Professor Royce Carroll
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Email
r.carroll@essex.ac.uk -
Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873475
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Location
5.306, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
By Appointment
Profile
Biography
Carroll is a Professor in Comparative Politics at The University of Essex. He is also Director of the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis. His research focuses on democratic institutions and the role of representation in the policy-making process in the United States, Europe and elsewhere, particularly in the areas of legislative politics, political parties and quantitative methodology in the measurement of ideology. He obtained his PhD from the University of California, San Diego in 2007.
Qualifications
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Ph.D. Political Science University of California, San Diego, (2007)
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B.A. Government University of Texas at Austin, (2000)
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Bachelor of Journalism University of Texas at Austin, (2000)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Professor in Comparative Politics, Government, University of Essex (1/10/2018 - present)
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Director, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex (1/4/2019 - present)
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Co-Director, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (1/9/2016 - 31/3/2019)
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Reader in Comparative Politics, Government, University of Essex (1/10/2016 - 1/10/2018)
Other academic
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Associate Professor, Political Science, Rice University (7/7/2014 - 1/7/2016)
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Assistant Professor, Political Science, Rice University (7/7/2007 - 7/7/2014)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Legislative Politics
Political Parties
Quantitative study of ideology and political attitudes
Conferences and presentations
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
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Introduction to United States (GV163)
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United States Politics (GV963)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 26/1/2021
Publications
Journal articles (20)
Carroll, R. and Nalepa, M., When Does the Personal Vote Matter for Party Loyalty? The Conditional Effects of Candidate-Centred Electoral Systems. Parliamentary Affairs
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
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), n/a-n/a
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 âCohesive Power of Public Plunderâ. 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 (5)
Baumann, M., Bäck, H. and Carroll, R., Debates in the Swedish Riksdag. In: The Politics of Legislative Debate. Oxford University Press
Bäck, H. and Carroll, RA., (2020). The distribution of ministerial posts in parliamentary democracies. In: The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives. Editors: Andeweg, RB., Elgie, R., Helms, L., Kaarbo, J. and Müller-Rommel, F., . Oxford University Press
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. 9780199653010
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
Grants and funding
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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