ProfessorJos Dornschneider-Elkink

Johan (Jos) Dornschneider-Elkink works as Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations, teaching primarily modules on statistics and research methodology. Previously, he was a pre-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-MIT Data Center of the Institute of Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University, where he consulted students and staff on the use of quantitative methods and software in their research.

His research focuses on the development and application of statistical methods in political science, with particular focus on 1) developing statistical tools for the study of policy diffusion; 2) democratization and democratic breakdown; and 3) referendum and general voting behaviour and the role of political knowledge.

Aside from his research, Jos was Graduate School Director and as Vice-Principal for Internationalisation within the College of Social Sciences and Law (formerly College of Human Sciences), with close involvement in programme and policy development, as well as developing and implementing strategies for international student recruitment, and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations.