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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Political Science,Empirical Social Research |
| Keywords | survey methodology, campaign effects, political parties, elections, political behaviour |
Current contact address
| Country | Canada |
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| City | Vancouver |
| Institution | University of British Columbia |
| Institute | Political Science |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck | Lehrstuhl für Politische Wissenschaft I, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/07/2017 |
Programme(s)
| 2016 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Johnston is a pioneer in the studies of political campaigns and their effects on voters. As principal investigator of large-scale Canadian and American election studies he developed the so-called “Rolling Cross Section” research design (RCS), which brought a major breakthrough to this area of research. He published several landmark studies which effectively shattered the dominant 'minimal effects' consensus on the role of campaigns for election outcomes. During his stay in Germany, Professor Johnston aims to capitalize on the RCS studies conducted in many democracies by embarking on a cross-temporal and cross-country comparative exploration of campaign effects. |