Email
r.carroll@essex.ac.ukLocation
5.306, Colchester Campus
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Biography
Royce Carroll is Professor in Comparative Politics at The University of Essex. His research focuses on the comparative study of representation, elite and mass political behaviour, democratic institutions, political parties, and ideology, as well as quantitative methodology.
Qualifications
Ph.D. Political Science University of California, San Diego, (2007)
B.A. Government University of Texas at Austin, (2000)
Bachelor of Journalism University of Texas at Austin, (2000)
Appointments
University of Essex
Professor in Comparative Politics, Government, University of Essex (1/10/2018 - present)
Director of Summer Schools and Short Courses, University of Essex (1/8/2021 - present)
Director, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex (1/4/2019 - 1/8/2022)
Deputy Director, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (1/9/2016 - 31/3/2019)
Reader in Comparative Politics, Government, University of Essex (1/10/2016 - 1/10/2018)
Other academic
Associate Professor, Political Science, Rice University (7/7/2014 - 1/7/2016)
Assistant Professor, Political Science, Rice University (7/7/2007 - 7/7/2014)
Research interests
Political Institutions
Legislative politics, electoral systems
Political Parties
Quantitative study of ideology and political attitudes
Conferences and presentations
(Mis)perception of Party-voter Congruence and Satisfaction with Democracy
Invited presentation, Invited talk, Konstanz, Germany, 25/10/2023
Elite Polarization in Parliamentary Democracies
Invited presentation, Invited talk, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23/12/2019
Measuring and Explaining the Dimensionality of Party Ideological Perceptions
Invited presentation, Invited talk, Bergen, Norway, 30/10/2019
Measuring Ideology
Invited presentation, Invited talk, Bogota, Colombia, 22/10/2019
Designing Research in Political Science
Invited presentation, Invited talk, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 25/9/2019
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Master of Arts (by Dissertation)
Awarded date: 3/12/2024
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 4/3/2024
Degree subject: Politics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/1/2023
Degree type: Master of Science
Awarded date: 5/10/2022
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 7/2/2022
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 26/1/2021
Journal articles (34)
Carroll, R. and Fernando, M., (2024). Multi-level legislative representation in an inchoate party system: Mass-elite ideological congruence in Brazil. Party Politics. 30 (1), 151-165
Carrion, V. and Carroll, R., (2024). Invalid Votes as Protest: Compulsory Voting and the Democratic Context in Ecuador. Political Behavior. 46 (4), 2565-2587
Calvo, E., Back, H. and Carroll, R., (2024). Debating the populist pariah: Changing party dynamics and elite rhetoric in the Swedish Riksdag. Political Research Quarterly. 77 (3), 950-961
Carroll, R., Liao, DY-C. and Tang, L., (2024). (Mis)perception of Party Congruence and Satisfaction with Democracy. Political Science Research and Methods, 1-18
Peresman, A., Carroll, R. and Back, H., (2023). Authoritarianism and immigration attitudes in the UK. Political Studies. 71 (3), 616-633
Bäck, H., Carroll, R., Renström, E. and Ryan, A., (2023). Elite communication and affective polarization among voters. Electoral Studies. 84, 102639-102639
Renström, EA., Bäck, H. and Carroll, R., (2023). Threats, Emotions, and Affective Polarization. Political Psychology. 44 (6), 1337-1366
Bäck, H., Carroll, R., Knapton, H. and Renström, EA., (2023). Threat, voting and candidate support. The impact of mortality salience. Frontiers in Political Science. 5, 1040644-
Røed, M., Bäck, H. and Carroll, R., (2023). Who Polarizes Parliament? Partisan Hostility in Norwegian Legislative Debates. Party Politics. 31 (1), 137-147
Carrion, V. and Carroll, R., (2022). The effects of candidate appearance on electoral success: Evidence from Ecuador. Political Research Quarterly. 76 (3), 1168-1179
Renstrom, E., Back, H. and Carroll, R., (2022). Protecting the ingroup? Authoritarianism, immigration attitudes, and affective polarization. Frontiers in Political Science. 4
Carroll, R. and Kubo, H., (2021). Measuring and Explaining the Complexity of `Left-Right' Perceptions of Political Parties. Electoral Studies. 71, 102310-102310
Carroll, R. and Nalepa, M., (2021). When Does the Personal Vote Matter for Party Loyalty? The Conditional Effects of Candidate-Centred Electoral Systems. Parliamentary Affairs. 74 (1), 102-120
Renström, E., Bäck, H. and Carroll, R., (2021). Intergroup Threat and Affective Polarization in a Multi-Party System. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 9 (2), 553-576
Carroll, R. and Nalepa, M., (2020). The personal vote and party cohesion: Modeling the effects of electoral rules on intraparty politics. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 32 (1), 36-69
Carroll, R. and Kubo, H., (2019). Measuring and Comparing Party Ideology and Heterogeneity. Party Politics. 25 (2), 245-256
