New rapid response blog by our PI @ailsahenderson.bsky.social with early indications on how and whether Burnham can shift public opinion in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚪 First analysis of data from our most recent Scoop poll, the first one post-election! scottishelections.ac.uk/2026/07/22/c...

Change or More of the Same? How Scots are reacting to Andy Burnham

SES Principal Investigator Prof Ailsa Henderson provides a rapid-response analysis of our most recent data to make sense of the new Prime Minister's challenges and opportunities north of the border.Wi...

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The post-election talks continue with roadshow dates next week featuring @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @cjcarman.bsky.social! ⛴️ Oban - Monday 8th June 🎻 Ullapool - Tuesday 9th June 🏰 Inverness - Wednesday 10th June More details and registration ⬇️ scottishelections.ac.uk/2026/06/05/s...

📅 BACK AT IT TONIGHT 6PM IN GLASGOW 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A nation votes: What the 2026 election reveals about Scotland 📍Senate Room, Main Building, University of Glasgow 💻 Also available via livestream www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-nation-v...

A Nation Votes: What the 2026 Election Reveals About Scotland

The Stevenson Trust hosts a discussion on the recent Scottish Election.

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📅 SES EVENT TODAY 2PM 📊 What happened in the 2026 Scottish Elections? 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute, Room 2.35 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-happe...

What happened in the 2026 Scottish elections?

What happened in the 2026 Scottish elections and what does it mean for Scotland?: Evidence from the Scottish Election Study

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🆕 A rapid response blog on Scots' views about the mandate for an independence referendum and the political realities facing the SNP from @ailsahenderson.bsky.social scottishelections.ac.uk/2026/05/28/d...

🚨 SES Annual Lecture 2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @richardwynjones.bsky.social 🥀 The Decline and Fall of Welsh Labour 🕗 6PM, 23rd of May 📍 Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh Sign up edin.ac/4mHfPKZ

In this week's blog, @cjcarman.bsky.social discusses our data on Scottish voter awareness and concern surrounding the digital information environment 📱🗞️ Are Scots worried about fake news? Find out below on our well-trusted blog ⤵️ scottishelections.ac.uk/2026/04/30/f...

Fake News, Real Concern: Deepfakes, AI and Scotland’s Election

With Scotland's Holyrood election just a week away, SES Co-Investigator Professor Christopher Carman asks whether Scottish voters are ready to navigate an information environment that is increasingly ...

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New blog 📰🗳️ What's the mood of the country going into the election? Which issues do voters have in mind? Why are the SNP still favourites to win? And what about independence? @frasmcm.bsky.social's new long read reviews trends in public opinion since 2021 🍦 scottishelections.ac.uk/2026/04/16/f...

Fit’s the Scoop? Trends in Scottish Public Opinion Since 2021

The SES’s Scottish Opinion Monitor polling series has run three times annually since December 2021, starting six months after the last Scottish Parliament election. Known affectionately as the Scoop, ...

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Four weeks to go! 🗳️ We'll be publishing analysis on our blog every Thurs + Tues, looking at data beyond the immediate horse-race 🏇📊 First up, @cjcarman.bsky.social on what Scots think about changes to voting rights in recent years! scottishelections.ac.uk/2026/04/09/e...

We're all very proud of our friend and former SES researcher Dr Marta Miori 🤩 🥳

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Very pleased to share that I passed my PhD viva yesterday! Huge thanks to my lovely examiners @robjohns75.bsky.social and @profsob.bsky.social, and amazing supervisors @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social, @nspmartin.bsky.social and Ed Fieldhouse... 1/3

Our projection on the final Scoop/YouGov poll by @scotvoting.bsky.social 🎗️ SNP — 57 🌹 Lab — 15 🌳 Con — 9 🌱 GP — 16 🐤 LD — 9 ➡️ Ref — 23 ⚪ Other — 0 devolvedelections.co.uk/scotland/

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 FINAL SCOOP POLL BEFORE MAY IS OUT Crosstabs here: scottishelections.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Trends since 2021 with our final numbers 👇🏻 More on our Public Opinion Dashboard: scottishelections.ac.uk/dashboard/

NEW - Political Scandals and Vertical Contagion in Multilevel Systems - cup.org/47wHeJB - @jaclarner.bsky.social, Robert Johns, @ailsahenderson.bsky.social, @frasmcm.bsky.social & @cjcarman.bsky.social #OpenAccess

New blog on indyref mandate 🗳️ By our PI @ailsahenderson.bsky.social, this blog investigates attitudes to #indyref2 timing and whether there is a middle ground on the "mandate" question 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 Particularly relevant given the FM has set out @snp.org's stall scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/09/03/i...

Is there a constitutional middle ground in Scotland? Attitudes to indyref mandates

Constitutional preferences (Yes or No to independence) in Scotland invoke polarisation far more than they do consensus. Identifying a middle ground on preferences might be difficult, but more than a d...

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🍦Big Scoop tracker update 📊 We've fully updated our handy page of time series public opinion measures, added new visualisations and made it much easier to find. And we've renamed it the SES Opinion Dashboard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Summary 🧵 scottishelections.ac.uk/dashboard/

As Trump jets over to Scotland, take a look at @cjcarman.bsky.social's excellent blog on Scottish attitudes the mercurial US President 👇🏻

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🇺🇸 New blog! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cjcarman.bsky.social takes a closer look at our data on Trump support in Scotland ahead of the US President's visit. How popular is DJT? Are Reform UK supporters MAGA? And does the support of young men travel across the pond? Find out below! scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/07/18/t...

