Personal statement
Dr. Mark Shephard is Senior Lecturer in politics at the School of Government and Public Policy, University of Strathclyde and was principal investigator on the ESRC/AQMeN Future of the United Kingdom and Scotland research project focusing on the impact of social media on the Scottish Independence referendum. He researches Scottish and British politics, social media, elite behaviour, legislatures, public opinion, parties and elections. His works have been published in a number of journals including Electoral Studies, Political Studies, The Journal of Legislative Studies, The Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, British Politics, Parliamentary Affairs, and the British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
Professional activities
- Fourteenth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians
- Participant
- 28/7/2019
- Political Studies Association Annual Meeting 2019 paper presentation on Social Networks on Social Media
- Speaker
- 15/4/2019
- Social Media training for PGDE Modern Studies teachers
- Speaker
- 16/10/2018
- Evidence from research published by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee's Parliament and the Constitution Inquiry
- Recipient
- 9/10/2018
- EPOP Conference paper presentation on Social Media Networks and Polarisation
- Speaker
- 14/9/2018
- Research evidence published in House of Lords Select Committee Report
- Recipient
- 17/4/2018
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Projects
- Mapping the Networked Socialisation of University Students in a Digital Age
- Huhe, Narisong (Principal Investigator) Shephard, Mark Peter (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
- Social Media and the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum: The Twitter dimension (AQMeN Sm Grants)
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Tagg, Stephen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 31-Jan-2014
- The impact of social media on young peoples attitudes towards independence (AQMeN Sm Grants)
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Tagg, Stephen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 28-Jan-2014
- Impact of Discussion Threads in Social Media on Support for Independence
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Tagg, Stephen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 12-Jan-2014
- AQMeN Collaborative Small Grants Scheme
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Patrikios, Efstratios (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2011 - 30-Jan-2012
- Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN)
- Shephard, Mark Peter (Principal Investigator) Tagg, Stephen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2009 - 31-Jan-2012
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