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Biography
Siim Trumm is an Associate Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations. Siim joined the University of Nottingham in 2016, having previously worked at Swansea University and the University of Sheffield. Siim received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Exeter in 2013, and was awarded Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2018.
Siim's research has been published in leading international journals, including the European Journal of Political Research, the British Journal of Political Science, Political Studies, and the British Journal of Politics and International Relations. He is the Principal Investigator of the BBSRC funded "Using Citizen Science to Promote Transparency in British Election Campaigns" grant and runs the OpenElections project with Prof Caitlin Milazzo and Dr Alan Duggan. He also conducts the Estonian Candidate Study and the Welsh Candidate Study.
His current research agenda focuses on electoral campaigns, political communication, and questions of political representation and participation. He has particular interest in British politics and Eastern European politics.
Teaching Summary
Siim's teaching focuses primarily on contemporary British politics, elections and campaigns, political representation, survey research, and quantitative research methods. He has also previously… read more
I am interested in supervising PhD projects in the following areas:
- Elections and campaigns
- Representation and political participation
- Legislative politics and political parties
- Political communication
- British politics
- Eastern European politics
Supervision of successfully completed PhD theses:
- Dr Esmeralda Bon - "The Battle for Britain: Contemporary Communication by MPs"
- Dr Junyan Zhu - "The Internet, Social Media and Citizen Politics"
Siim's teaching focuses primarily on contemporary British politics, elections and campaigns, political representation, survey research, and quantitative research methods. He has also previously delivered modules in public policy, European Union studies, and comparative politics.