Research project

Social and Political Change in Britain: Gallup Polls 1945-1991

Project overview

The University of Southampton and the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University partnered on the Social and Political Change in Britain (1945-1991) project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. This project has restored hundreds of British public opinion polls conducted between 1945 and 1991 that were previously unavailable in modern data formats.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Will Jennings

Associate Dean Research & Enterprise

Research interests

  • Public policy
  • Public opinion
  • Polling
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Research outputs

Peter Enns, Jacob Harris, John P Kenny, Andra Roescu & William Jennings, 2022, British Journal of Criminology
Type: article
William Jennings, Michael S. Lewis-Beck & Christopher Wlezien, 2020, International Journal of Forecasting, 36(3), 949-962
Type: article
Robert Ford & William Jennings, 2020, Annual Review of Political Science, 23, 295-314
Type: review