 Labour Party Conference (panellist providing comment throughout the programme until 16:30) BBC Politics Live
- 27 Sep 2022 Comment on political change and electoral response Times Radio (from 4:50-11:15)
- 27 Sep 2022 Labour’s electoral chances and the economic news, ITV News
- 29 March 2022 The potential public opinion reaction to the Partygate fines and the Conservatives' electoral position, Times Radio 02:39:50 – 02:44:40
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- 27 Nov 2021 Boris Johnson courts edgy MPs who may one day end his career, interview with Bloomberg
- 31 Oct 21 COP26: how green politics went mainstream, Financial Times
- 25 Aug 21 Interview on the Unite union in the wider context of Labour’s electoral challenges, News at Ten, ITV
- 02 Jul 21 Analysis of the Batley and Spen by-election, BBC News
- 30 Jun 21 Politics Weekly Podcast on the Batley and Spen by-election (from 16:00), The Guardian
- 23 Jun 21 Op-ed The Batley and Spen by-election will reveal the depth of Labour’s predicament, The Guardian
- 18 Jun 21 News at Ten, Interview on Chesham and Amersham byelection results, ITV
- 18 Jun 21 Interview on the Chesham and Amersham byelection, Radio 4 World at One (from 10:11 to 13:12)
- 07 May 21 State of the nation – what did we vote for?, Sensemaker Live, Tortoise Media
- 06-08 May 21 News at Ten, Scottish and local elections, ITV
- 20 Apr 21 Labour ‘on trial’ at May elections with party facing ‘very difficult’ contest, experts suggest, The Independent
- 06 Mar 21 Podcast "Electoral shocks: Voters and volatility", OppositionCast, The Centre for Opposition Studies
- 07 Feb 21 Why the wealthy were happy to back a Leave vote gamble, The Observer
- 21 Jan 21 Interview on the upcoming local elections, ITV News (Meridian)
- 16 Jan 21 Interview on the upcoming local elections, The Week in Westminster, BBC Radio 4
- 11 Jan 2021 Interview about the potential electoral implications of the UK COVID-19 party scandal, ITV News at Ten
- 05 Dec 20 Labour is winning back those who voted Tory for the first time last year, Independent
- 04 Dec 20 COVID-19: Tories' support slipping among new backers over PM's coronavirus handling - report, Sky News
- 8 Nov 2021 Interview on the potential implications of political sleaze, BBC 2 Politics Live (23:19 onwards)
- 03 Nov 20 Trump vs Biden: The Results, US election live, ITV
- 21 Oct 20 Boris Johnson’s Manchester headache is not going away, Politico
- 15 Oct 20 Support for Scottish Independence at Highest Ever Level, According to Poll, report featuring an interview with Professor Jane Green, ITV News
- 31 Jul 20 Will British politics become less volatile, and how important is ideology?, Never Mind The Bar Charts, Mark Pack's Podcast
- 10 Jul 20 Brexit Breakdown Podcast with Jane Green and Anand Menon, The UK in a Changing Europe Podcast
- 27 May 20 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands by his rule-bending strategist as lawmakers cry foul, The Washington Post
- 25 May 20 Boris Johnson can’t afford to squander trust by protecting Dominic Cummings, Financial Times
- 31 Jan 20 Brexit live, ITV
- 20 Jan 20 Electoral shocks: the Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World, Book review, Financial Times
- 12 Dec 19 Election night, ITV
- 03 Dec 19 Interview on electoral volatility, Wall Street Journal
- 01 Dec 19 Gender and vote choice, News at Ten, ITV
- 26 Nov 19 Video on Volatile Voter and Electoral Shocks, ITV
- 18 Nov 19 The Brexit disrupters: beyond left and right, Financial Times
- 14 Nov 19 Interview, News at Ten, ITV
- 06 Nov 19 Interview on the Remain Alliance, News at Ten, ITV
- Nov 19 Interview on young people, turnout, age and vote choice, News at Ten, ITV
- 05 Nov 19 Interview on upcoming elections, BBC Radio 4 Today
- 07 Nov 19 Calling Peston, ITN Radio
- 08 Oct 19 Interviews on Volatile voter and Electoral Shocks, Times Red Box and Times Newspaper
- 08 Oct 19 Interview on Volatile Voter and Electoral Shocks, BBC Radio 4
- 08 Oct 19 Interview on Volatile Voter and Electoral Shocks, BBC Politics Live
- 08 Oct 19 Interview on Volatile Voter and Electoral Shocks with Gary Gibbon, Channel 4 News
- 16 Sep 19 "Escaping the past", BBC Start the Week, BBC 4
- Aug 19 Today's Today, BBC Sounds
- 07 Jun 19 Peterborough's by-elections analysis, ITV News
- 26 May 19 European Parliament elections, BBC Radio 4
- 23 May 19 Studio live interview on European Parliament elections, News at Ten, ITV
- 17 May 19 Interview on Trust in institutions and evidence during Tri-Nuffield conference
- 14 May 19 Women, Brexit and party choice, Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4
- 12 Apr 19 European Parliament elections, World at One, BBC Radio 4
- 20 Mar 19 Salisbury Conversations, BBC Sounds
- 15 Jan 19 News at Ten, ITV
- Sep 18 BBC Radio World at One, BBC Radio 4
18 Nov 20 2019: A Critical Election? How to interpret the dramatic changes that have taken place in recent British general elections, 2020 Centre for British Politics Annual Norton Lecture
28 Jan 20 What do the results of the British general election mean for Labour and the left?, "Politics in Crisis" Series, LSE
24 Jan 20 How far was the December 2019 UK general election really about Brexit, Seminar series ''The European Union: Politics and Power in the Brussels System", European Institute, LSE
17 May 19 Trust in institutions and evidence, Tri-Nuffield Conference, Summary available here (page 8)
24 Mar 19 Professor Jane Green, Keynote speaker, RAP Symposium, Democracy, Governance and Inclusive Growth
04 Dec 19 Brexit and British voters: Conference with the UK in A Changing Europe (videos available here - date of videos is 04/12/19)
08 Oct 19 British Election Study: press conference