Professor Roger Jowell
The National Centre for Social Research
35 Northampton Square
London
EC1V OAX

Tel: 0171 250 1866
Fax: 0171 250 1524

E-mail: R.Jowell@natcen.ac.uk

Education: 1963, BA (Economics) University of Cape Town, South Africa

Current employment: Director of the National Centre for Social Research
Co-Director of CREST
 Co-Director of the British Social Attitudes survey series
Visiting Professor of Social Research, Department of Social Policy and Administration, London School of Economics

Career history: 1964-1969 Researcher then Senior Researcher, Research Services Limited
1980-1988 Visiting professor, City University

Research interests: Measurement and analysis of changing social and political values and behaviour, nationally and cross-nationally; research and survey methods.

Selected publications:

Heath, A., Jowell, R. and Curtice, J. (1985) How Britain Votes, Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Heath, A., Jowell, R., Curtice, J., Evans, G., Field, J. and Witherspoon, S. (1991) Understanding Political Change, Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Heath, A., Jowell, R. and Curtice, J. (eds) (1994) Labour’s Last Chance, Aldershot: Dartmouth.
Curtice, J. and Jowell, R. (1995) ‘The sceptical electorate’ in Jowell, R., Curtice, J., Park, A., Brook, L., Ahrendt, D. British Social Attitudes: the 12th Report, Aldershot: Dartmouth.
Halsey A H, Jowell R and Taylor B. (eds) (1995) The quality of life in London, Aldershot: Dartmouth
Jowell, R. and Park, A. (1996) ‘Questioning British Attitudes’ in Taylor, B. and Thomson, K. (eds) Understanding Change in Social Attitudes, Aldershot: Dartmouth.
Jowell, R., Curtice, J., Park, A., Brook, L., Thomson, K., Bryson C. (eds) British Social Attitudes: the 14th Report, Aldershot: Ashgate
Curtice, J. and Jowell, R. (1997) ‘Trust in the political system’ in Jowell, R., Curtice, J., Park, A., Brook, L. Thomson, K. and Bryson, C . British Social Attitudes: the 14th Report - The end of Conservative values?, Aldershot: Ashgate.
R Jowell, J. Curtice, A Park, L Brook, K Thomson, C Bryson (eds) (1998), British - and European - Social Attitudes: the 15th BSA Report - How Britain Differs, Aldershot: Ashgate.
R. Jowell, J. Curtice, A. Park and K. Thomson (eds) (1999 forthcoming), British Social Attitudes: the 16th report - Who Shares New Labour Values?, Aldershot: Ashgate.

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