Our Publications Browse trough our latest research articles and research reports utylising quantitative and qualitative data to better understand how politics and society function. Reports What do voters want from an online voting experience? Results from user testing of a prototype i-voting app - Dr Manu Savani, Prof Justin Fisher, Dr Fotios Spyridonis; July 2023 The UK does not offer remote online voting now. Dr Manu Savani, Prof Justin Fisher and Dr Dr Fotios Spyridonis test the i-voting app prototype they designed and analyse potential voters' responses. The researchers designed a prototype voting app that mirrors the traditional ballot paper. They asked potential voters to use it, on 3 different digital devices, and compared it with the in-person experience. The study involved a diverse sample of 32 people from the Brunel community who kindly gave their time to test the alternative voting mode and share their feedback and opinions. Read the full report Selected research articles Who’s in charge? The impact of delivery and perception of risk on the willingness to voting online - Justin Fisher, Manu M. Savani, 2022 (sagepub.com) Delayed shock? How Brexit conditioned campaign effects in British general elections - Justin Fisher, Edward Fieldhouse, David Cutts, 2023 (sagepub.com) Experience Matters, After All: What Social Psychology Can Teach Us about Transnational Contact and Trust - Katja Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, 2022 (sagepub.com) Incentives for non-participation: absence in the United Kingdom House of Commons, 1997–2015 | SpringerLink Are Political Attacks a Laughing Matter? Three Experiments on Political Humor and the Effectiveness of Negative Campaigning - Iris Verhulsdonk, Alessandro Nai, Jeffrey A. Karp, 2022 (sagepub.com)