Nick Anstead

Dr Nick Anstead is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE, having joined the Department in September 2010. Prior to this, he was a Lecturer in Politics at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. Previously, he studied at Mansfield College, the University of Oxford (BA in Modern History) and Royal Holloway, University of London (MSc and PhD in Politics).

Experience Keywords

campaigning; citizenship; eCampaigning; ePolitics; elections; internet; new media; political participation; political parties

Research Summary

My research is about the relationship between political institutions and new media, and how the two influence each other. I am especially interested in campaigning politics and the emergence of new modes of participation and organisation. Viewed in this way, it is clear that the internet is changing established institutional forms - such as parties, political broadcasting and election campaigns - but that these alterations are not consistent across national contexts. This argument also contains a normative element, as it allows us to identify the institutional models that are best suited to offering opportunities for citizen participation in the digital era. I have attempted to develop this strand of my work by engaging with the policy community, notably in the Fabian Society pamphlet ''The Change We Need'' (2008), which I co-edited. My work until now has tended to focus on the United States and the United Kingdom.

Research Countries

UK; USA