Dr Raluca Popp

Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Politics Co-Deputy Kent Q-Step Centre Deputy Director for Training South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc)
Email
r.popp@kent.ac.uk
Dr Raluca Popp

About

Dr Raluca Popp joined the School as a Lecturer in 2019, after completing her PhD at the University of Exeter in 2018. Her research focuses on electoral behaviour, political representation, and conflict analysis.

Through her involvement in the Industry and Doctoral Training Network (Marie Curie), Raluca developed an expertise in Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) and the use of large-scale datasets generated by these digital tools. Her research leverages VAAs to address key questions, such as examining issue alignment in European Parliament elections. She is also interested in a range of methodological issues and techniques related to online samples, such as multilevel regression and postratification.

Since joining Kent, Raluca has become an integral part of the Conflict Analysis Research Centre. With a keen interest in experimental methods, she is now applying conjoint analysis in conflict studies, focusing on citizen preferences for peace settlements and the potential for public engagement in peacebuilding initiatives. 

Research interests

  • Public opinion

  • Elections

  • Quantitative methods

  • Survey research

  • Party development

  • Conflict analysis 

Teaching

  • POLI6870 Political Research and Analysis

Supervision

Raluca is interested in supervising any viable and original projects that fall within her research interests.
Current PhD students
  • Elif Burcu Gündoğdu
  • Mamdooh Yahya Alkhliwi
Past PhD students
  • Jack Bridgewater
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