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Dr. Alistair Clark gives parliamentary evidence on urgency of electoral law reform

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Dr. Alistair Clark comments on election administration and the #DeniedMyVote scandal in the European elections

published on: 24 May 2019
New guide aims to improve toilet provision for disabled people

published on: 12 December 2018
Dr Alistair Clark discusses Voter ID in the Conversation

published on: 3 August 2018
No Overall Control
Dr. Alistair Clark writes for the Fabian Society on the 2018 Local Election Results in England

published on: 10 May 2018
Dr. Alistair Clark’s research mentioned in House of Lords Select Committee Citizenship Report

published on: 20 April 2018
Alistair Clark joins PDY Editorial team
ECPR is delighted to announce that Alistair Clark of Newcastle University has been appointed as co-editor of the Political Data Yearbook.

published on: 23 March 2018
Climate change and global poverty: How hard is it to save the world?
Dr Jo Swaffield of Newcastle University Politics is looking to recruit participants for her research project into the global challenges we face as a result of climate change

published on: 23 January 2018

Dr Emily Rainsford and Young People's Political Engagement
Listen to Dr Emily Rainsford on BBC Radio 5 Live

published on: 10 January 2018
Dr Alistair Clark discusses the Westminster culture and the current sexual harassment scandal.

published on: 16 November 2017
Dr Alistair Clark discusses WASPI

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Parliamentary Decline? Don’t bet on it.
Senior politics lecturer Dr Alistair Clark, gives his expert opinion on why parliamentary politics is more important than ever.

published on: 29 June 2017
Few winners in a night of high drama

published on: 12 June 2017
Dr Alistair Clark discusses the Election Results from Scotland

published on: 9 June 2017
Are There Lessons from Turnout at the Local Elections?

published on: 11 May 2017
Conservative election expenses: the problem with attacking electoral regulators

published on: 11 May 2017

Dr Alistair Clark talks about the life and political career of Martin McGuinness.

published on: 22 March 2017
Dr Alistair Clark discusses how Brexit has led to the likelihood of a second Scottish independence referendum being called.

published on: 22 March 2017
Would an independent Scotland stand a chance of getting European Union membership?

published on: 17 March 2017
Dr Nick Megoran, students and a financial expert discuss ethical university investments.

published on: 17 March 2017
Young Muslims want to participate in politics

published on: 17 March 2017
Young non-Muslims face Islamophobia too

published on: 3 March 2017
Whitehall has lost skills to deal with Russia

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If we want to fight inequality and poverty we need to take a more humane approach to economics

published on: 8 February 2017

Fighting inequality and poverty requires a more humane view of economics
When influential charity Oxfam published its report, “An Economy for the 1%”, it was well timed to coincide with 2017’s January meeting of the world’s rich and powerful at the Swiss ski resort of Davos.

published on: 8 February 2017
Dr Alistair Clark discusses the Supreme Court ruling that the Prime Minister won’t be able to invoke Article 50 without permission from Parliament.

published on: 25 January 2017
Europe has never liked borders

published on: 21 December 2016
Donald Trump, Vote Fraud, And The ‘Conspiracy’ Fears Behind A Proposed UK Law You’ve Never Heard Of (Huffington Post)

published on: 7 December 2016
The Lib Dems’ continued battle to be noticed

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Jackie Leach Scully participates in New York workshop on human gene editing

published on: 19 May 2016
The SNP's failed overall majority and Independence
Does the SNP’s failure to secure an overall majority in the Scottish parliament elections take a second independence referendum off the table?

published on: 12 May 2016
UK elections
Article by Dr Alistair Clark, ibtimes

published on: 12 May 2016

For elected mayors to work they must do more to engage the public
Article in NewStatesman by Alistair Clark

published on: 12 May 2016
Dr Alistair Clark article on The Converstion website

published on: 9 May 2016
Why you should care about the local elections

published on: 6 May 2016
Dr. Alistair Clark cited in All Party Parliamentary Group Report

published on: 9 March 2016
The Silent, Growing Crisis of Voter Registration

published on: 18 February 2016
Why did pollsters get it wrong? Dr Alistair Clark on BBC Newcastle

published on: 20 January 2016
100 days of Jeremy Corbyn: Labour's problems neither start nor end with its leader

published on: 21 December 2015
Northern Devolution: Are the public being left behind?
Newcastle University academics raise questions over the devolution of powers to city regions

published on: 28 October 2015

Electoral integrity in the UK? Voter registration and electoral fraud examined
Research by Dr Alistair Clark and Dr Toby James (UEA) into integrity in the UK electoral process is discussed on Radio Four's Today programme (14th October 2015)

published on: 14 October 2015
Electoral register, not electoral fraud, the biggest problem at polling stations
Measures to tackle electoral fraud in the UK should not be introduced if they have a negative impact on the already “chronically” low voter registration and turnout, according to researchers from Newcastle University and the University of East Anglia (UEA).

published on: 13 October 2015
Are the exhaustive efforts of polling station workers taken for granted?
Based on the results of an extensive study Dr Alistair Clark and Dr Toby S. James argue that many people overlook the exhaustive efforts that poll workers put into elections.

published on: 29 September 2015
As Hiroshima's legacy fades, Japan's postwar pacifism is fraying
Dr James Babb writes about the legacy of the atomic bombings and Japanese attitudes towards pacifism.

published on: 14 August 2015
Three reasons Russia should not be called the greatest threat to the USA
Dr Valentina Feklyunina and Dr James Bilsland look at the reasons why Russia should not be considered "the greatest threat" to US security.

published on: 28 July 2015
Watch: Dr Alistair Clark talks to Representing Border Senior Lecturer in Politics,
Dr Alistair Clark talks to Representing Border, ITV Border's Scottish political programme for the South of Scotland

published on: 26 June 2015
Dr Russell Foster to present research at Political Studies Association conference
A piece by Dr Russell Forster has been published in the Political Studies Association's national pamphlet on the results of the General Election.

published on: 22 May 2015