Damien Bol
Damien Bol is a professor and researcher at the Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF) in Sciences Po Paris. Prior to his current position, he worked at the University of Montreal and King's College London. He earns his PhD from the University of Louvain.
In his research, Damien uses experiments and surveys to study the role of elections in shaping people’s experiences with representative democracy, both from a micro and comparative perspective. His current interests include citizens’s attitudes toward democracy and its institutions (democracy in general, electoral systems, deliberative assemblies), as well as voting behavior (strategic voting, turnout).
Damien has conducted a range of experiments and surveys in various countries, including Belgium, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom, which are his main countries of expertise.
He is currently the Director of the newly created network for electoral studies in France (REEF, Réseau d'Études Électorales en France), which gathers around 100 researchers from a dozen of universities across the country.
Here are some examples of his recent publications. For a full list, see his personal website.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
(2023) What Kind of Electoral Outcome Do People Think is Good for Democracy? Political Studies 71(4): 1068–1089 (with André Blais et al).
(2023) Choosing an Electoral Rule: Values and Self-Interest in the Lab. Journal of Economic Psychology 95: 102602 (with André Blais et al).
(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 et al).
Research Fields
Élections, Vote, Democracy, Public opinion, Political representation, experimental methods, surveys
