People

Dr Seonghui Lee

Senior Lecturer
Department of Government
Dr Seonghui Lee
  • Email

  • Telephone

    +44 (0) 1206 873021

  • Location

    5.422, Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    (Autumn) Monday 15-16 or by appointment (Spring) Tuesday 14-15 or by appointment

Profile

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Political Science Rice University, (2015)

Appointments

University of Essex

  • Senior Lecturer, Government, University of Essex (2021 - present)

  • Lecturer, Government, University of Essex (2018 - 2021)

Other academic

  • Assistant professor, Political Science, Aarhus University (2015 - 2018)

  • Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Zurich (2014 - 2015)

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Measuring Public Opinion (GV205)

  • Public Opinion and Political Behaviour: Theories and Issues (GV917)

  • Public Opinion and Political Behaviour: Methods and Practices (GV967)

  • Doctoral Research Seminar in Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties (GV975)

Publications

Journal articles (13)

Lin, N. and Lee, S., (2024). Anchoring vignettes as a diagnostic tool for cross-national (in)comparability of survey measures: The case of voters’ left-right self-placement. British Journal of Political Science. 54 (2), 492-502

Kevins, A. and Lee, S., (2023). Projection in the Face of Centrism: Voter Inferences about Candidates’ Party Affiliation in Low-information Contexts. Political Psychology. 44 (2), 319-336

Wenzelburger, G., Jensen, C., Lee, S. and Arndt, C., (2020). How Governments Strategically Time Welfare State Legislation: Empirical Evidence From Five European Countries. West European Politics. 43 (6), 1285-1314

Lee, S., Jensen, C., Arndt, C. and Wenzelburger, G., (2020). Risky Business? Welfare State Reforms and Government Support in Britain and Denmark. British Journal of Political Science. 50 (1), 1-20

Jensen, C. and Lee, S., (2019). Mass media attention to welfare state reforms: evidence from Britain, 1996–2014. West European Politics. 42 (1), 113-132

Lee, S., Haime, A. and Stevenson, R., (2019). Measuring Knowledge of Parties’ Legislative Seat Shares. Political Science Research and Methods. 7 (1), 185-196

Lee, S. and Matsuo, A., (2018). Decomposing political knowledge: What is confidence in knowledge and why it matters. Electoral Studies. 51, 1-13

Jensen, C., Arndt, C., Lee, S. and Wenzelburger, G., (2018). Policy instruments and welfare state reform. Journal of European Social Policy. 28 (2), 161-176

Matsuo, A. and Lee, S., (2018). Multi-dimensional Policy Preferences in the 2015 British General Election: A Conjoint Analysis. Electoral Studies. 55, 89-98

Lee, S., Lin, N. and Stevenson, RT., (2016). An expanded empirical evaluation of the cross-national comparability of survey measures of political interest using anchoring vignettes: A research note. Electoral Studies. 44, 423-428

Jensen, C., Lee, S., Arndt, C. and Wenzelburger, G., (2016). Hvordan reagerer vælgerne på velfærdsreformer?. Politica. 48 (3)

Lee, S., Lin, NCN. and Stevenson, RT., (2015). Evaluating the cross-national comparability of survey measures of political interest using anchoring vignettes. Electoral Studies. 39, 205-218

Lee, S., (2014). Party Responsiveness to the Collective Judgment of the Electorate. Comparative Political Studies. 47 (14), 1973-1999

Grants and funding

2022

The Gender Gap in Political Misinformation and Its Consequences

British Academy

Contact

s.lee@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 873021

Location:

5.422, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

(Autumn) Monday 15-16 or by appointment (Spring) Tuesday 14-15 or by appointment