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Stephen Dawson
Postdoctor
Department of Political ScienceAbout Stephen Dawson
I am an associate researcher at the Department of Political Science. My research focuses on comparative politics, accountability, and the conduct of elections. I am affiliated with the Quality of Government (QoG) Institute and the Knowledge Resistance (KR) project.
Currently I am involved in several research projects which consider the legitimacy of political leaders, the politics of protected areas, and misconduct in political parties.
In February 2022, I defended my PhD dissertation, “Perceptions of Political Competition and the Integrity of Elections.” In this project, I assess the consequences of close elections – and information indicative of them such as opinion polls – for the conduct of elections and voting behaviour across several national contexts.
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The Distribution of Executive Power and Corruption: A Meta-Analytical
Review
Stephen Dawson, Jana Schwenk, Georgios Xezonakis
Comparative Political Studies - 2024 -
The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection: Ethnic Favoritism and Protected Areas in
Africa
Stephen Dawson, Felix Haass, Carl Müller-Crepon, Aksel Sundström
2024 -
Misconduct and whistleblowing in political parties: A party loyalty
dilemma
Birgitta Niklasson, Stephen Dawson, Andreas Bågenholm, Jenny De Fine Licht
PARTY POLITICS - 2024 -
Poll Wars: Perceptions of Poll Credibility and Voting
Behaviour
Stephen Dawson
The International Journal of Press/Politics - 2024 -
Electoral competition, political parties and clientelism: evidence from local elections in South
Africa
Stephen Dawson, Nicholas Charron, Mogens Kamp Justesen
Democratization - 2023 -
Perceptions of opinion poll credibility: The role of partisan
bias
Stephen Dawson
Party Politics - 2023 -
Misconduct and whistleblowing in political parties: Survey evidence from
Sweden
Birgitta Niklasson, Andreas Bågenholm, Stephen Dawson, Jenny De Fine Licht
Paper presented at the ECPR conference at Prague - 2023 -
Accountability in Swedish Political Parties? Survey evidence of misconduct and
whistleblowing
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Electoral fraud and the paradox of political
competition
Stephen Dawson
Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties - 2022 -
Perceptions of Political Competition and the Integrity of
Elections
Stephen Dawson
2022 -
Electoral Rules and Corruption: A
Meta-Analysis
Georgios Xezonakis, Stephen Dawson
The Oxford Handbook of the Quality of Government - 2021 -
Opinion polls and election predictions in the 2018 Swedish General
Election
Stephen Dawson
2020