🇺🇸 New blog! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cjcarman.bsky.social takes a closer look at our data on Trump support in Scotland ahead of the US President's visit. How popular is DJT? Are Reform UK supporters MAGA? And does the support of young men travel across the pond? Find out below! scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/07/18/t...

Trump in Scotland: The US President’s support in a cold climate

The Scottish Election Study's own expert on US politics, Prof. Christopher Carman (christopher.carman@glasgow.ac.uk), takes a closer look at Donald Trump's support in Scotland using SES data.With the ...

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Essay Prize 2025 📝 🧑🏻‍🎓 Undergraduate and school pupil competitions 📆 Deadline 6th July Fantastic judging panel of @simeonkerr.bsky.social, @yougov.co.uk's Abigail Axe-Browne and @edinburghpir.bsky.social's own Alan Convery! scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/06/09/e...

Our postdoc @eoghanly.bsky.social has co-developed @devolvedelections.bsky.social, a seat projection tool for devolved elections 🤓🧮 You can select from some preset scenarios or plug in your own vote share numbers to generate precise estimates. More info ⬇️ scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/05/22/a...

Today's lecture will not only be packed with information and insight but is also very timely (since it's a day on which the long-term potential of economic insecurity to divide -- or to be used to divide -- the electorate has been on graphic display). See you there.

Scottish Election Study@scotvoting.bsky.social · last yr.

This year's Scottish Election Study Annual Lecture, delivered by our outstanding colleague and @britishelectionstudy.com Co-Director @profjanegreen.bsky.social, will take place a week on Monday in Edinburgh! 👩🏼‍🏫 Details and sign up below 🔽 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-e...

Scottish Election Study Bonanza Week continues this afternoon with the start of our two-day Scottish politics academic conference in Edinburgh, co-hosted by @ccc-research.bsky.social SES Annual Lecture by @profjanegreen.bsky.social follows this evening! Sign up 👇🏻 t.ly/xKW3b

Scottish Election Study annual lecture 2025

We welcome Professor Jane Green to give the annual lecture for the Scottish Election Study

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I’m in Edinburgh for this on Monday. Really looking forward to seeing colleagues and sharing our work on volatility, age, and economic insecurity. @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social @britishelectionstudy.com

Scottish Election Study@scotvoting.bsky.social · last yr.

This year's Scottish Election Study Annual Lecture, delivered by our outstanding colleague and @britishelectionstudy.com Co-Director @profjanegreen.bsky.social, will take place a week on Monday in Edinburgh! 👩🏼‍🏫 Details and sign up below 🔽 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-e...

Seen the headlines in today's Scottish papers? Join @scotvoting.bsky.social team TONIGHT 6pm @uofglasgow.bsky.social for an analysis of the the state Scottish electoral politics One Year Out from the 2026 Holyrood elections. Boyd Orr Bldg in-person and on-line www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-year-o...

Our annual SES Bonanza Week kicks off this Thursday with The Stevenson Trust for Citizenship at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! Join us for our take on next year's Scottish Parliament election 🤠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⏰ 1800-1930 📍 203 Boyd Orr Building, Glasgow Sign up 👇🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-year-o...

This year's Scottish Election Study Annual Lecture, delivered by our outstanding colleague and @britishelectionstudy.com Co-Director @profjanegreen.bsky.social, will take place a week on Monday in Edinburgh! 👩🏼‍🏫 Details and sign up below 🔽 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-e...

Scottish Election Study annual lecture 2025

We welcome Professor Jane Green to give the annual lecture for the Scottish Election Study

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@ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @frasmcm.bsky.social were delighted to receive the 2025 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Pippa Norris Prize on behalf of the whole SES team for a research group's "outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in Political Studies" earlier this week at #PSA25 🥳

Today's the deadline for abstracts for our Scottish politics conference to be held a year out from the next election! There's no registration fee and full papers aren't required. Submit here 👇🏻 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opi...

Call for Papers: Scotland in Transition

We invite contributions that analyse Scotland’s political institutions, policies, and political identities - both in isolation and in comparative perspective - to enhance academic understanding of the...

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Scottish Election Study@scotvoting.bsky.social · last yr.

⏰ CALL FOR PAPERS Scottish politics conference co-organised by the SES, @ccc-research.bsky.social and hosted at @edinburghpir.bsky.social 12-13 May 2025 We look forward to welcoming researchers working on anything and everything related to Scottish politics a year out from the 2026 election 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗳️

💻 NEW DATA The Scottish political landscape has evolved greatly in recent months and a lot has been said about support for @reformukscotland.bsky.social with little available analysis. @frasmcm.bsky.social and @ailsahenderson.bsky.social took a look at the party's support on our blog t.ly/PjCxX

Is it the Scunner Factor? Reform UK Support in Scotland

Two big stories look set to define the Scottish Parliament election in May 2026. The first is whether the SNP can do well enough following a drubbing at the 2024 general election to remain in power fo...

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💻 NEW DATA The Scottish political landscape has evolved greatly in recent months and a lot has been said about support for @reformukscotland.bsky.social with little available analysis. @frasmcm.bsky.social and @ailsahenderson.bsky.social took a look at the party's support on our blog t.ly/PjCxX

Is it the Scunner Factor? Reform UK Support in Scotland

Two big stories look set to define the Scottish Parliament election in May 2026. The first is whether the SNP can do well enough following a drubbing at the 2024 general election to remain in power fo...

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New blog! Read Fraser McMillan of @scotvoting.bsky.social on why Starmer's Labour government could prove decisive for Scotland's constitutional future. Read more: edin.ac/3Fba9XZ @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social

Why Starmer's Labour government could prove decisive for Scotland's constitutional future

In some quarters, last year’s general election result in Scotland was considered the death knell for the independence movement. However, while the political winds finally turned against the nationalis...

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