
Dr Stuart Fox
Lecturer in British Politics
Marie Jahoda 221
- Email: stuart.fox@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267979
- Politics
- Politics and History
- Social and Political Sciences
- College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
Summary
Dr Stuart Fox joined the department as a Lecturer in British Politics in 2019. Before that he worked as a Quantitative Research Associate in the Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods at Cardiff University for four years, working on research in a wide range of fields, including generational trends in Euroscepticism, young people's political engagement and behaviour during the EU Referendum, the potential for volunteering to help engage young people with electoral politics, the role of the family and religion in shaping support for Brexit, the changing impact of higher education on graduates' civic engagement, and the nature of political trust in France.
Stuart's PhD was funded by the ESRC and completed at the University of Nottingham in 2015. His thesis provided the most detailed analysis ever attempted of the role of political alienation in shaping the political behaviour of Britain's Millennial generation, and was awarded the Arthur McDougall Fund Prize for best dissertation in the field of Elections, Electoral Systems or Representation by the Political Studies Association. Prior to his PhD Stuart was actively involved in British politics, working for a Member of Parliament in Nottingham for several years, and holding elected office on Nottingham City Council.
Stuart's current research focusses on the capacity for policies such as volunteering or a lower voting age to help engage young people with the electoral process, and the role religion has played in shaping support for Brexit in the UK since 2015.
Qualifications
PhD Politics, University of Nottingham
MA Politics (Research Track), Univeristy of Nottingham
BA (Hons) Politics, University of West England
Responsibility
Academic Co-ordinator for Peer Assisted Learning
Newest selected publications
Fox, S., Muddiman, E., Hampton, J., Kolpinskaya, E. and Evans, C. (2021) 'Capitalising on faith? An intergenerational study of social and religious capital among Baby Boomers and Millennials in Britain'. The Sociological Review, 69 (4). pp. 862 - 880. ISSN: 0038-0261 Open Access Link
Kolpinskaya, E. and Fox, S. (2021) 'Religion and Euroscepticism in Brexit Britain'. Routledge. ISSN 10: 1000399702 ISSN 13: 9780367342258
Fox, S. (2020) 'Political Alienation and Referendums: How Political Alienation was Related to Support for Brexit'. British Politics, 16 (1). pp. 16 - 35. ISSN: 1746-918X Open Access Link
Fox, S., Hampton, JM., Muddiman, E. and Taylor, C. (2019) 'Intergenerational Transmission and Support for EU Membership in the United Kingdom: The Case of Brexit'. European Sociological Review, 35 (3). pp. 380 - 393. ISSN: 0266-7215 Open Access Link
Kolpinskaya, E. and Fox, S. (2019) 'Praying on Brexit? Unpicking the Effect of Religion on Support for European Union Integration and Membership'. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 57 (3). pp. 580 - 598. ISSN: 0021-9886 Open Access Link