Cristian Vaccari | School of Social and Political Science

Professor Cristian Vaccari

Chair in Future Governance, Public Policy, and Technology

cvaccari@ed.ac.uk

Personal website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristianvaccari/

2.13C

Chrystal Macmillan Building

15a George Square

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

EH8 9LD

Research interests

British politics research Data & Digital Elections, public opinion and parties Governance & Democracy Politics and political violence Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies Studies of information and communication technology

I study political communication in comparative perspective, with a particular focus on digital media. My research investigates how political parties, campaign organizations and citizens engage with one another on digital media, and how in the process they negotiate meanings, identities, resources, and, ultimately, power.

Background

Previously, I was Professor of Political Communication at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University, where I served as the Director of the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture. I also taught at Royal Holloway, University of London, and the University of Bologna.

I have supervised five PhDs to completion and am interested in supervising doctoral research in a wide range of topics in political communication, based on a variety of methodological approaches and disciplinary backgrounds.