September 2015

SEI Politics Professor Dan Hough and Miss Serena Verdenicci published an academic article called ‘People power and anti-corruption; demystifying citizen-centred approaches' in the September 2015 issue of the Crime, Law and Social Change Journal  

October 2015

SEI Professor Paul Taggart and Professor Katharine Addeney from the University of Nottingham published an article in the Government and Opposition Journal entitled ‘Introduction: the future of democracy’  ◊ 1 October

SEI Politics Professor Dan Hough published an article in The Conversation entitled ‘I paid a bribe: how some citizens are fighting corruption from the bottom up’ ◊ 2 October

SEI Lecturer in Politics Emily Robinson published an article in the Journal of the History of Ideas entitled ‘Defining Progressive Politics: Municipal Socialism and Anti-Socialism in Contestation, 1889–1939’ ◊ 4 October

SEI-linked Professor of Migration and Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) Paul Statham has been recognised for an article he co-authored with Hans-Jörg Trenz from Copenhagen University. The article has been chosen as the best paper published in the Journal of Common Market Studies in 2013 and is entitled 'How EU Politicisation can emerge through Contestation: the Constitution Case'. The members of the jury commented: "The jury considered this a very impressive empirical work that is well presented and that makes a clear contribution to our knowledge in this field. The topic is highly relevant, both from a scientific and policy perspective. The approach employed in this paper is considered highly innovative and very well executed." ◊ 6 October

SEI Professor Paul Taggart and Associate Professor Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser from the Diego Portales University published an article in the Democratisation Journal entitled ‘Dealing with populists in government: some comparative conclusions’  ◊ 8 October 

SEI Professor Dan Hough published an article in the Quartz entitled “How India is fighting corruption—using the very people who pay the bribes” ◊ 8 October

SEI Professor Aleks Szcerbiak published a piece in EUROPP entitled ‘Polish election: A final look at the parties and the campaign’ ◊ 25 October

SEI Professor Aleks Szcerbiak published a piece in EUROPP entitled ‘What does Law and Justice’s election victory in Poland mean for Europe?’ ◊ 29 October

November 2015

SEI Professor Aleks Szcerbiak published a piece in EUROPP entitled ‘Law and Justice’s stunning victory in Poland reflected widespread disillusionment with the country’s ruling elite’ ◊ 3 November

SEI Professor Dan Hough published an article in South China Morning Post entitled ‘Wayward drive: China's crackdown on party members playing golf fails to hit the mark’ ◊ 4 November

Head of Politics Department, Professor Claire Annesley published an article she co-authored together with Karen Beckwith from the Case Western Reserve University and Susan Franceschet from the University of Calgary at the UK PSA Women & Politics Specialist Group’s website. The article is titled “What is ‘Merit’ Anyway? On using gender quotas in cabinet appointments” ◊ 5 November

SEI Professor Dan Hough published an article in The Conversation entitled ‘Sebastian Coe faces a monumental task in cleaning up athletics’ ◊ 10 November

SEI Professor Dan Hough published an article in the official blog of the Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption on Franz Beckenbauer and the corruption that underpinned Germany winning the right to host the 2006 World Cup. The piece is entitled ‘Franz please say it aint so’ ◊ 11 November

SEI Doctoral Researcher Sam Power published an article in The Washington Post entitled ‘What are the benefits of campaign finance reform?’ ◊ 17 November

SEI Professor Aleks Szcerbiak published an article in The Conversation entitled ‘Why Poland’s new government is a problem for migrants to the EU’ ◊ 23 November

SEI Professor Dan Hough published an article in The Conversation entitled ‘Cricket has the opportunity to be a truly transparent world sport – it should seize it’ ◊ 30 November

December 2015

SEI Professor Aleks Szcerbiak published an article in Social Europe entitled ‘How Will Poland’s Law And Justice Party Govern?’ ◊ 7 December

Head of Politics Department, Professor Claire Annesley published an article in the Politics and Gender Journal entitled ‘Rules of ministerial recruitment’  ◊ 17 December

January 2016

SEI Lecturer Emily Robinson published an article in The Juncture, IPPR's quarterly journal of politics and ideas. The article is titled ‘Ahead of their time: From progressive rock to the progressive alliance’ ◊ 7 January

SEI Professor Dan Hough and Doctoral researcher Liljana Cvetanoska published an article in The Conversation entitled ‘Politics in Macedonia has descended into a corrupt soap opera’◊ 7 January

SEI-based Politics Professor Paul Webb, Professor Tim Bale and Postdoctoral Research Assistant Monica Poletti published an article at the LSE Politics blog entitled ‘Ideology is in the eye of the beholder: How British party supporters see themselves, their parties, and their rivals’ ◊ 8 January

Reader in Politics Kai Oppermann and Associate Professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Alexander Spencer investigate what makes a foreign policy fiasco in a Special Issue of the Journal of European Public Policy ◊ 18 January

SEI Professor  Dan Hough published an article in South China Morning Post entitled “Corruption index gives few insights into what is really happening in Xi’s China” ◊ 27 January

SEI Professor Dan Hough published an article in The Washington Post entitled “Here’s this year’s (flawed) Corruption Perception Index. Those flaws are useful.” ◊ 27 January