Dr Zoe Greene
Professor
Politics
Personal statement
I am a political and computational social science in the Department of Government and Public Policy. I joined the faculty in 2015 after three years as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Mannheim in Germany. I completed my Ph.D. in political science at the University of Iowa in 2012.
My research explores the causes and consequences of intra-party politics for elections, government behaviour and public policy with a particular emphasis on how new technologies such as AI and LLMs impact on decision-making. I make extensive use of methods from Natural Language Processing and Machine learning in my research. My personal website contains additional information regarding my recent publications, replication datasets and ongoing projects.
Prize And Awards
- ISPP Governing Council member
- Recipient
- 2026
- British Journal of Politics and International Relations Best Paper Award for 2021
- Recipient
- 31/3/2023
Publications
- Voters don’t like politicians using AI
- Balogh Timea, Luxton Louise, Frelin Elise, Greene Zoe
- (2026)
- From chatbots to the ballotbox – how voters used AI to learn about the Scottish Parliament election
- Luxton Louise, Frelin Elise, Balogh Timea, Greene Zoe
- Scottish Parliament Election Analysis 2026. The Campaign, Voters and Policies Early Reflections from Leading Academics (2026) (2026)
- Administrating crisis is just a transition : interventions on bureaucratic activity in the United Kingdom, 1987-2022
- Bevan Shaun, Greene Zachary
- Journal of European Public Policy Vol 33, pp. 11-39 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.2514827
- Plundering the liberal philosophical tradition? The use or abuse of Adam Smith in Parliament, 1919-2023
- Greene Zachary, Jasinski Jan M, Roy Graeme, Schober Thomas, Scotto Thomas J
- National Institute Economic Review Vol 265, pp. 144-156 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/nie.2023.23
- Donor political preferences and the allocation of aid : patterns in recipient type
- Greene Zachary, Licht Amanda
- Conflict Management and Peace Science (2023)
- Parties in government and in coalitions
- Greene Zachary, Alexiadou Despina
- The Routledge Handbook of Political Parties (2023) (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429263859
Professional Activities
- Interview with Steph Brawn (the national)
- Recipient
- 26/3/2026
- Transparency platform coordination
- Recipient
- 3/3/2026
- Interview with Spanish EFE Organisation
- Recipient
- 2026
- University of Exeter External Examiner for Mirjam Nanko PhD viva
- Examiner
- 19/12/2025
- External Examiner Oxford PhD Mathew Blayney
- Examiner
- 19/11/2025
- ParliView, LLMs and guidelines for academic use of generative AI
- Speaker
- 29/10/2025
Projects
- Observatory for Political Texts in European Democracies: A European research infrastructure (OPTED)
- Greene, Zachary (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2023
- Willingness and Capacity for EU Policy Action in Times of Crises: Conflicts, Positions and Outcomes (EUINACTION))
- Greene, Zachary (Principal Investigator)
- 15-Jan-2020 - 29-Jan-2024
- Ideological Disagreement, Issue Competition and Voter Perceptions: the case of Scotland
- Greene, Zachary (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2022