Carroll, R. and Kubo, H., (2018). Explaining Citizen Perceptions of Party Ideological Positions: The Mediating Role of Political Contexts. Electoral Studies. 51, 14-23
Carroll, R. and Kubo, H., (2018). Polarization and ideological congruence between parties and supporters in Europe. Public Choice. 176 (1-2), 247-265
Bäck, H. and Carroll, R., (2018). Polarization and gridlock in parliamentary regimes. The Legislative Scholar (Spring)
Pachón, M., Carroll, R. and Barragán, H., (2017). Ballot design and invalid votes: Evidence from Colombia. Electoral Studies. 48, 98-110
Poole, KT., Lewis, JB., Rosenthal, H., Lo, J. and Carroll, R., (2016). Recovering a Basic Space from Issue Scales in R. JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE. 69 (7), 1-21
Mattes, M., Leeds, BA. and Carroll, R., (2015). Leadership Turnover and Foreign Policy Change: Societal Interests, Domestic Institutions, and Voting in the United Nations. International Studies Quarterly. 59 (2), 280-290
Hare, C., Armstrong, DA., Bakker, R., Carroll, R. and Poole, KT., (2015). Using Bayesian Aldrich-McKelvey Scaling to Study Citizens' Ideological Preferences and Perceptions. American Journal of Political Science. 59 (3), 759-774
Carroll, R., Lewis, JB., Lo, J., Poole, KT. and Rosenthal, H., (2013). The Structure of Utility in Spatial Models of Voting. American Journal of Political Science. 57 (4), 1008-1028
Carroll, R. and Eichorst, J., (2013). The Role of Party: The Legislative Consequences of Partisan Electoral Competition. Legislative Studies Quarterly. 38 (1), 83-109
Carroll, R. and Tiede, L., (2012). Ideological Voting on Chile's Constitutional Tribunal: Dissent Coalitions in the Adjudication of Rights. Journal of Human Rights. 11 (1), 85-105
Carroll, R. and Cox, GW., (2012). Shadowing Ministers. Comparative Political Studies. 45 (2), 220-236
Carroll, R. and Tiede, L., (2011). Judicial Behavior on the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 8 (4), 856-877
Poole, K., Lewis, J., Lo, J. and Carroll, R., (2011). Scaling Roll Call Votes withwnominateinR. Journal of Statistical Software. 42 (14), 1-21
Carroll, R. and Kim, HA., (2010). Party Government and the “Cohesive Power of Public Plunder”. American Journal of Political Science. 54 (1), 34-44
CARROLL, R., LEWIS, JB., LO, J., POOLE, KT. and ROSENTHAL, H., (2009). Comparing NOMINATE and IDEAL: Points of Difference and Monte Carlo Tests. Legislative Studies Quarterly. 34 (4), 555-591
Carroll, R., Lewis, JB., Lo, J., Poole, KT. and Rosenthal, H., (2009). Measuring bias and uncertainty in DW-NOMINATE ideal point estimates via the parametric bootstrap. Political Analysis. 17 (3), 261-275
Carroll, R. and Cox, GW., (2007). The Logic of Gamson's Law: Pre‐election Coalitions and Portfolio Allocations. American Journal of Political Science. 51 (2), 300-313
Carroll, R., Cox, GW. and Pachón, M., (2006). How parties create electoral democracy, chapter 2. Legislative Studies Quarterly. 31 (2), 153-174
Books (2)
II, DAA., Bakker, R., Carroll, R., Hare, C., Poole, KT. and Rosenthal, H., (2020). Analyzing Spatial Models of Choice and Judgment, Second Edition. CRC Press. 1138715336. 9781138715332
Armstrong, DA., Bakker, R., Carroll, R., Hare, C., Poole, KT. and Rosenthal, H., (2014). Analyzing spatial models of choice and judgment with R. Chapman and Hall/CRC. 1466517158. 9781466517158
Book chapters (6)
Carroll, R., (2023). Ideal Point Estimation. In: Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. Oxford University Press
Baumann, M., Bäck, H. and Carroll, R., (2021). Sweden: Biased Debate Participation with Nearly Equal Gender Representation. In: The Politics of Legislative Debates. Oxford University Press. 713- 733. 9780198849063
Bäck, H. and Carroll, R., (2020). The distribution of ministerial posts in parliamentary systems. In: The Oxford handbook of political executives. Editors: . Oxford University Press. 314- 335. 0198809298
Carroll, RA. and Pachon, M., (2016). The Unrealized Potential of Presidential Coalitions in Colombia. In: Legislative Institutions and Lawmaking in Latin America. Editors: Aleman, E. and Tsebelis, G., . Oxford University Press. 122- 147. 0198777868. 9780198777861
Carroll, RA. and Poole, KT., (2014). Roll-Call Analysis and the Study of Legislatures. In: The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies. Editors: Strøm, KW., Saalfeld, T. and Martin, S., . Oxford University Press
Carroll, R. and Shugart, M., (2007). Neo-Madisonian Theory and Latin American Institutions. In: Regimes and Democracy in Latin America Theories and Methods. Editors: Munck, G., . Oxford University Press. 9780199219902
Thesis dissertation (1)
Carroll, RA., (2007). The Electoral Origins of Governing Coalitions
2022
Commercialising Social Science Research Through CPD Training
University of Essex (ESRC IAA)
2020
Strengthening Local Governance and Peacebuilding in Colombia using Data Analysis
University of Essex (GCRF)
Party representation: beyond left-right ideology
British Academy
2019
Improving local governance in Colombia through data analysis
University of Essex (GCRF)
2018
Explaining Elite Polarisation in European Parliaments
British Academy
2017
Understanding the ideology, attitudes and traits behind public opinion on immigration policy
The British Academy
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