Political Science
Main research and teaching areas
- Political parties
- European politics
- Representation
- Comparative politics
Current research and teaching
My research focuses on the role of political parties in contemporary democracies. I am particularly interested in how citizens participate in politics through parties, and the internal relationship between party members and party leadership.
I am one of the principal investigators of the Chapel Hill Expert Survey on political party positioning, and am also the co-principal investigator of the Swedish Party Membership Survey.
My teaching includes courses on Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Behavior, and the European Union. I regularly supervise student research on related topics at the bachelor, master, and doctoral levels.
Research projects
- Darkness on the horizon? Exploring the response to contestation of trade policy in Europe. Norwegian Research Council. (Guri Rosén, Principal Investigator).
- Political Party Member Responses to Organizational Change. Swedish Research Council (VR).
- The Electoral Effects of Ideological Moderation for Mainstream European Political Parties. Riksbankens Jubeliumsfond (RJ).
Publications
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The Russian threat and the consolidation of the West: How populism and EU-skepticism shape party support for Ukraine
Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Ryan Bakker, Seth Jolly, Jonathan Polk, et al.
(2024) European Union Politics, 25
Journal articleMaking space: citizens, parties and interest groups in two ideological dimensions
Frida Boräng, Daniel Naurin, Jonathan Polk
(2024) Journal of European Public Policy, 31 p.1799-1830
Journal articleTrade and the transnational cleavage in European party politics
Jonathan Polk, Guri Rosén
(2024) Journal of European Public Policy, 31 p.104-130
Journal articleStructuring Intra-Party Politics : A Mixed-Method Study of Ideological and Hierarchical Factions in Parties
Ann-Kristin Kölln, Jonathan Polk
(2024) Comparative Political Studies, 57 p.1552-1585
Journal articleVoter Responses to Social Democratic Ideological Moderation after the Third Way
Jonathan Polk, Johannes Karreth
(2024) Beyond Social Democracy : The Transformation of the Left in Emerging Knowledge Societies , p.279-313
Book chapterParty Responsiveness to Public Opinion in Young Democracies
Raimondas Ibenskas, Jonathan Polk
(2022) Political Studies, 70 p.919-938
Journal articleCongruence and Party Responsiveness in Western Europe in the 21st Century
Raimondas Ibenskas, Jonathan Polk
(2022) West European Politics, 45 p.201-222
Journal articleAnalyzing the Cross-National Comparability of Party Positions on the Socio-Cultural and EU dimensions in Europe
Ryan Bakker, Seth Jolly, Jonathan Polk
(2022) Political Science Research and Methods, 10 p.408-418
Journal articleChapel Hill Expert Survey trend file, 1999-2019
Seth Jolly, Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Jonathan Polk, et al.
(2022) Electoral Studies, 75
Journal article (comment)Contesting Covid: The ideological bases of partisan responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
Jan Rovny, Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Seth Jolly, Gary Marks, et al.
(2022) European Journal of Political Research, 61 p.1155-1164
Journal articleMultidimensional Incongruence, Political Disaffection, and Support for Anti-Establishment Parties
Ryan Bakker, Seth Jolly, Jonathan Polk
(2020) Journal of European Public Policy, 27 p.292-309
Journal articleStill Blurry? : Economic Salience, Position, and Voting for Radical Right Parties in Western Europe
Jan Rovny, Jonathan Polk
(2020) European Journal of Political Research, 59 p.248-268
Journal articleNew Wine in Old Bottles : Explaining the Dimensional Structure of European Party Systems
Jan Rovny, Jonathan Polk
(2019) Party Politics, 25 p.12-24
Journal articleA Break in the Representative Chain : Party Members' Ideological Disagreement with Candidates and Demands for Intra-Party Democracy
Ann-Kristin Kölln, Jonathan Polk
(2019) Nordic Party Members : Linkages in Troubled Times
Book chapterParties' Ideological Representation in the Nordic Countries : Comparing Party Voters, Members and Candidates
Jonathan Polk, Ann-Kristin Kölln
(2019) Nordic Party Members : Linkages in Troubled Times
Book chapterMultidimensional Incongruence and Vote Switching in Europe
Ryan Bakker, Seth Jolly, Jonathan Polk
(2018) Public Choice, 176 p.267-296
Journal articleElectoral infidelity : Why party members cast defecting votes
Jonathan Polk, Ann-Kristin Kölln
(2018) European Journal of Political Research, 57 p.539-560
Journal articleWelfare Democracies and Multidimensional Party Competition in Europe
Jonathan Polk, Jan Rovny
(2018) Welfare Democracies and Party Politics
Book chapterStepping in the Same River Twice : Stability Amidst Change in Eastern European Party Competition
Jan Rovny, Jonathan Polk
(2017) European Journal of Political Research, 56 p.188-198
Journal articleWhat's Trust Got To Do With It? : The Effects of In-Group and Out-Group Trust on Conventional and Unconventional Political Participation
Markus Crepaz, Karen Bodnaruk Jazayeri, Jonathan Polk
(2017) Social Science Quarterly, 98 p.261-281
Journal articleExplaining the Salience of Anti-Elitism and Reducing Political Corruption for Political Parties in Europe with the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey
Jonathan Polk, Jan Rovny, Ryan Bakker, Erica Edwards, Liesbet Hooghe, et al.
(2017) Research and Politics, 4 p.1-9
Journal articleEmancipated party members : Examining ideological incongruence within political parties
Ann-Kristin Kölln, Jonathan Polk
(2017) Party Politics, 23 p.18-29
Journal articleAnti-Elite/Establishment Rhetoric and Party Positioning on European Integration
Jonathan Polk, Jan Rovny
(2017) Chinese Political Science Review, 2 p.356-371
Journal articleMeasuring party positions in Europe : The Chapel Hill expert survey trend file, 1999-2010
Ryan Bakker, Catherine de Vries, Erica Edwards, Liesbet Hooghe, Seth Jolly, et al.
(2015) Party Politics, 21 p.143-152
Journal articleAnchoring the Experts : Using Vignettes to Compare Party Ideology Across Countries
Ryan Bakker, Erica Edwards, Seth Jolly, Jonathan Polk, Jan Rovny, et al.
(2014) Research and Politics, 1 p.1-8
Journal articleTrust Matters : the Impact of In-group and Outgroup Trust on Nativism and Civicness
Markus Crepaz, Jonathan Polk, Ryan Bakker, Shane Singh
(2014) Social Science Quarterly, 95 p.938-959
Journal articleThe European Common Space : Extending the Use of Anchoring Vignettes
Ryan Bakker, Seth Jolly, Jonathan Polk, Keith Poole
(2014) Journal of Politics, 76 p.1089-1101
Journal articleCatch-All or Catch and Release? : The Electoral Consequences of Social Democratic Parties’ March to the Middle in Western Europe
Johannes Karreth, Jonathan Polk, Christopher Allen
(2013) Comparative Political Studies, 46 p.791-822
Journal articleComplexity in the European Party Space : Exploring Dimensionality with Experts
Ryan Bakker, Seth Jolly, Jonathan Polk
(2012) European Union Politics, 13 p.219-245
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Introduction
Before joining the department in Lund, I was an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Gothenburg. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in August of 2012, and held a post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for European Research at the University of Gothenburg.