DAMIEN BOL
Sciences Po Paris
CEVIPOF
I'm a Professor at CEVIPOF, Sciences Po Paris. Before that, I was a (tenured) Professor in the Department of Political Economy of King's College London.
My research explores how people experience representative democracy, both from a micro and comparative perspective. I'm especially interested in citizens' attitudes toward democratic values and institutions, including electoral systems and deliberative assemblies. I’ve also worked on more classic topics like political parties, voting, and the like. Methodologically, I rely heavily on experiments and surveys, often conducted in Belgium, Canada, France, and the UK, which are my main countries of expertise. I also sometimes write about how to improve these methods, too. My papers appear in Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Public Economics, European Journal of Political Research, and Public Opinion Quarterly (among others).
Outside of research, I enjoy helping build academic communities. I currently direct the French Electoral Studies Network (REEF, Réseau d’Études Électorales en France), which brings together about 100 researchers from around a dozen or so universities with the goal to coordinate data collection efforts across institutions and discplines for the upcoming electoral cycle in France.
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
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Research & Politics 12(2): 1–9 (with Pierre-Henri Bono).
(2025) Le vote stratégique dans une France multipolarisée : le cas des élections législatives de 2024.
Revue Française de Science Politique 75(2): 97-118 (with Jean-François Daoust).
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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(2023) Public Support for Citizens' Assemblies Selected through Sortition: Evidence from 15 Countries.
European Journal of Political Research 62(3): 873–902 (with Jean-Benoit Pilet, Davide Vittori, and Emilien Paulis).
(2021) Estimating Humanity’s Attitudes About Democracy and Political Leaders: Patterns and Trends.
Public Opinion Quarterly 85(4): 957–986 (with Christopher J. Anderson and Aurelia Ananda).
(2021) The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Political Support: Some Good News for Democracy?
European Journal of Political Research 60(2): 497–505 (with Marco Giani, André Blais, and Peter J. Loewen).